Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-28

Nhowledgc, and DiSintcreStcdness Pill
grimS,' still, to every shrine where Free.
dom may be worshippcd, and Gain dcspis-
cd they arc always sure to attach them
selves to no objects save the Improvement
OF those around them Such. indeed IS
their zeal tor the comfort and improvement
ot the poor people among whom they carry
their talents and their virtues, that | have
often known men of the most eminent nj.
c'lhments, in migrating (ns lawyers, phvsi
clans, and clergymcn) to the South, to take
their carriages full of checked hundkcr-
chiefs and tin-warc-articlcs much used in
that section by those who are rich enough
to buy thcm-and distribute them along
the roads where they passed, for price
next to nothing,
l shnll, at no remote day, do myself The
the honor of calling the attention of Con.
grcss to general project for the advance
mcnt of Learning and Taste in America. by
rcscuihg from tho neglect into which the
jealous articles of European authors have
caused them tofall those wonderful achieve.
mcnts of our early writer's, which gained
them in their day, such hprodigious applause
among those best of all possible Judges
Themselves. a complete conspiracy has,
as was indeed but too natural, combined
the men otlcttcrs ofalloth nations, against
u literature which, it is easy to sec, is dcs-
tined sooner or later to ovcrwhelm all 9th
erS' The design of my project is, to up,
ply to those things which are of the growth
OF the Understanding, the same noble and
philosophical principles which have been
accompanied with such distinguished bcnc-
litS, when made to act upon Trade and In
uuStry. Nothing more will be necessary,
than n few effective measures of Protection
to our Home Productions, in order to con-
Ter upon US Il superiority as decided in
moral workmanship as we have already OBJ
tanned IN all physical handicrafts. 1t is
well known that extensive and active man
litactorles of all intellectual wares from the
light and airy fabrics of the poet, to the
pondcrous and solid ones of the mathcmati
clan and divine, have long existed in most
parts OF New England. OF these institu.
tlons it is acknowledged to be the remarka-
BILE peculiarity, that they alone give to their
pupils such general proficiency, that they
rarely fail to be equally skillful in all the
sciences and all the arts. Their scholars
are generally good tailors, saddlcrs, shoe.
makers, and fattcrs not uniformed in
Joinery, upholstery, and ship p-buildne: sin
Guiarly expert us masoms, stone cutters, ar
chltects, and civil engineers: excellent at
the making and driking Of beer, cider, and
switched
10 these diversified talents, the greater
part OF them add no slight knowledge in the
noble art of making a bargain: in singing
psalms with the genuine evangelical twanp
and shuttle: and i'll exercising IL very keen
though innocent inspection into the domcs
tic secrets of their ncighhors. These light-
er and moro elegant accomplishments are
father adorned with many other amiable
and gentle qualities of the heart, which
make them every where the delight and adj
mimtlon of those among whom they inhab
1t or sojo'trn Beside all this, they are as
temperate as Kcntuckians, benevolent and
d'sntcrcsted as Ohioans, intelligent as
Ichnsylvanans, modest as New Workers,
brave us Nirginians, and generous aud cour.
tcous aS South Carolinians They are in
varlubly skilled in dentistry, surgery, and
medicine: IN compounding aud Initiating
all kinds of drugs in Jurisprudence and
Peddling; in Theology, and the making of
tln-warc. Beside their own Attic dialect,
they are occasionally able to speak, if not
to write, the vulgar English of the South
ern States, and of Great Britain. I'm the
other modern tongues, they are so skilful
as to have introduced very extensive Cas-
tlllnnisms into tho Spanish to have large.
~ corrected and reformed the Partisan pro-
hunclatlon; to have restored the true Tus
caho Roman speech, which had latterly be-
gun to degenerate; and to have brought
about perfect amalgamation of Saxon and
Low Dutch, which has been so long n great
desdcratum in German literature: ioinino
TO alItlcsc eminent tattainmcnts and accurate
acquaintance with the Latin and Greek
grammai's, aud considerable knowledge of
the Smaller Catechism. They are also, for
the most part, singularly fitted to become
authors of Dictionaries, singing.mcsters.
presidents Of colleges, bar-kecpers, extcn-
8 We merchants, lecturers, vendcrs of wood
en- clocks, {" failures to be exchanged Cor
other failures, collected ON return-trip. )
missionaries among the Florida Indians,
and other Soutfcrdefs, professor of com.
mercial mathematics, etc. / am about 10
submit" continued Mr.. Webster, {" for
your consideration, because It's Justice is
self-cvident the primary branch of a plan
Tor the encouragement and protection of
Northern learning and genius. Mr. Pres
idcnt, | offer the following Bill:
An Act concerning Webstcr'S Spelling.
Book, and TO define tho Powers of tho Pres.
idcnt:
lse it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States