Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-08-11

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LET Us PREpARE ToR TIE WoRsT-The
Hon VIM. Porcher Miles concludes his speech
ut tho ratification meeting IN Charleston, with
these words
eff, the coming contest with Black Hcpnb-
licamism and sectional domination. victory
should perch upon the banners of Brckin.
ridge and Lane, thorc is chance for nj least
a temporary respite from frccsoii agiiation-
The Nm"vo "f anti-savcry hostility may be
temporarily stayed. But what ii they ave lie
fcatcd. and Lincoln and his irrcprussiblc
conflict" and "highor, law" Constitutions
ignoring party elected eo rule over us p
What then? South Carolinians, what then /?
Will you allow n sectional, tanatcal party
whose creed is hatred of the South-thc only
cement of whose heterogeneous mass is ami
mostly to slavcholdcrs-wil you suffer snch Il
| party--such men---to establish their dynasty
over you? win YOU thus allow the, oldli'al-
motto Statc to be degraded from her position
as the equal of every other State in the Com
fcdcracy? If so, would say to you: For
| get Fort Moultric; forget Kings Mountain !;
! forget Eutaw--thc glorica of which my friend
! has so eloquently portrayed; for their meme
! ry will be n burning weight in your hearts,
and will cover the faces of your women with
the mantle of shame!
! WHY CtdiG vi ScCiIiS IHt lDONlu pdSS
t'' resolutions" They accomplish nothing
Frequently mean nothing. In trnth have
come to bc regarded very much like tho cry
of "wolfw Let us resolve" less and de-
more. / am sick at heart of the endless ta&
and blustcr of the South. If we are in earn
est, let us act Above all, am weary of these
eternal attempts to hold out the olive branch,
when VIC ought rather to be preparing to grasp
! the sword
But why should say more? Thonucstion
is with you. 1t IS for you to dc0ilc--,you,
the descendants of the men OF 'T6--thc coun,
! trymcn of the men who helped to frame the
4 ConstitutOn-of the lucn who more than once,
ON "merc questions of abstract right" held
1 out to the North the alternative, " thu equal
I rights OF South Carolina, or no Union;" it is
\ for you to decide whether yo; will be content
| to live under Government in which YOU
would be no longer equals, but subjugatcd
| vassals !"
! FIRST BABIEs.--A somewhat, extended
observation and a solitary experience, have
convinced US that first babies have hard
time, Parents must have two or three chill
drcn before they know what baby is, know
how to treat it, and acquire patience suf1i-
clont to treat il properly. The poor little
iSHoMS tndC HuNc inc misfortune to come
along irst have to educate parents to their
task, and in the process they get spanked.
and shaken, and abused After man has
! farco or four children, Inc learns that whip.
/ ping, or striking child less than two years
of age, is barbarism. We know ono " pa
ternal head who struck his first child when
| only six weeks old, the ass actually believing
that the child knew better than to cry. and
that he stopped crying at that particular time
because he struck him. We carry certain
/ notions of children and of family government
into married life, and the first child is always
tho victim of these notions And not alone
of these, for the parents have not learned
sclf-control, and a baby is whipped quite ms
often because the parent is impatient or angry
as because it is vicious or intractable. We
inflict on our first children the fioeeincs we
ought to have for our own impatience or fret
fulness. This pounding children before thew
become, in Gods eye, morally responsible be-.
ings, is very strange business. Patience.
good people -spnwearying patience! Don't
wait to learn it until ono Of your l:tt!e oncs
shall be hidden under the daisies!