Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-03-09
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is highland ought to- be- extebded5 While
the other Believes II is wrong, aud ought not
to be extended. This is the only substantial
dispute, The fugitive slave clause Of the
Consultation pi,d the hw for the suppression
of the foreign slave trade,.[are as fully execus
ted] ns any laws can be III conmuaity where
the morl sense Gss the people imperfeely sup
ports the. lag ITSELF. The great body Of the
people abide by 5theSdry lega obligations in 1
both tesses few break over Each, Think,
eamot be perfectly cured and il would be
worse in both cases after separation of the sec.
tons than before The foreign slave trade,
now inperfectly suppressed. would be ulti,
mately revived without restriction ia one sec ,
ton; while fugitive slaves. now only parti,l-
lly,sufrendered, would not be surrendered at
abby the other. :" fS - -~ta
= Physically speaking, VIC cannot separate
We cannot remove our respective sectiops
from each other nor build an impossible gulf
. betweenth a husband aud wife may be
divorced, and 90 out Of the presence and be-
,-yopd the reach of each other; but'tbe differ
lent parts Of outse0uDtcy: cannot do this
.TheySeannot but remain face to face--and in
tereourse, either a,nicable or hostile, must
eohtinue between tlfehl. Is it possible, then,
To make that intercourse more advantageous
or more satisfactory after the separation than
MbeEore !? Carnations make trehties easier than
friends can mike laws - Caustreatics be more
Faithfully enforced between aliens than laws,
can aGiong friends? Suppose you go to war;
you cannot fghtnlways, and when, after much
loss on both sides and no gain on other, you
cease. .69htinG,Sthe Identical old questions as
to- terms of intercourse are again upon YOU
This country. with it's institutions, belong to
tle people who inlubiEit. When they grow
weary Of the existing government, they can
exercise their constitutional right Of amend.
ing 1t, or their revolutionary right TO disinom-
Der hnd overthrow it.. chpnot be ignorant
of the fact that many worthy and patriotic
citizens are desirous of having tho national
Constitution amended while l. make no re-.
comPGndation of amenduent, fully rccog.
nize the riglItful authority Of the people over
the whule subject, TO bcexercised in either of
the modes presented in the Instrument itself,
aud i'slrould under existing circumstances.
. tlyor rather than oppose a fair opportunity
bong afforded the people to act upon it, I
would Senture to add that o,ue tho Conyen.
ton mode seems preferable. in tllot;it allows
amendmentsto TO originate with the people them
selves, instead of only permitting them to
take or rcpel propositions originated by others.
not especially chosen for the purpose, and
which might not be precisely such ms they
would either wish to accept or refuse
t'Vndcrstand n proposed Jmendment to the
Constitution Which amendment, however, I
have not see17-fps passed Congress, ito the of.
feet that the Federal Government shall never
!. interfere with the domestic institution of the
States, including that Of persons held to SER
vice. 10 avoid misconstruction of what [
have said, depart from my purpose not to
speak of particular amendments, so far as to
sny that holding such provision to now be
the Implied; construction of the law, 1 have
no objection to IT'S hcing made express and
irrevocable. The Chief Magistrate derives
!, a'l's'ls authority from tho people, and they
have conferred nopesppon him to fix. terms,
fhrthe scparatiorrof the Stntes. The people
themselves can do this, also, if they choose,
but she Executive, as such, has notliing to do
with 1T! His duty rs to administers the prea.
cnt government as It came to bis hands and
to transmit ituninpnred BY him to his sue
eeSsnr
Way should there not be patient conf
deuce in the ultimate justice of the people?
> Is there any better or equathopc in the world
IN our present differenees?s is either party
without faith of lbeiiig ip the right
May the Almighty ruler Of nations, with
HIs eternal truth and justice, be on your side
OF tho. North, or On your side Of the South.
That tr,ith, and that justice, wifi surely pre-,
Will by one Judgment of this great tribunal
tho .Americqn people,
by tire form of government under which
welive, this same people have wisely given
their,pnblic servants but little power for mis-.
chief, and have with equal wisdom provided
for tke1retnrn of tln.t little to their own hands
at very brief intervals: While the people
reti1h their virtue and vigilance no admiais-
. tattion, by any Of wickedness or folly.
cab very seriously. injure.the government IN
the short space of four years. (.
My countrymen, ore and all reflect calmly
and weA upon this whole subject, Nothing
'valuable can be lost by taking time. If there
be an object to hurry any of you in hot haste
to step which you would never take GIeliber-
"tely, tll'sbI object wil.bc frustrated by taking
time, But NO good object can be frustrated
by it'. Sach OF yen as ARE dissatisfied still
have the old Con stitution u1impaired, and,
ON The sensitive point, the lawsof your. own
framing uuder it while the new administra
ton viii taYe no remedy II it should change
either. If it were admitted TINT YOU who
arc dissatisfied hold the right side IN the dis. |
lj!s I, there is still no single good eason for I
jprecipltate qctiph,Js Intoli goHce, ~pdfriotsni,
Chrissianity, and-wlrn relaocs on Hi,s who
has s'neyer yet forsaKen this .favotsd land aire
still fcompetent tqqdjast nIi our pFoeedt diff.
calties. !
Ia your hands, my disshtis6ed friends and
oeahtrymcn, and net in I0ine. iasthc nomen-