Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-25

Kansas and harmony to the Union. In
that event, the slavery question would ere
TINS have been finally settled, according TO
the legally expressed will of majority of
the voters. and popular sovereignty would
thus have been yindicatod in constitu-
/ tlona manncr
With my deep convictions of duty, |
| could have pursued no other course 1t is
true, that as an Individual, had express
cd no opinion, both before and during the
session Of the convention, in favor of sub
nnitting the remaining clauses of the con
sttution, as well as that concerning slavery,
to the people But, acting in an official
character, neither myself nor any human
authority had the power to re-iudgc the
proceedings of the convention, and declare
the constitution Which it had framed to be
Il nullity TO have done this would have
been a violation of the Kansas and Ncbras-
ka act, which left the people of the Terri
tory perfectly free to form and regulate
their domestic institutions in their own way,
subject only to the CONSTITUTE, of the Uni
ted States it would equally have viola
ted the great principle of popular sovcr-
eighty, at the foundation of our institutions
to deprive the people of the power, if they
t''PI' ~ 1Neic,So ''' o' e0hnui"E
90 ''.S,o,: ~ v'l'''lSt,Ses ,'io 'luS'
;I,7 .J'''''t"t,"'i' "'''ouV reg "'r'
~ v".%' ,,il " SoO.o| '''1'' constituents 10
/ I,.,;' nP,i'I, """ ue'"? VI ""eeo""
/ to many prcccdcnts in our history, c0mmcn-
cling i'll the very best aye of the republic,
of the admission Of Territories as States
no ,', "',''',i' . P'oN ,T"' '0'o u
II =, ~, iii,,',''7 i,7 ,I'Ii' ~ to''''''"''c''
;,...;,.,,G., 'I'''', ''':v 'I'! I"Vs'o'. 80
etinct ON t,o nno,Io ~ T.,', -" 10 r'"o.'J"'
c;JoJ omo ''" p."i't y, iNIuS'S' wio,i''l ue'
I.;nli,J ~ J'' I"! w. 'I'o o''':'' S''oU'u nave
n,,t tha NH M ~ o''t'''V'i'
,o Lo .,,.,D, c 'io ,oi'J''C'i 'i',l P'oEo
o,,. f,,,, '.;i =, "',e'0''' ,''"? m''''"s .Cr
nrnl tIa -, :. .;I '''I,',,''il oo'S,"
nron,c ~ tho. y .""ri S."Iy Iy,,i Tittt' e,t 'mo
imtd t,o w. i l'oIJ '',oui' '''SO 'o'ue
,;son y, H,on "''': ,ncu cl|''So "U{ pro-
thcmsnlycs -. oao"n','i;,i, TV ,I, ." ov'Dlo ~
nlinnt I,,. nf ,'o ,i IG' '"''S
fran,ir,r ,,,o,l,nr =; n'oJ GU"
with tLni, v.;ll2 ~ a;tI,,,.a,, '.I,
would In ,ua,;,l.. A., .,''N' ,r' rrIo ''o"''
ditIrrcnco T. no;nt oe '' c,at ' =. n,o. ~ ~ o",S
;crt would Loro Lon,, ,,,,,,,h ' v'.o vi
and thr nacGct;on nf IEnnso o'''Il nr" "''',, ~"
div, nfoctrJ LaJ y ,'',1 ",''"s 3';, ,''oto 'l'so,
Styto dnr;n,.tbo i..t 80" rt',a,'o" "rma % I"
M, rncnIon,nnIaI;no ,,t ''In l,u,, ~ oo" o''o d.
immGdiatc ndm,i1s;"n nr %o"So %o"'' f'HoI GI Ito m
meet thc onnrnLntinn If Cnnor1.s l ,rto,, w.
deemed if ,y;sor 70 ndoTt d;n,orno. ,,an.1
urc for thc ycttle,ncmt df tho o.,;"n '''IS T,
INV own nort I shunId hayo hnon ,,;,l;,, W
to v;cld nv, osso,,+ 20 .l,,,ast .,,,,. 't;,'!9
tioHol me.Surc tn ,ocom,,li.I th;s nh;nat
+ therefore cor6;,Il, ani,,,;n,ooI !, T.I.'i
has been called tbc ilnmlisb Co,rnro,m;sn
and annroycd tho . Nct f,r .I,,i.s;"m ~
the State Of Kansas into tbc I,m;nn" T,on
the terms tbcrcin nrcsrr;hrJ NlN'
Under tLc ord;noncr ,yl,ich ocoon.ro,,;.I
the Lecomptop Constitrt;nn tho nonrlo. r.
Kansas had claimed donhlc tbr onnnii,, Of
public lands f,, thn sunnnrt If nn,,,.,o,,
schools which had cvc,. hanr ,,ro,.;nrl,,
granted to any State uron n,Inr;,,,r I,'a
Union; and also the alternate sccti00,y ~
land for twelve miles ON each slc Of t,yo
rail roads, nronoscd TO he cnnvirnctrJ f,on,
the Northern to the Southnrn hound.,y
and from tbc Enstcrn 70 the Nvnetnr, h,,,,,,
do,y Of the State Con~rcce Jccnn,n,, ',l,' t,,',o
claims unreasonable. nroyijnI In. tIn a,,
of MAY +, 1858. to which I have lust rc.
fcrrcd, for the admission Of thc &ttn ON
am cul,al lootinr with tLc o.;o;n.l St.tn,
but =" upon the Fundamental c6nl;t;on ,ro
ccdeut" " that y majority. of t,o ,l,,