Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-16

for tiic efforts instead OF producing weak
ness and threatened ruin.
The steady increase in tho production
of the great staples of the country is not tho
only fattcring evidence of Improvement. -
INC seeiaic ondition of cur laboring classes--
the small number ofour helpless poormdica
tcs healthy organization of society.
he contrast between the North and the
South IN this regard is SO striking as to
prove suggestive to statesmen and philan-
thropists. In New York, in 1857, relief
was granted to the poor to the amount of
Si,3ol,3333). The number of persons
dependent upon public charity was 173,
240. The State has been compelled, in its
provision for nlmshouses alone, TO cxrend
one million dollars. OF the army of her
paupcrs, $1,000 are natives of this co,,n
try
The panpcrisn, of other free States scarce.
~ affords smaller ratio to the whole pnpu-
lalion-the older States being afflicted with
the heoriesthur,lc of domestic want
The, South scarcely has an amshousc. -
= She has not a bIdy ofpaupcrs who form a
permanent burden upon tlie public. Her
besgars are mainly of foreign birth. ller
charities arc tho nutp)urimg Of ndividnul he.
nevolence. Her cccmusynury Institutions
are mainly supported by tho free will 6{fef-
sot her nwu citizens.
Inc strikes ot labbrers against their cni-
ptoyerS--thc mutterings OF discomfort of the
masses not yet enrolled in the great army of
a9cct poverty--thc ugrariun doctrines. grow
ing IN pnR's!ar!ty among the free lahrprs-
tne perpetual excitement aud hcrcc fauati-
c,sn that characterixe the population uf the
North-cannOt fail to be considered evil
omens fur the future; aud, in contrast with
tne contentcd, prosperous and thriving con-
d'tioh OF our labor to suggest that n miSap-
IrchenSion and misrepresentation Of the South
has prevailed
The contrast. so favorable to the South
Should convince all Southern men that stca-
dy, persistent devotion, to tho work of dvvel-
oping our-vast resorces, is the true policy for
our ieturc improvement-N. q. Picoyu.,c.
INIroRrANT from WAsiIiSGToy.- Am
cricu, Interests in Central Ainurica.- 1t
will be seen by eur special dispatch from
Washington this morming, that the Presi-
dent is fully alive to the criticul state of
the intcrests-of our citizens in Central Am
erica, and has taken steps to secure them
from harm Iii any and every event.
A special messenger leaves to-day, bv
the steamer fur .Aspinwall, with instructions
for Gen Lamar and the Commodores of our
home and Pacific squadrons; and should
the private accounts that have been rcceiv-
cd III relation to tho recent negotiations in
Nicaragua turn out to be correct, that Gov
crnment, as well as the others i'm Central
America, will soon find out that there is
some other power in the world than that
welded by the Anglo. French alliance
In view OF the possible necessities that NAV
grow out OF the complicated state of affairs
III the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
S1ca, orders have been sent to the several
laVy yards to prepare large number of
vessels forimmediatc service.
In taking this energetic and promnt
course, Mr.. Buchanan has exhibited clear
conception OF the true character of those
Irresponsible institutions called govern
ments In Central America and if our di-
plomatic representatives there comprehend
the Presidents views, and do not permit
themselves to be humbuggcd by diplomat
ic cpalavcr, they will soon bring the unscru-
pulous rulers of these republics to a sense
ot the fact that there are rights which
must be respected, and which they must
respect. An energetic demonstration now,
insisting upon the immediate recognition
ot the claims of our citizens and DISPOSE
tlon to do them justice, will have greater
effect upon the unwiserulers of those States
than even a declaration of war would at
later period, and will doubtless save us
from such resort.
The course MIR Buchanan has deter.
mined to pursue is just what was required
In the present emergency, and we have no
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