Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-22
pol oL.5SiAl.
Howell Cobb oNResistance.

From the manly and yen considered adj
dress of Howell Iobb l,e Secretary of the
Treasury, to his fellow, ciizens OF Georgia, eX-
planning his resignation, We take the follow
ing closing appeal, regrc!unS that our space
restricts us to it = LGroi inidn.
.'Eouolity and sofctv n the Union are at
an end, and it oplv ro,no;is to be seen wheth-
or our manhood ;s onunl the task of asser-
ting and maiutainin1 Independence out of it.
The Union formed hv or fathers was Que of
equality. Justice and fraternity. On the
fourth of March. IL vii be supplanted by a
Cnion of sectionolism knd hatred. The one
was worthy of the su port ana devotion or
ircemen the other CT ohiy continue at the
cost of vour honor vol safety, and your in
Is there ',oremedy for this state
of things but immeF.ee secession None
WORTHY of ronr consc, 9tism has been suggest
ed. cxcent tho rooom ndation of Mr.. Buch-
anan of new oonst;tu Pnal guarantees, or ra-
thcr the clear and OK, S4cit recognition of those
that already exist II.
"This recon,mon, Hon is the counsel of a
patriotic statesman II exhibits an apprecia-
ton of the evils tho Ire upon us, and, at the
same time dcv,,;, TO the Constitution and
it's sacred ou,r,ntoc 1t conforms to the re-
cord of Mr. 'Bucbo is life on this distract
ing eucstion-tbc i FORD of pure heart and
wise head II isc hc language of man
whose heart is ovcI keming with sense of
the ,,ro,t w,nno o,b 9iniusticc that has been
done to the m;norH .fection, mingled with an
ardent ho,,e and III 'Ic to preserve that Union
10 which bo bos + Euted the energies of a
ono ard notr;otE fife. The difficulty u.s.
hat there will bcE lresponse to it from those
who alone have Ii; IN their power to act
Black Republicahf8l is the ruling sentiment
It the North oITHby the election of Lin
.oln has nrono,1n JH, in the most formal and
olemn mapneI hinst the principles which
ire now common q to the country for its
afetv and nresdl aton. As matter of
ourse thew will urn those words of wis.
lom and nntr;ot;s as they Lave before turn
d their back nndH all the teachings of the
.o,da ana tr;,a III of the land, or else they
yill nlav will, nj, theirinsidious warfare, to
Icudo the Soutb Fpto false security, that
hey NAV tho norc effectually rivet their iron
haips. and tborel Il put resistance in the fu-
ure bevond ony =, Ever. They have trampled
non the Csnst;tF Fltion of Washington and
iadisop. and viii llIprove equally faithlcss to
heir nlcdoes ybu ought not, cannot, trust
hem II islnot he Constitution and the laws
fthe Un;tca Sta Ibs which need amendments,
ut the hearts IF khe Northern people.
"To effect tbS first would be hopeless un-
crtakipg. wb;lsIEthe latter is an impossibility.
the anneol ~ The President was made to
rcthron Of tbe wo sections Of tho country
Q might hope s. pr a'IeicHt response. on-
IS bur;e2 broI Hler-hood in the same grave
I'm tbc cansJ ktution. We are no longer
othren dwell;I tcgethcrin unity. The ru-
10 spirits 10 NJ o North are Black Republi-
ms. and betw,l bn them and the people South
ere "a no othe feeling than that of bitter
d intense hat Ed. Aliens in heart, no pow
on earth can step them united. Nothing
~ holds us s egssher but the cold formali-
8 Of q broke Faa yic!sssSsaa corstita.;on. y
eaven has pri soupects TIC uccFee u diyOrcV,
i it viii be iccepte3 BY the South as tho
y solution Vi 9hich giyesso hcr my promise