Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-12
From The pennsllyama Enaaircr.

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Honesty and energy are the handmaids ofsuc-
\ cess
4 Energy may be said tobc one ofthemost
! important elements of character In some.
sense, it influences, controls and rules tie
world No great undertaking can be a.
eiieycd, no mighty work can be consum-
mated, no vast enterprise can be carried
into successful effect without its aid and
| agencJ, In matters of love as well as i'm
matters of war, it's equally potent The
| faint hearted are rarely energetic. and hence
they are sure to lag behind, and be out dis
tanccd by their competitors and rivals
The individual who is listlcss, inopimutc
and indifferent, apathetic, who does moth
ing, yet is constantly expecting something
to turn up, something that will rebound to
his advantage and open the pathway to in
dependence, Is doomed to many a bitter
disappointment. 1t is wisely ordered by
Providence that however, we may be elf
ted in person or mind-howcycr VIC may
have been favored by a patrimony, howev-
CT bright our hopes and expectations, as we
enter upon the arena of the busy world, we
are sure to fail by the wayside, be tripped
up andsprostrated, pnloss we exercise the
faculties that have been given to us---rc-
sst the Vaccinations of the crafty, the de-
signing and the unprinciplcd- brief,
manifest due degree of frmncss, dctcrm-
ination and energy Ever and anon we
are amused by the FORMULATION, on the
excited and visionary, of some plausible
and tempting scheme. ltmoy have all the
clements of probability, abound with tasci-
nation, and hold out buoyant and cncoura-
ging inducements to the active, the push
ing and the persevering. And yet, with
out cnergy-constant, untiring and indom-
liable, it will amount to Il mere bubble. If
we are asked for the true secret of the mo-
tive power, the active principle of success,
in tins life, and were confined for our an
swcr to a single word, that word would be
"energy." Men of vivid imagiuatious
and poetic fancics, dreamers, enthusiasts
and fanatics, arc constantly starting schemes
and undertakings, which, atthe first glance,
are calculated to captiyatc. But how rare
ly do they enter into :. h movements in
truly practical spirit, and bring to their
aid that degree of energy which is so essen
tial to success Thousands of our fellow
creatures arc sclfdeceivcd They do not
look sufficiently before they leap. They
do not examine the entire ground, and cal
culatc all the chances, before they risk their
Judgment, their means, thciv reputation
and their time. Nay, they do not look all
the difficulties calmly and sternly in the
face, and determine at the onset to wrestle
with and overcome them. On the contra
ry, they struggle on for a few days or for
few weeks, and because they cannot realize
all that they fancied they become dispirit-
ed, intimidated and abandon what they arc
then disposed to consider a delusion, for.
some other scheme. In brief, they either
lack forcthought at the outset, and thus
commit mistake in the beginning, or they
are deficient in energy, and thus are surC
to fail. The struggles of the commercial
and business world are full of anxiety und
care. A thousand temptations beset us
!, and thousand difficulties lie in our way
, This is the fate of man. He is born t.
f! trouble as the sparks fly upward. But
first disappointment, either of the head OF
the heart, the falsehood of a woman, the
treachery ola friend, or the failure of an CT
, tcrprise, should never induce us to despair
I Adversely is sometimes only blessing il
, d. ruise, for it tests, tries, and fortifies II.
, forfuturcstrug and vicissitudes. When
, however, convinced that We are not right
when assured that we are treading thc patti
that sooner or later must lead to fame ans
t fortune, or hat we are seeking conques
which can be achieved only by the paticn
, work of years, energy, untiring, unswew
, ing and unfaltcring energy, is the great cs
sentlal. Look around, gentle reader, ant
You will find this illustrated nearly every
, day you live. The cool, the cautious, tho
resoluteand energetic arc constantly achicv
, ing triumphs, All that they touch seem,
to turn to gold, They may be down to-
day bat they will be up tomorrow. Nc
reverse, no misfortune can dcprcss them
They have the will, the nerve, the courage
and the perseverance, and ehus they are
bound to succeed. Occasional disasters
will of course come, reverses will ovcrtakc
and disappointments will attend them. But
these they anticipate as part and parcel Of
the great chapter of life, as only incidental
but as inevitable, and they therefore rouse
themselves for fresh struggle, determined
again. Energy, assisted by purity of mo-
tive, integrity of character, and firmness
Of purpose, is like the leveref Archimedes
for we repeat, properly applied, it willmove
the world
Burning Negro at the Stake Dreadful
Particulars!
! A correspondent of the Maysville Eaglc,
gives the follGyingparticulars fthe recent
burning of negro at Troy, Kentucky, for
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