Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-18

very thoughts are all settled by prescription;
our religion, morals. manners, and political
creed. are all regulated for us by the opinions
OF others. How are we to break the adaman.
tine bars of this prison-house of crcumstan-
ccs? We are not free people, but kind
OF slaves. We arc not propriotors of rights,
but we arc merely kind of hereditaments of
routine. We find that we have arrived at
tho worlds great railway car too latc-tho
seats arc all prooccupicd by those who havo
como before us, and we arc forced to stand,
as best we can, unnoticed and uncarcd for, by
our brother passengers, until the great car
OF time arrives at her destination-the denot
of cternity-with her precious CARGO of i'm
mortal souls. Our very life must come ont
OF the land, and that already belongs to the
i"rmcr comcrs, in Interchangeable fec SIMPLE, so
we sec that we must not only toll, but that
VIC must pay for theprivilcgo Of toiling--our
names must be entered in the rent-rol of the
landlord. We, it is true, SOW the precious
seed. and warm and mostcn them with the
sweat from our brow, but the golden sheaf
ut harvest ls for the granary of the proprietor
The land on which we tread, and the bluc
sky over our heads, all seem to be laid off in
quarter sections, and rented out by the acre
Have we not succeeded in proving that poor
people arc in state of slavery? If we have
not, VIC have never yet learned what consti-
tntos slavery. live arc poor, we are slighted
oy our equals, spurncd by tho proud and
oppressed by the rich. and cursed by them
all. We arc positively forbid the pales of
gcntcel society. And even the preachers.
who profess to preach Christ and Him cruel
fed or at least goodly portion of them, will
bomean and ridiculo you, on account of your
poverty, by saying that you are niggardiy in
your donations to the church. and other reli
gious societies. Poverty will prevent you
from marrying the woman of your choice
tho only one, perhaps in all the world beside,
that could cheer your lonely pilgrimage thro'
tins vale of tcars, through this world of sor-
rows, trials and troubles, and make your
short soiourn on earth, pleasant and happy.
No'matter how well you may love her, nor
what reasons you may have to think that your
love IS fully rcciprocatcd. poverty positively
prohibits you from declaring your love to
your hearts IDOL and asking her love and
hand III return. 1t is poverty positive COM
mand, that we should trudge through this
miserable life alone unloved and uncared for
and we must obey his awful mandates. Pow
erty Will not admit you to seat in the lecis
iative councils of your country. Poverty will,
1t is true, permit you to defcnd, at the point
OF the bayonet, your country's honor and in
stltutions, Yes, poverty will allow you to
fight, bleed. and die, in the defence of the
rights OF your country, but poverty will not
even allow you to be honored for your gallant
services. We have already said that poverty
Will not admit you to scat in the legislative
councils OF your country, no matter what tai
cnts you may possess, you must first have tho
property qualification, before you are eligible
to a seat, as a legislator for your country Is
veal. Talents clothed i'm rags are not an.
preclated in this our boastcd land of freedom
ana equal rights. PETE MILESTONE.