Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-24

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slave property? You do not intend to let il
remain SO one moment longer than YOU have
the power TO remove it.
Your cry of our attempt to rcopcn tho AZ
ricdn slave trade is all dcnmgonism. There
are not five thousand mcn in my State who
are IN favor OF it. | DO not believe there are
three thousand Legitimate and legal voters
within the borders OF South Carolina this duy
III favor OF reopening tic African slave trade; ;
and had time, | would, ut some lcnntb. dis
cuss this question and relate its history.
nave however, before me the resolutions on
this subject offered in the Legislature of South
Narollna IN 1897, when the subject was first
/ mootcd under the recommendation of his Ey
cciicncy Gov! Adams; and those resolutions,
sustaining the negative position, were. by
consent Of all parties, laid upon the table,
whcic they sleep the sleep of dcrth and
where they will never know II waking. True
/ few individuals within the borders of NV
( state have been concerned in violation Of
the laws upon this subject That, however
Is not reflection of the tone and scntimcnt
OF South Carolina but more particularlv Of
my own constituents and | announce it hero
that, out ot fourteen thousand votes in my
Congressional District, | have never heard Of
but two men who are advocates of the meas
| urc.
| have but one other fact to refer to, to
Z fshow.thc sentiment Of South Carolina. and
VIII then dismiss this theme. In the cnrIv
( part OF last November was in the citv Of
/ charleston, when a meeting came off ot
4 Mount lleasout, on IIaddrelIs Point, acress
the bay and in sight of that city. Though it
had been pprded in the newspapers OF the
state that the meeting was to take place and
that distinguished gentlemen had been inyit6d
to attend and participate in the PROCEEDINGS
had 1t from Hips OF gentleman WHO nd
dressed the meeting that day, and who was
enc ot the prime movers of the measure in
the South Carolina Legislature, that at the
meeting, within sight of city of Gfty or six.
~ thousand inhabitants, and only six miles
distant from lis whalveS, and within twenty
minutes sail, the party in favor of renpcninp
the Airlcan slave trade could gather together
ut lladdrclls Point only one hundred and
seycnty-Gvo men, | have it also from the
lrs.ot those present, that IL portion OF that
Dody was opposed to, and would oppose with
al me means III their power, the reupcnng of
the African slovc trade
A gentleman from Illinois. whom DO npt
now see In his seat Mr.. Farsworth1 some
weeks since, asked the membcrs from South
O'ro'ina question upon that point, and at
ter having secured the answers of two or three
OF my colleagues, he refused to yield the floor
iurther, though made two or three ine!fectu
a. ehorts to get the floor to state these facts
therefore, give lin MY opinion now; and
I J. repeat lt, that not five thousand men in
! oonlh Car0lIna could be found who would de-
post 'he'r votes in favor of reopenng the
. A'rcan slave trade. We regard it, in point
N .>c Al,
that could possibly bcf,ll the institution of
slavery. But have no time to discuss this
matter further.
proceed and ask, gcntlcmcn If you rem.
Gcr up our fugitive slaves when they escipe
irom u.s. lon dare not say you do Have
you Kept in good faith a solitary COMPROMISE
we have made with you? You have not. If
we complain. you scofF. IF we threaten con.
sequences, you retort by threats of coercion.
And now, gentlemen let me tell vou once
for all, you arc rousing the quiet and con-.
servatiye men of the South into determined
spirit of resistance. The gentleman from
Ohio MIR. Corwinl told this side of the House
some weeks ago about the character of the
men who prayed and fought, and retort it
upon him, aud tell him that this is the class
oil men IN my section most to be feared: that
they are well nigh that point; that. in view
OF the constant agtation and assaults made
upon them and their institutions, thew nre
led to say, Let us settle this question at
once, and, fenced be, draw the sword and
throw away the scabbard" | rencat sir.
that for enc, desire not to sec This struggle
come know the people, of The South are
brave. believe the people of the North to
be equally so. The American citizen is alike
brave, wherever van find hin, ,,,,;l. ,i