Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-22
South Carolina


1t was but few years ago, comparatively !
hat the people Of the South began to observe,
With serious apprehensons, the rapid growth
If party mt the North whose cardinal, in
Iced, only principle, was relentless war up
IN system vital to the interests of the South.
The feeling of untagonsm towards this anti
lavcry" party was, of course, very genera. s,
throughout the Southern States, but no wheI
vas it more intensified than in the State
South Carolina, where the people, ever 81 :,
he great Calhoun became their teacher - " "
governmental science, have been unit in -:
iment The Carolnians-rich aud p ~
lavcholdcrs and non slavchodcrs--ar
nunity of statesmen. Nearly cvcryl w.,
,itizcn knows something of the theorJ In. IJ;"-
and many poor homes ztesY g ..s
urmcr or cross-road merchant is m5 " I'
match for your smart New England ,i
II spite of his Harvard or Yale tr .;'"" :"
lis devotion to politics as Il pr, t,i"'. o''" ''J
arge majority of the citizens of oas;,s,
ina, however, have more than ~ lcom,I, n.
about Federal pot sn,,ttn,;,,". ,,c
,atcd citizens rank among M. a.
public men. At no period bc 6rst of ,',,r
ion has South Carolina al lncr tLc Rnyolm
sisters in the Federal G., -, sio t'o'I'u.
ewes. No State has gl l;t"i 'u ',;,Lo, DI'oao , nca
with gems tl nrnd III "' "o'
ways has been. The In shc md I'o' sn ;'''e i, u,
Laurcnscs, Moultrics, Emtlcdacs p;m'l,",a .p 90,
IF the Revolution, gay nrinns ,nd Iin,,',l,' Iin"rIS'
ynGEcsss' n ioH' i,ownocsi c place to the Calhouns,
d ,, lol2' murnS Smiths, and Galliards
1'"N "n' ,"'in' ,,m hc great struggle with the
,,'',I kiayne, POinSctt, Preston,
i'u''cr, louSn' fic, and later, Legarc and
M ncn 0, inc Er BATTLES in Congress. The
- Sent crisis Boyce, Hammond,
iu'' h' VII hingcr Rhctt, Pickcns, Chcs-
"U'' lwcll and ctucrs,arc not behind
vi ors i'll the vigor Of their intel
~ {Yundityof their stntesmenship
i" ,'",o ~ %M"f = great leaders, South Carroll
nt 'on's ulT" .';s Rls been the hardest of stu
',,, -; I"' 80 vital questions of govern
~, TX -" ~ Tor this reason, that they
= 'i3I o."c.o n'' hcsc questions thoroughly,
p ",".NS 3c not, is it that the other
Y"t.non n,. '"''io'' bound TO South Carolina by
~, ''""' and common Sympathics,
'nc '9o'''tc'' 'ho9 fer to her the lcadclship of
IL "as because fcmcnt.
coo' '''' her mind vas made up from
~ no 9t",s w. :" South Carolina announced,
VI. ""'"o''J Vt q, at she would not submit to
u ), 'n'H'''s'Ta ~ "" H sectional anti-savery ad-
oO'o"' y. wv T. said So previous to the
,'e, s,.oc NC IT, and she has reiterated it
-. m''o all know how her earnest
m 'rn press one been received by the North |
say, '"cre was n5 ear ago we will venture to
uIoNo n u hpnuIco pit one Republican, and not
~ ~ Nv "o"'u "u'''' Democrats in the North, |
people laughed at carnbst rho ,.ss of o,,n
W Wiln nnaN'ns the idea. She was charged
~ tIo''ne,n SIn', NJ, u cmblc outcry to frightcn
uhruly cnnu' ent. Some called her an .
"Po,'"S .! others talked about the .
c"so ."o i!oN'iI. m Ter politicians, and, iii every
iau'ous ""''."u'i't lie General jackson and his .
lASso1 Ss, "a - =" Aicaton proclamation were
."o 9, n'h force TO the taunts which
eS> OF the little State This
a ABOUT ABOUT .,.a~S carolina ccrtainl lX.soptinued