Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-20

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10 nnt down tboir nnrn,,ry hY. tbo hoyd,ct
tbcJ h,vc mid tbo ronnltv 0f ali thoso
,ybo Eetnrod 70 tbc ,,coIlo IN 1915 o,,d d,ra,,4
cd chortcrs Of rbcrty and too,2 IN o9tI, 60
sunport them onlv ono has bcnn faithful.
and that ono has LCcn rcwor,lod for his G3nl,
itv and tho others will noy.thc ,onolt,, or
their pcrGdv. Thc Kino of Sardinia orantcd
= constitution tunl an oath to sunno,t II ma
never violated his oath, and to.dov he is
Kinm of Itlv If Gcornc IIT boI i;stnnoI
to the murnurs Of our fathers, and ~rontrd
thcir inst demands thc wnrof ,hc RnynInt;on
would have bccn ovcrtcd and thc Mood th,t
was smiled would hovn Lron sovcd
off we cony;lcr this question calmly and
make such amendments MS will convince tLc
people of the southern States That thcv nrn
safe and secure il their pcrsons in thcir nron-
crty. and in Their family relations. within tie
Union, VIC can res orc and preserve it. IF wo
cannot satisfy the pcoplc Of the border States
that thcy may remain in The Union with safe
tv, dissolution is inevitable. Then the simnlc
question comes back what shall he thc n6li.
CIV of the Union men Of this countrv p.
Shall it he pcacc. or shall it be wor2 Tho
President of the l'nitcd states holds tho dos
tiny of this country in his hands. believe
he means pcacc. and war will be ovcrtcd nm
less he is ovcr.mlod by the disun;on ncrtion
of his party. We all know the rreprcssible
conflict is going on in their camn even do
batting whether Fort Sumter shall be surrcn
dcrcd when it is impossible to hold it;
whether Major Anderson shall not he kent
there until he starvcs to death, or applies the
torch with his own hand to the match that
BLOWS MIN ana his little GARRISON into CtpInl-
ty, for fear that somcbo5 of the Republican
party might say YOU ] backed down.
What man in ali America. 18th heart in his
bosom, who knows the facts connected with
Fort Sumter, can hesitate in saying that du-
ty, honor, patriotism, humanity, require that
Anderson and his gallant band should be in
stantly withdrawn? Sir, | am not afraid to
say so. would scorn to take party advan-
tagc or manufacture partisan carital out Of
"rhcn throw aside tbis nctt, sou,bIlo
about how you are to oct alone win vonr
pledges before election; meet the issues as
they are presented do What duty, honor and
patriotism require, and aupcal 70 the nconlc
to sustain YOU. Peace is the only pol;cy that
can save the country or save your nartv Let
peace be proclaimed as the policy. and won
will find that a thrill of ioy viii nnimatc tbn
heart of every patriot in the land confidence
will be restored; business will be revived
10y will gladden. every heart bonfrcs will
blaze upon the hll-tops and in the valleys.
and the church bells will proclaim the oind
tidngs in every city, town. and yillooc in
America, and tic applause Of grateful nco.
pie will greet YOU everywhere. Proclaim the
policy of war, and there will be gloom and
sadness and despair pictured upon the face Of
every patriot in the land. \ war of Kindred,
family and fricnds father against son,
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