Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-09-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
FOR rng KgowgE COURIER.

10 tne Candldates Tor the Legislature
1BNTLENSN: We call upon you to give us an
explicit answer to the questions asked below either
from the hustings or through the medium ofaour
District Press. IL seems to be universally admit
ted that we have stumbled upon strange times, and
that the political horizon is -clouded with dark
and lowering clouds, which, if not soon dispelled,
bid fair, at an carly day. to engulph our whole
country in ono common ruin. We have now pre-
sented to us spectacle truly deplorable We see
in the race for Presidential honors the candidate
OF party, whose sole and only principles and OBJ
Jects are the overthrow and subversion of the most
vital, and we may say an institution upon which
rests our very existence and more depiorablc
thah all, we arc compelled to admit, from all the
lights before us. that that candidate and that party
VIII come off victorious. Should so dire calamity
beiall the country. the Legislature (of which four
OF your number are 10 be the Representatives of
the people of Pickens) will be called upon to say
whether the frccmcn of South Carolina shall bow
their nccks in humble submission TO the yoke of
oppression imposed upon them by their Northern
enemies.
You must admit that your people have an in
terest in this matter equal with the people of
every other District of the State; and you must
further admit that, coming fresh from the people
as their recognised delegates, every vote you may
cast, and every principle you advance in the Leg
islnive halls will be considered as coming from
your constituents. Then. we have q right to know
OF yon III advance. what will be your governing
principles, peradvcnture those measures and qucs-
tons of which We interrogote you. should come
before You for discussion and action. We would
be pleased TO have your views at large upon all
the questions proposed. that we may fully un-
deistnnd your Positions and when the day of clcc-
hon shall como eli. we may vote undcrstnndngy
list, DO you believe that the practice now SO
common, prnciccd in all elections by candidates.
OF treating for the purpose of making votes is an
abnsc which calls for Legislative suppression?
2nd, Are YOU in favor Of the abolition of the
Usury Laws
Sd, Are you in favor of the establishing of
Penitcntiary in this State, better means OF sup
pressing crime
4h, Do you believe the election Of ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, the candidate Of the sectional party.
known as the Republican party, will be Just and
sufficient cause for the dissolution Of the Federal
Union, or the Withdrawal Of any one or more of
the slave States from the Federal compact: or do
you believe the South should quietly acouicscc in
the inauguration of Black Republican Admins
tration at Washington and await the enaction OF
some overt net by that administration such as the
abolition of slavery in any and all places wherever
the Federal authorities may have jurisdiction: or
the passage of an oppressive and oncroS tariff act
or The disucmbcrmcnt OF some slave State f,r the
purpose of converting it into free territory or the
enactment of any other measure detrimental to our
rights aud interests?
We trust gentlemen, that you will not question
that Your replies will be forthcoming ai an early
selves some OF the voters on