Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-20
.The Aspeot of Che Times.

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We fcelit asa sort OF duty to repubIish
the following excellent and seasonable re-
marks of the Alexandria Seati,iel, which
we find in a recent issue of that journal.
under the caption given above. Tic times
are indeed full of angry menace, and II 'is
the province of the press to cndcayor 10 al
laySas faF as possible, the unhappy discords
and tun,ults that afliiot the country. If
thermometers of Congress meet together not
us brethren, to confer upon the best means
OF promoting tho prosperity and glory of a
common country, but as enemies confront,
ing each other with hostile looks, and ready
at any moment to'engage in personal con-
iliet 1t were indeed best that we should
sever the bands that unite MS, for these
bands can no longer be bands of affection.
but chains of bondage and of unnatural al
liancc. Shame on the men who are striving
to excite these bitter animosities between
the differentsoetions of the country. But
our rcotemporary speaks our own sentiments
better than we give them ourselves. Hear
him: Sp S5 -
The strnggIeand the scenes of Friday
night In the Hallof Representatives viii
painfully starfla and imnress the country.
Such signs seem indeed prognostic, and
look as If they were almost the beginning
of the end towards which they point
When the representatives of the several
States cannot meet without sectional fights
in the very halls of legislation, the time
will have come for them to adjourn sine
de. The tumult of Friday night Is even
more a terror than disgrace. The ele-
inents must be not only combustibie, but
ready to kindte, if d mere spark can thus
put them into flame. ttis the tlcep-seated
aniInositics in which these disorders have
their birth, which give them significance
TbciN North and South are fast growing
into two distinct peoples, with contrasts
aud opinions and sentiment and manners
aln,ost as marked as are those which divide.
the French and English. The RAILROADS.
and tatercommunication on which we re.
9iod to prevent these diffeSehces aud assini-
late Us 70 each other, seem not to accoyn-,
plish the expectation The great mass of
thc people ,EcnlaiH unaffected. The COM
paratiyely few who fsavel, are generaliy the
ambitious OF the NOISY making, who are
ores-awed by the home continent instead
of giving foneito Il.
4,lp this condition of things, more of the
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sRlrN of fraEcknll concession is necessary
now chan wheu thoFe was icss occasion for
It's exercise. Tut this spirit seems TO be
deeaying, instead Of strengthening for the
exigeney. Dcnqagogiics, as a ineans of RI
ding into power, are tanning prejudiccs
which they eau neitheY,aliay nor direct. 49,
Unless Providence shall sepd another mind
tooutspcople, We sbi6evltabIy and speed
ilytalstlmfd the breakers Of disunion.
"a gifted one has told as i'S
~ q; IND s.s.-s siisss;<ckl;
rs OF the wave and not the rock J"
10 may prove 50 now. Bfost ferpentix
do wetfustibwiiI, Ishtwe ere constfaiiiaesssss ntii ssss
@ cregaFa The times, as f.lllof dangers. wa
are driving through i sea Of pefiIs4 rocks
md winding ohanneis, over which angry
tempcste arc sweeping. II Il tinia When
all hands should be upea deck, Every
patriot shouA sFeusu himself, a1ti should
commenec his work by seeing that bis ow1