Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-31

try is divided, as on similar occasions here
totore, INTO two great parties, but unlike any
thing In our previous history one of these
parties, assuming the name of Republican, is
purely sectional, located entirely North and
West Of Mason and Dixon's lin the lcodir,,
article of whose atliiation is opposition TO the
institutions, rights and interests of the South
The other party, who rally under the time
honorcd name of the Democracy, is national
in its organization, but it is nevertheless noto
rlousy true, that its strength at tho present
time lies in the South, and if the party, and
with 1T the Constitution and the Union, are to
be preserved, it must be by the votes of the
Southern States. On this account i' for no
other reason, the nominee of the Co. vcntion
Ion the office of President should be South
ern man. But aside from this the South is
entitled to the first Office, because the three
last nominees of the Democratic Convention,
and the three last Presidents of the United
states, have been Northern men The South.
therefore, for these powerful reasons. is cnti
tied to the nomination and to the President,
at the next election !. Because the PRINCIPLES
OF the party dwell in perfect harmony ONLY at
the South. = Because the electoral votes
that are to make the President, must come
! chiefly from the South, and if an acccptable
candidate is selected, will come as unit from
, the hitecn slave States and 3D. Because the
three last Presidents have been Northcrn
men, and, therefore, the South is entitled TO
me oihce lpon this principle of reason
ing, whlch is believed to be ncontroveribly
Just, net only the Southern States, but the
cotton States Of the South, are entitled to the
next President; for it will be conceded, if
similar comparison be instituted AMONGST
tbnt all a
strength OF the party, in pre-cmirent de-
gree exists IN the cotton States, and never
since the organization of the Government
have they had representative in the Presi-
dental office True, Gen. Taylor was noni,
naIly a Louisiana man; he owned property in
/ th"t State, identified more particularly with
the sugar interest, but he was not citizen in
any just sense of the term lie belonged to
the army, and his home through life was
wherever the Executive Government chose to
order hlm lie cannot, therefore, be said to
I have been citizen of the cotton States, nora
! representative OF the cotton interest. anymore
than could Mr. Polk, because small amount
OF e'tton is grown annually in Tennessee -
The cotton States have, therefore, never been
directly represented in the Presidential office
Why IS this? Certainly not because of the
are devoted; not because they have been un
productive OF statesmen worthy to occupy the
chair OF Washington, but simply because
content to feed the hungry and clothe the
naked of every cline and country by their in
dustry, they have permitted other sections
without controversy, to enjoy the honors and
cmolumcnts of place Not so with other sec
tions and interests More than one Exccu-
tive of the Union, including the present Chief
Magistrate, have owed their elections, in a
great measure, to the manufacturing interests
of the middle Northern and Eastern States
Notwithstanding it was at all times opeulv
proclaimed that the object in seeking to con
troll the Administration of the Government was
to build up those interests, at the expense of
the producing States. 1t i, time, therefore
that the South, through it,, leading interest
should be represented in the Presidential
Office, not under the plea of executive or lccis
lative protection TO that interest, but upon
claim OF equal portance-that she shall be
permitted to so forward unmolcsted in her
natural career of prosperity, asking no other
protection to her interests, than to be let alone
and Withholding none from other sections that
they are justly entitled to under the compact
of the Union
1t has been said and tuthfully said, that
Cotton is King king not only of the west
ern world, but throughout the domnions of
the crowned heads of Europe and it is RIGHT
and proper that this king shall be permitted
for time at least, to hold the rcins of GOV
ernment in his own country, that he may
push forward with his great abilities to ti-
nmphs of peace and civilization. He should
not, either by assault on the one hand, or
neglect and ostracism on the other be crip-
pied IN his productions, or driven to withhold
them from the commerce of the world. which
may be done either by non-production, or
by producing no more than he can consume
at home; for, it is unqucstionably true, so
important Is this interest to the welfare of man
Kind Chat If he were to stay his hand-if the
cotton planters of the South were to refuse
to cultivate but for single season-..thc
most disastrous consequences would result
to all civilized States. The English and
American merchantmen that now plow the
ocean and whose sails whitcn every sea.
bearing the rich products of the different
climes from shore TO shore in EXCHANGE
for the proceeds of the cotton of the South
would be stayed in their career of prosperous
enterprise, would romain fastened to their
moormgs and rotting in their dock. Com
mcrcc, with its innumerable dependencies.
would, in great measure. be banished from
our country and locked upin the cold embrace
of an universal chaos The looms of Old and
New England, with their hundreds and thou
sands of kindred manufacturing and mechani.
cal pursuits, would come to dead halt. and
their millions of operatives, thrown out of en-
ployment and turned loose upon society.