Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-10

"'V "'C'ii"S "ole, anu WiaJ VIII ultimately
rebound to their honor, wealth and prosperity
as people, is to let them fully understand
what it is VIC ask at their hands. | cannot
thlnk that we, the citizens of Pickcns District,
Will fail to do our duty in this case shall
at least confidently and reasonably hope for a
different result. Yours truly,
BILLY BARLOW
M Editor: As John Brown and the
Abolitionists arc made the principal topics of
discussion at the present day, | will proceed,
by your permission, to lay before the public
my views as to the best and safest way for the
South to proceed in this great emergency:
am no political mani only Judge the
future by the past. That man who has been
Knocked down two or three times and still
thinks all to be his friends or thinks he has
no enemy, must be very duh of perception, a
very good natured man, and peculiarly con
Stltutcd. But such man is no dullcr in per
ccption than the South is if she does not now
see that she must act soon i'll seme way for
herself or die, We are told that cvcry ~ ct
must have an adequate cause. | would ask
tcn what is the cause of this seemingly etcr-
nal and everlasting agitation IN this country.
suppose it Is because the Northern people
are so philanthropic that they cannot bear for
slavery to exist, it is SO horrible and so shock
ing SIN. They say that it should be entirely
abolished. Aud there il no use to tell these
abolltonSts that slavery is per SC no sin, for
1T Is as clear as sumbcam that the Bible both
tolcratcs and subst;miates slavery, yet these
lovers OF the Atricun race will not take this
rs authentic authority in behalf of the institr,-
ton OF slavery. suppose they want higher
authority. But it is not my desire at the pres
cht tmc to enter into I'M argument to prove
that slavery should exist and be perpetuatetl,
for this has long since been done clearly and
Enthusiastically, and is admitted by ull, only
those who are determined to be wrong, or those
who arc unacquaintcd with the institution as
1t now exists. Now if the institution of slave
ry is right and lawful the South must have
been assalicd wrongiully hy a great party at
the North If she has been wrongfully as
sailed by the people of the North for years
past, 1T is high time that she should be taking
hrm and unyieding stand against Northern
| nggrcsSions Tor the purpose of securing for
herself her own interests, domestic peace and
tranquility. 1t looks very much like thirty
or forty years experience might have taught
the South before this time that she need never
expect anything like equality from the hands
| OF the federal government. Yet a voice is
heard III the South crying Union, Union
when IN reality there is no Union The
North and South have become two distinct
people III sentiment feeling and politics, and
should become distinct in every thing else
One great reason why the South has been so
grossly asSai'cd aud intrusied OF by the North,
~, because great many men (nembcrs of
Congress from the SouthD who have been
chosen by the people to transact business for
thelpt have loved popularity and acted more
Tor their own interests than fur the interests
and domestic happiness and prosperity of their
constituents at home, and by SO doing have
brought Their country, in great degree, into
her present critical condition, and she must
now take her position and fcarlcssly nlainsain
it with the sword, if necessary, or back out,
succumb entirely, and say no moro about it..
Some may say that the South is not strong
enough to contend with her formidable adver-
sary. If she is not strong enough now, she
never will be so long as she continues to ret
rogradc and do as she has been doing for some
years past. But she is strong enough, and all
she lacks is the will to act and the courage to
maintain her rights or die fighting for chem.
Look ut the resources of the South. She has
plus nine hundred thousand square miles of
territory, twelve millions Of inhabitants, about
eight millions of whites, four millions of slaves.
one million of fighting men, or men on tho
muster-rolls. Also, the South is Il cotton. grow
inig country, which, in q great degree, governs
all things. With such resources, with such adj
vantagcs as these say the South need not fear
the result OF an action with the North if one is
necessary. Argument has been tried long
enough and hns been found to be unavaii-
ing. Now let something be substituted i'm
the place OF argument, for instance, powder and
lead. think it is the very thing needed, and
in n short time would work n wonderful change
IN affairs. believe that the safest and best
plan for the South to adopt to secure for herself
permancrt peace, ia, to take her position and
MAINTAIN 1T to the, last eStrcmitv, and at any
| cost. whatevOr. Should tile South present one
solid aud inimovnble pbulanx against her com
mon enemy. (lor such the North should be re.
gardod) | do not think thcro would be much
danger OF collision. All that is necessary
now on the part of the South, is prompt, speedy,
fearless and mistaken action. Did the Aboli-
tionists Mt the North but see this spirit mani
tested universally among the Southern people,
1t would take more hemp than it did to hang
John Brown to drag tho Abolitionists on South
ern soil for tie purpose of fighting 1t is true
that peace is very desirable when it can be had
on good terms, but If il cannot be had on good
and honorable terms, either death or victory is
far preferable to submission. Any thing inthc
world before submission. But there is no dan
ger of submission on tho part'of the Snuth if
she will go to work right by throwing off her
coat and contcpding with the Abolitionists with
o0t gloves on. She is as we'll prepared now to
Yea. far better now, in my humble opinion,
than she every will he. She has ample strengths
! and means for permanently sustaining herself
0nd institutions if she only had the will to 40 It,