Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-10-06
Common Sense

reasons for his support of Breckenridge and
Lane, says:
[ was for many years Wing, and after
ward an American; and am not ashamed of
having been either. Looking back along the
path of my life see many things to regret,
much done that could wish had been left
mdone, much omitted that could wish had
been performed. If my motives are impugn-
cd and unworthy ones sought to be assigned
for my present action, | shall remain entirely
silent; for | am less than nothing in this
present great cxgency of the country, and the
value of what | have written does not at
all depend OH the motives that actuate the
writer.
Only four years since John G. Breckin-
ridge was nominated by yacclamaton for the Vice
Presidency, and his whole party received that
nomination with singular gadncss and en-
thusiasm. In the Ashland district, in which
the great Whig leader had his home, the
young Bayard Of Democracy, without fear
and without reproach, had before then met
the Wing array, before that great party had
been taught elsewhere to lower it's crest, and
he had conqucrcd-and, what was more to
his honor, had gained the esteem and admi-
ration of his opponents Kentucky has late
ly had no honors to bestow that she has not
thought him the worthicst to bear None
anywhere revilcd him, and few men, at any
time, so united and deserved the good opin-
ions of their countrymcn.
If the theory of Squatter sovereignty should
be established as an accurate exposition of
the Constitution, and as the settled policy of
the country, it will be idle for the South to
expect any further addition to the number of
slave States. Let this be the settled policy,
1D a I NuilI H., q
tt oling influence upon the action of the
South In regard to many matters of national
concern-will greatly sway it in the decision
as to peace and war, and so, perhaps, imperil
the national homer as to the acquisition of
new territory, the creation of Territorial Gov
crnmcnts, expenditures for the Territories,
extinguishmcnt of Indian titles, the author
izing Territories to take steps to become
States Continually the slavery question will
obtrude itself into Congress; and it will be
found as in like cases it always has been
found, that men cannot avoid blinking it, nor
get lion out of their path by shutting their
eyes, and trying to conyincs themselves that
he is no longer there
There can be no Non Intervention by Con-
gress, without NonIntcrvention by the Ter
ritorial Legislatures The South asks for
bread, and Squatter Sovereignty offers it
stone. Agitation in the Territories will ere.
ate agitation in Congress, and the doctrine of
Popular Sovereignty and the principle of non
intervention can not exist together.
BENEFITS OF RAILRoADS.-The follow
ing from the Houston Telegraph, shows what
railroads are doing for Texas:
We learn that the increase of taxable prop
crty in Brazora county, since the railroad
reached there, has been astonishing. In
1883, before the grading had more than COM
mcnced in the county, the total value on the
tax rolls was $4,705,348 The taxable prop
erty this year is s7,246,296 the increase in
two years being over two and half million
OF dollars. Such an astonishing increase has
no parallel anywhere in the State, unless we
except Harris county, and as an argument in
favor of railroads, it weighs ton.
BEAUTIFUL ExpREssIoN.-Re Dr. Pal
mer, of this city, (says the N. Orleans Delta
is acknowledged to be one of the most elo-
quent ministers in the United States He
uses no manuscript in the pulpit, and consc-
quently has that freedom which is necessary
to true oratory, giving full scope to the inspi-
ration of his subject. One Sunday evening,
last year, we listened to sermon in which
he was speaking of God as recognized in His
works. His whole discourse was marked by
oarnestness and perfect command of Ian
guage. Towards tho close, when the whole
congregation had become warmed up by the
feryor of his cloquence, he raised his voice
and exclaimed in tones which all who heard |
him will remember: "The galaxy which |
arches the Heavens so grandly tonight, is |
the glorious pathway of the Creator through |
the Universe, and the myriad stars which be-
sprinkle it are the golden dust that rises up
in the wake of His chariot wheels"