Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-11
To the People Of South Carolina.

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/ Fellow Citizens: There are three great
duties on earth which we are, Zach unds
every one of us, called upon to perform
while occupying a place on it: our reli-
gioas our political, and our industrial; and
each of these dUties, requires aii equal por-
tion of our attention. 1t is too often as
serted that there are certain individuals of
society who are required to discharge these
duties respectively, and that they should
be held exclusively responsible, no intcrfer-
cnce being had between each other. Had
this been the case, we should have had no
Archbishop Carroll eng ged in the organi-
zation of our political constitution; no Al
cxandcr Hamilton, tie young merchant,
| engaged in it's administration; hut all would
! have been left to the wild spcculations of
the exclusive political champions of the
day-the Jeifcrsons of our new cra--and
an illy-balanced machine been permitted to
hold it's sway over the dcstinics of few
people, to be replaced in time by some ono
of the e!fcte systems of government pre-
vailing in the old world. Yes, fellow cit
liens, churchman can understand politics
a merchant can administer governments a
| politician can appreciate moral restraint
",," ei'h o"'o' p''Sc ~. ms turII, ana ChuS
all three be employed IN the advancement
OF INC interests OF the nation, each dcpcnd,
ing, IN Gooo iaith, upon the efficiency OF
the other.
nave assumed tins general proposition
asa necessary prelude to the subject which
have to lay before you, viz: the part Ia
ken hy John g. Calhoun in the Rabun Cap
or Blue Ridge Railroad, rs it is now called
The facts which shall present will show
nm to be the first lnstigator ot that track
I9r our daily intercourse with the great
west, and to the hour OF his death It's un
ceasing supporter, 1t is for you to apprc
clato tncSc IactS, ana, IN dong so, COM
mencc hy reversing the decision OF the ma
Jorlty OF yonr representatives at the last
session OF the Legislature, by which the
State appropriation to this great work was
withdrawn. L take tho liberty to make m
appear; put II IT be true that my lmmcdi.
ate ncighoors the pariSacs-thc scaboard
districts OF the Statc---werc the cause of
th'S 'ote, they nave already forgotten the
man whose reputation. even now when he
Is dead, lsdetcndlng them in their dearest
rights ana VIII continue to do so until, by
unitlng the Atlantic slope with the valley
Oh t'o m'sSsS'pP,, through TINS wonderful
pass IN inc biuc hldge mountains, we shall
require no lur'ner aid, IN our industrial
STATUS aC ic"st' from the rest OF the world
nir' Calho"h would, placing one hand upon
thc singular lhdcntation OF the Atlantic
ocean OH inc coast OF south Carolina, and
'.ic o''!cf OH 'hc upper waters OF the his-
s'ss'lf'i' eAc."i'n ohlte thcse, ahd the
.u'u,c i is Sulhc'Ghtiy ours to make uSlndus-
tlany ."ocpchuc"' ut ieast. Du' must
''oS "p''ciP"tc my incts III their regular
orucr' OF forget that l. am not pleading
o"usc, De'y' Us .avIng Doen ah cngneer
ln Ihe service OF oouth Saroliaa at the pc
Iiou 10 "n'ch l fc'er, alone instigates me
.oehoI'' IN carrying the great oDJect now
.nu'',vu S.h Go " Every nlan porn on inc sou OF
'oTI'' ,rn 0a'o''na--hci rallroaa 10 inc west
y ~ 10 many OF you 1t Is known that Mr.
o"lhoun SpchI m"ch t'me ana AZ some money
9 up9H e ene So'u %I REGIONS g OF Georgia North
I''u M 'nur'n 1:m Earol'n"' nhcSe regions brought
49, oto"' St,',n P"'oo' ~ tno DUO R'uSc III
NJ Az r-,, 5,,''o' i'sRec'l'ety III rcvlc" pclorc
III III I"'.ou" .n" 'lor 70 any 1"h",te actioh
,'"u ~ V''I PVoP''o' oou'n 'O'roi'''a as 10
.ou'''' anu "'.e" cnS'ncers were recoi'noi-
~ - ."c'', M'."o". ""y ie5"ro 10 Pare,cn-
"a "a ,, o'"Vo in'cfes'S OF otaIe Preluuiccs, Mr.
o~.''oun 'uN'scu '.e' IL, case L sho"'u DC
.ippp,' .pp"'",eu ~ ~ eAaa,'"o 'hc Georgia passes,
~ tI'P'oS .no UTMOST coup ~M aiiowed
~ ."o III ~ lno cN"'iinot'oh lof
10y loIu,'eu oo,u cohlo'na''ons ~ ana yet
root o1 mr.o .o ."G o"'S o"Is o.ieieu US lor our
Sic'' entc, Pt'sc' hI thlS tline knew no