Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-24

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thcy really be luboring under the d,hsinn
the ty"as ,fat~us belief. that the people of the
South Will ta'nely acquioSt in such policv
Slr, tdcSirc to indulge in no threat or men
acc Too mach of that has already been
Ienc, IA my Judgment, on both sides of this
Hoasc But 1 would take occasion to warn
Een'cmcn, At they really do not wish to see
t'ns mighty Contederncy of States rent asun-
WeH as with a bolt of Heavens lightning, to
p'ose and consider; and if they have it vet in
eocir power to arrest the mad onslaught made
upon the rights and institutions of the South
to do so; and that, too, speedily.
know, SIR, that much has been said of dis
union, and that threats cf it have been met
VITA derlSlon and scorn; and | am not sur
prseu that certain disuuonists in the South
should excite TINT feeling as readily in the
DosQn's OF Northern men, as disuniOnists Of
the Garrison school at tic North excite the
same feeling in Southern men. But pentle-
men are mistaken if they suppose that these
arc the types, reHcctors, or representatives, of
Southern feeling Those who saw least are
far the most potent and dangerous advorsa-
rcs and SO it will be found whenever the
day of trial and of struggle comes. The bonds
OF the Union have been more weakened with.
IN the last twelve mOuths by the emunciation
OF the irJepreprcssible conflict" doctrine
the emissaries sent South, and detected and
punished, the John Brown invasion of Vir
ginla, and the Endorsement Of the Holper
book, than by all the other events in the his
tory OF the agitation of this subject within M.
memory. | wish to deal in perfect frankncss
with members on the other sidcof this House
and 10 inform them that these events have
reused in the people | represent spirit they
VIII IND 1T hard to nllay, if they proceed one
step further in their aggrcssions They are
a people domestic in their habits, quiet in
Their department. raised to habits of tui aud
industry, and who daily labor by the side of
the slaves whom they have raised, and whom
they treat more rs companions-ns they are
than as the miserable, down.trodden, scrvilc
creatures your fruitful hnagnations have de-
pietcd them. The religious community of
my country are no longer silent spectators of
your aggressive movements The schools and
colleges of my land havp, excluded, and are
daily excluding, your Books of eurning--as
tney should do-from our educational institu-
tons Our merchants have ceased, :. many of
them, to visit your largo Northern mnrts to
supply our home market with the products of
Northern labor. The sentiment is co exten.
slve with tho South that we will first secure
commercial independence; and whenever we
accomplish that we feel well assured that no
litical Independence will be easily obtained.
Our artisans, too, with all their talent and
genius, move forward in their line TO supply
the wants of the South. We arc no LONGER
willing to be cotton gruwers and sugar plant
ers alone, that, through your Northern Chan
nels OF commerce, furnish almost the entire
revenue of the country, Why should we be
compelled to supply ourselves with the pro
ducts OF your looms and anvils when we have
the most abundant Resources ut our own com
pahd, and all that is necessary is Il conccntra-
ted effort ON the part of our people to bring
into action the appliances ut our command
necessary to supply us with all that We can
consume.
But, Sir, my time will not permit me to,
dwell longer upon this part Of the subject
and forbear.
Inc hardy farmer or mouhtaineer, who has
been accustomed tn the use Of the axe the
Hoe, the plo~ and, mnre Important still, the
rhle- grasps 1t yet the more firmly in his hand
when he is told that it is the object of the
North to turn loose a hungry horde of free me-
.gros upon him, who, he well knows, without
the. guardianship of a master, are too lazy to
work, but not too proud to steal. Bnt more
Than all, he knows that the honor of his wife
and daughter would hardly be safe an hour if
these slayes, totally unfit for sclf,government,
were turned loose upon his community.
Tins it is, sir, that all classes, shareholders
ana non shareholders are ready to meet this
issue it you force it uppn them. They will
meet it in any and every form in Which it may
be presented. They do not seek it, they do
not desire it, but they will not shrink from it,.
These mcn, with souls rs independent as tho
bird that cleaycs the air OF heaven, as free as
the wild deer that gruzesamid their own beau-
uful valleys and mountaips when excited TO
action under sense of wrong and agA ression,
VIII rouse them as the lion from his lair or the
fierce tiger from tho Jungle. / warn you
I; :aln not to provoke such men into active re-
sls %nce.
Th... ,Mr Chairman, brings ma to The
threat OF coercion, which has 50 recently and
aippantly beel uttered iuthc debates il this
House, us we'll asTnlsewltcgc in this city. We
arc lovers of the Con, ,titution which, our IA
thers bequeathed to us. We prefer its pre-
pctaation. We do not tIm2Ston or menace ]
you; We have not disturbed YOU rights; and
you must not threaten us with coercion, nor
shall you disturb our rights.s We have been
abused at homo for our ConsGtutioD-loyin3 |
we have persued our course un- /
deferred aud uadluntod under the attacks
made upon us fro!n every quarter We arS !
willing, sir, stih SJsustlin tIlat. Constitutions.
IT itcan DO maintained ipts integrity, but
we will never submit 20 bRve it explained
away by our eDeo,ies. We have beard che
cfy of ".the Union - "the sIJhian'p' 'tlle