Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-15
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'ioo-so,l nlatc, WAS IaVouraDIy received
and admitted into the Union in 1920.
without opposition from North or South. -
But, not 50 with Missouri; in anticipation
of her application, and pending it's dis
cusslon, remonstrances from a. ti.slavcry
Conventions, and petitions from citizens
OF Northern States poured into Congress.
against the admission of any more slave.
holding States, and praying the prohibi.
ton of slavery in new States and Tcrrito
rics
The local law in Louisiana carried and
sustained slavery all over the Territory
Inc government by treaty, and the Con
stltution of the country, was bound to
protect slaves there as property. But if
this doctrine should be acted ON in the
case of Missouri then all the States which
might thereafter be formed out of the Ter
mtory could claim the same RIGHT. This
would never do; it would forever place the
prcpondcrancc of power in the South, and
with it the control of the government =
1t must, therefore, be resisted. What
though the treaty and tho Constitution
stood in the way? They were as nothing;
mere parchment barriers moral impcdi-
mcnts; away with them or they will be
trampled in the dust aud so they were.-
Now began that fierce and dstracting con
test which has lasted nearly forty Years.
bids fair to continue while the Union lasts
if there shall be Territories to pcople-
and has wrought thorough alienation be-
tween the sections.
The unusual condition, COUPLED with
the act authorizing the people of Missouri
to form State government, together with
the dcrogatory and unconstitutional Joint
resolution which followed, aroused the
right spirit for a high struggle. On the
Que side was resolutc and c Hating alb
olltionism, whose philanthropy was sharp
cncd by the perspective, in which it fore.
saw, in its trumphs, the wealth and power
and honor that would flow from the opera
tions of government whose control would
hc thus secured to its section willie the
Union existed. The lust of power, stim-
ulatcd by the ardor of fauaticism, boldly
put the Union in jeopardy rather than re-
ccde from an unjust and unconstitutional
purpose. On the other side was n fiery in
diSnation, with high resolve, combating
Tor rights secured By Constitution and trca-
ty, and against the loss of equality, with
degrading stigma.
In tbc midst Of srob . oont,o. A.
rcn sono Of no,co of cnn,,om ,sI', '.Io,;o o"0 -
and nrcscnt and fntrro l",or hnrn 'o'iVS P's'
comprom;ccs swoljoJ H. e,"' i'u"s ou
of strirr Thn Santh ,.;n,In1 i 'po sio''1
nm tho ov,oatoI ana';eo 'I'"'!, "'u e'.V'eu u
the Union. 1t was an ignoblc sacrifice. =
10 propitiate a grim idol, we gave the in
trote nowcr "'0 p'o'-
Nv tbo result of t,o oont,oe,. a.,
sloycholdcr- -,ros ;Jsa ~ C'y ,:o N:
nronortv NorI, e ti'o ill.,; ~, Ii:Ii I,.'i ms
whiIc tbc n.sl,voho oIJon n,a, ~ ,",;..oa o','u'
no ON either sido onJ 80 aof.on .i'a ,;u ~
Grace thc o,.ronoo,,,o,t ,,,', naII''J ',,e A''
nro,n;sc Th;s sSaa nVLC ,I,o G G," c"neo COM
Of tho foes Of tSo Wnnst;,SSt; @ Ss"S :" rI',Pn .fn
eonolitv of tho Statos Thn Son.i' ."0
inc the mower 10 nreycnt' hnt wonniv % xi"ia
ing must bear its full share of blame
Again, the country took now depart-
urc, and, for while. all seemed to move
smoothly on. The philosophy of NV1hcr.
force had been seized by the wild zeolots Of
the French revolution, and baptizcd and
nurturcd in blood. 1t presented itself IN
| America, as the spirit Of demolition Rv
! repeated concession we had strouothonc1
its power, and, by continued ocouiesce,cc
invited aggression. Soon il turned unnn
us in every quarter. and our, domestic af.
fairs became an offence TO it's nuritv
But for the admission of Florida md tbo
annexation of Texas, we 'wouId soon have
fallen beneath its intormcdding zeal