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

OF the North your sympathy with that insur
rcctionlst. traitor, murderer, John Brown
indorse other books like that of IIclper. n
convicted thief by his own confession. and
whose book is Il lie in statistics and sentiment
as he has stated them; indulge in menace of
coercion, and all the powers Of earth cannot
keep the Union much longer together.
Now, sir, let me call your attention and tho
attention OF the House for a moment to the
glorious boast, that the North has cigh.
teen million men to subduc eight million in
the South. This is utterly false in fact, for
thc North has no such humber as cigitccn
million, and the South, instead OF cght has
twelve million. The Pacific slope has Il voice
In TINS matter, and so his the great North
west (with the exception perhaps OF certain
districts that-havc been poisoned by the upus
tree OF Abohtlont,m), and which, ut this mo.
ment, holds'in her hand the destiny of thls
KcpuOlic. Even, however, if you had cigh-
teen million, as has been proudly claimed for
tho North, the South will ever stand united
upon the first blow to cocrce her 1t is not
SO, nor can it be SO, with the North You
VIII lIrSt have to overcome strong body of
our allies in your midst; men true to the Con
stitution tho Union, and every noble impulsc
i OF PATRIOTISM Think you they will. be idle
spectators fyour injustice? !? The great North.
west will not so with you. Its people, sir,
are more identified with the people of the
South than they are with the people of tho
North The magnificent rivers that flow
through their limits and through our own linz
ITS, Join us in bands of unity stronger than
{" hooks of steel, and which cannot be bro.
ken at the mere bidding of the North With
a population of from eight to ten million. and
which, ina few years, will reach fifteen or
twenty million, they will come into this Hall
welding irresistible controlling influence and
power. The pacific slope, with nearly one
million Inhabitants already, and resources
abnndantly sufficient for the employment aud
sustenance of more than twenty times that
number, will not, | apprchcnd, unite with ei-
/ thcr the North or the South; but will, acting
upon the principle of sclf.prescrvation take
care OF itself. Where, then, arc the eighteen
millions you boast Of? Will you not when the
! day of conflict arrives, he left with a popula-
ton less than that of the South?
But, SIR, whenever you tender the alterna-
tire OF arms, it will be accepted. When your
spears rattle upon our shields and upon our
helmets, you will not find us recrean,s and
towards. hemomcnt the gage of battle is
thrown down, we will take it up and meet YOU
IN the open field, ON foot or on horse with
spear, sword or dlggcr--with rifle, muskct,
or cannon.
Inc Sonth, sir, can sustain moro nlrn in the
net'i, batting tor.her rights, than the North
VI our population of over twelve million,
more than four million slave laborersarc sufi-
cienho afford ms support for that entire pop.
u'"tion, and enable us to keep in the field an
army OF hYe hundred Shous;rd men. Those
tonr nlllion slave laborcrs will not only afford
, support Tor nll, but they will, in addition,
give us surplus marketable produce of sta
ne 'c0hqod'tles which will yield q net aunu
al revenue equal to St0, 100000; and in case
our comnerce'ls blocked up by the closing of
our pGfts-ii the North can have marine force
enough TO do that-they will bear tax am
huai'y during fouror five years, of half that
sum Ay' sir IN an emergency, they would
pSnr 3e!r taxation equal to that entire amount.
=, lac nii'ionS who VIII be thrown out of
employment at The North, because of ccssn-
t'on OF intercourse, commercial and political,
the sections, rush to the conflict p
WIN the atrkers for. higher wages wage war
against Their best friends and customers .
Look no the scene now being enacted in the
mahutacturlng towns and villages of the
North lis there anything favorable for you
there VIII those men, mt the beck of poll
licians' march South to butcher those who
furnish them thc means of ther subsistence!
Ii they would go into a conflict, where are
you to Obtain Your revenue to support a war?
ilaYc you four million laborcrs who will time
" submit to the tax that we can in the South
ny GIan our slave lahofers With perfect impu-
nlty, IN order to meet the eXiurncioS of thp