Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-27
Our Country.

must be born amid many pangs and throes
of the body polite. The doctors are in
great anxiety about the result, and there is
quite an specially among poll
ticians. But we have had excitements
heretofore, and still we thrive. Senators
may use portentous language about the adj
mission of new States, two and two, but af-
ter all, the majority will rule, as all consti-
tutionalists contend they should. Truly,
there is grandeur in some aspects of the
contest, though some little men, and con
tentious men have had to do with it, Be
hold the West Then look at the plans
and endeavors of statesmen, who are at this
moment, in the midst of all the hubbub,
busily at work projecting railroad to the
Pacific. Senator Gwin and others have set
their hearts upon it, and he is pleasant
and persevering man. Our possessions on
the Pacific extend from the 323 degree of
North latitude to the 49th including an
area of one million, six hundred thousand
square miles. Look at Oregon, bounded
by the Pacific on the West, by the Rocky
Mountains on the East, California on the
South, and containing All area of 341 AGO
squares miles, or surface equal to thirty
eight States Of the size of New Hampshire.
What country!
Then there is golden State-the famous
California-bathe on her Western side by
the Pacific waters, bounded by Mexico on
the South, having territory of 175,3G3
square miles, or eighteen times larger than
New Hampshire. The mere process of
growth in our country distinguishes it from
the nations of the earth. And it is the
progress of a people, who hold TO tho prin. ).
ciples of self government, and carry it out
in practice. 1t will prevail even in the
most inhamed sections, if all will have a
little faith and much patience. Utah is.
really the most troublesome and impracti-
cable, from the popularity of her condition
This territory embraces 125,000 square
miles, or thirteen times the area of New
Hampshire. Dark as things look in that
Western sky, we have faith to believe that
the clouds will soon be rolled away, and
clear light will shine on all our counsels
regarding Utah. That land is to be pos
sessed as the other States have been, and
all will be bound in one bond of Union ,
Minnesota is now knocking for admission,
having territory of 1861 900 square miles,
equal to eleven New Hampshires, or two
and a half New York States She joins
hands with Iowa and Wisconsin, reflects
the waters of Lake Superior, touches on
Canada, and looks proudly from her throne
upon the whole continent. Nor should We
forget the Colorado territory, bounded on
the lower West portion by part of Califor-
MIA, and the Colorado river, on the South
by the dividing line between Mexico and
the United States, on the East by the Sier-
IA Madre, and on the North by the south
ern boundary of Utah. Here is an area of
225,715 square miles; equal to twenty
three New Hampshires. To this may be
added New Mexico, having the Colorado
territory on the West, the thirty.second
parallel oflatitude on the South, Tooth de,
gree of longitude on the East, the Arkan-
sas river on the North, and the 42d degree
of latitude North Area $4,000 square
miles. The Indian Territory embraces
10000, and Nebraska 100000 square
miles. In contemplating this synopsis of
our Western possessions, the mind, if it be
struck with their vastncss, is overwhelmed
with sense of our responsiveness for the
right appropriation of the resources that lie
hid in them
No foreign difficulties now exist to per-
plex and distract us. At peace with the
world, we are giving all our strength to
home anxieties. AZ such time, party
feuds should be forgotten. Party triumphs
should be spurned, and the loftiest spirit of
patriotism invoked to rule our actions. -
The press has now an opportunity to show
er blessings on the land If that be ami
mated by the right spirit if the press shall
proceed on great principles, and ann at just
ends, its widely tended influence will be
of the most bcncfcent. character. Our
conquests, will not then be tracked with
blood, but illustrated with light and peace.
We shall not only prove ourselves worthy
the immortal ancestry, who laid tho foun-
dations Of the republic, but shall bequeath
to posterity the richest legacy the sun ever
shono upon, Let us hope, then, for the
best We have not been brought through
SO many difficulties for small or weak pur-
pose. We are not now to make shipRreck
of free institutions before, the world. We
shall survive theorists, and achieve a. still
more august history. ~ ~
a'DoN'r STmKE SENATOR wILsoN. 49,
a Boston paper, noticing sofue irritating
remarks Of Senator Wilson, Of Mass il
the United States Senate, in regard to the
slavery question, implores Southern Con
gressmen not for all tho gorldto strike that
gentleman, as it win certainly insure his
reelection. Should they not strike hia,,
or inaickony other dignity, the same jour
nal looks npon his reelection as hopeless.
Senatorial qualifications in Massachusetts
must be at a very low ehb.