Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-02
A Patriotic Position

We copy with pcasurethe following from the
Augusta chronicle, one of the leading orposi.
ton papers in the State of Georgia,
No sensible man can shut his eyes to the
fact that there is speedily t5 be an entirely new.
thorough and radical reorganization of parties.
There rs to be, there must be, Il cordial union
OF all the opponents of Republication and
squattcr sovereignty, upon II common basis
and tue basis will be substantially the majority
platform rejected at Charleston. The stone re.
jcctcd by Tie hildcrs will become the cLiof
cornerstone at last. That platform is in sub,
stance the platform of the Americans and all
true Democrats in Georgia for years past. 1t is
the platform on which we conducted the canvass
OF 1907 and 1859, and shall VIC abandon it be-
cause those who have previously opposed us
now Mlly acknowledge its justice Never.
never, never!
=" In this connection we cannot we'll -foibcar
quoting the following from private letter of
one OF Gcorgia's mOstdistinguislicd sons, whose
very name,' were we at liberty to mention it.,
would electriiy forty thousand hearts in our
State: " In my humble opinion, the best way,
to save this Union, is for the whole South Tex.
ccpt DouSlasitcs) to get upon the scccdors' plat
FORM and demand it of tho North as the terms
OF our further affiation 1t would be granted.
1t is right, it is law 1t is the incident, the soul,
the substance, the very end of all Government.
to protect the citizen in his person and proper
ty everywhere; and none but Office ccseeking de-
maGogues Will say cit ought not to be insisted
on. Further, the writer, Constitutional
Union man. s0ys: mo power on earth can
ever make me war upon the seeding Constitu.
tonal Democrats, so long as they remain where
they are. agree with thcm-lovc every man
OF them as n friend and brother, and cannot
and will not war ON them"
In the new organization of parties, let us
all be guided by an honest desire to serve our
n oc "A
opinion, OF party names and former affiliations.
keep apart those who agree upon the great vital
principle of our time, and who arc determined
to use all honorable efforts to crush forever the
dangerous dogmos of Republicansm on the one
side, and squattcr sovereignty ON the other. =
Our action now will tell for good or evil upon
al! time to come. Let us meet it rs men, as pa.
triots and brothers. We can unite to defeat the
common enemy. Shall we not do it?"
CoNGREss.---TLe Senate on Thursday
passed the bill, by a vote of IL to Ia, an.
propriating $200,O00 for the return to AZ
rica of the ne"ros seized in slave-trade vessels.
and for their support for one year after their
arrival onsthe coast The President is a,,.
,thorizcd to make a contract for this purpose,
and also to employ vessels-of-war for the dc.
portation. An amendment proposing tho
striking out all of the bill excepting the
clause fcr sending the negroes back another,
authorizing an apprenticeship of the captiyca
for flye years prior to returning; and third,
offered by MIR. Mason, which was not verv
material, were lost or withdrawn. The
Committee on Foreign Relations reported
back the House bill to raise the grade of the
Minister to Sardinia, with an amendment
leaving it to the direction of the Preside e.
The Davis Resolutions were discussed hy
Senators Bingham, Bigler, Iverson, CLAW,
.Uirecn, Powell, Hale, Doolittle, aud others
The first four resolutions were passed Har.
lan's amendment voted down, and while Mr.,
Cllneman's amendment against Copgression
al intervention was pending, the Senate adj,
journea
The House passed the Ciyel Approximation
bill. 1t appropriates, among other things
S60, ,OO0 for seeds and cuttings, to be distrib.
uted by the Patent Office, aud 81 900, ,O00
for taking the Census. The Sonatc's Pa.
cific Telegraph bill was amended by aIlottina
the contract to the lowest bidder, and then
passed. The Pscifc Railroad bill was dis.
cussed In Committee, but no vote was taken,
GlhGytestom Courier.
TaE ARAY OF YIRoISra-- There arc IN COM
Mission ~ the State Of Virginia, says the Rich
mohd Dispdfcl, 68 troops of cavalry sI com
niesof light infantry 90 coia,,anies of rifIsner.