Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-09-01
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L. wll seem ftJn the resent publca
tons OF AIcSSrs. keitt Orr and Boyco, that
South Carolina will s)pn have to saccdc from
the Fedora; Union, either alone or in comma.
ny with the other Southern States, or II
portion OF them. These gentlemen declare
ttnt the election of Lincoln to the prcslen.
cy is ccrtain-that on the happening Of sucl
an event prompt and immediate secession of
the SoutIcra States must cnsue.
Is the election Of Chief Magistrate of
the Republic sufficient cause for the destruc-
ton of the Federal Government and all the
horrors OF civil war and revolution This
Is grave and momcntous question, and
should be calmly and diSpnssionntely consd,
cred IN all its bearings before it is answered
by the patriot snd statesman. They who CON
sldcr the union of the States an injury and
curse to the South, and are disunionists Drr
sc, VIII of course, answer " fcarGully (" in
the affirmative. Their minds are ALREADY
nndc up, and their purpose formed. TO
them 1t is matter of no consequence how an
event 80 desirable is brought about
But thcrc others who think different.
~ OF the Federal Union. They have seen
this American II public, the only free gov
crnmcnt in the woyld, prosper aud flourish rs
no government cvci did in ancient or modern
times. In the course of seventy on eighty
years we have increased from thirteen States
to thirty three States, from three millions cf
people to thirty millions, from poverty and
weakness to wealth.pow and grandeur, un.
surpassed by the oldest and greatest nations
OF the earth wilderness, covering vast
continent, has been converted into towns,
cities and cultivated fields During all this
time every Que has enjoyed the most perfect
freedom and security in all his rights as
citizen. At home and abroad we have com.
mandcd the respect and admiration of the
world. In the rcnlotcst corners OF the earth.
an American citizen knows and feels that he
has government able and willing to protect
INN, and that no power on earth dare molest
him
1t is natural thut thcy who thus reflect,
and remember the G,rcwell advice Of the
Father of his Country, that union and lib
erty arc inseperablc, who know. from history
IN all ages, the horrors of civil war, and the
dangers of revolution to liberty and civil gov
crnmcnt, should wish and earnestly desire
the pcrpctuity of the Republic, under which
they live so happily. With such, one may
well reason and argue without giving offence.
and ask for a calm and dispassionatc deter
animation before they decide on breaking up
of forming better one.
The probability is that the Black Repub.
licrn clnddlte will be elected President of
the United States. 1t is gricvous misfor
tune and ono to be deeply lamentcd by every
citizen of the South. But it must be re.
ncmbcrcd that the Southern States win
have Brought this misfortune, grcyous as it
may be, on themscyes, by their own dvis.
IONS and party strifo4. Nothing can be more
clearly shown. 1t was predicted at the time,
and the South forcwarned of the impending
danger
I'm the unfortunate disruption Of the Dem
ocratic party at Charleston, which / did all
that could do, amid the Kisses and insults
of an excited community, to prevent Il saw
the triumph of the Black Republicans in
the ensuing Presidential cleotion-i | stated
in letter written and published immediate
ly Afterwards, that the Southern States would
be divided into three bitterly hostile factions,
that a Black Ropublican President would be
elected, and that these petty divisions of the
South would utterly defeat union of tho
South in any scheme of disunion. 1t is true
in religion and in politics, thut the nearer
sects and parties approach without assmi-
lating, the more bitter they are towards each
other.
If the sccoding mcmbers of tho Charleston
Convention had retained their seats in that