Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-08
Keep Yonlr Cotton.

sOutnefnf poft" continues, mot q bale of cotton
should DO exported beyond the limits Of the
Confederate States. A people who cannot,
like our fathers of the Revolution, mako no.
bio sacrifices foss5tho sake of {independence,
will sooner or latcr, become tho subjects Of a
foreiga despotism. a'ho Aboiitionists Of the
North arc now commanding the support of
suoh conservative men as x.Presidents Pierce,
FILLMORE aud Buchanan, and Mr., Edward
Everett, to compel by foree of arms the sub
lnission of The South to The "irrcpressible'
conflict y wagcd by the dominant party in
the United States Amofe iniquitous war Of
invasion and 'snbjugation was never perpetra-
ted ny human ambition md love Of powor.--
10 repel this second John,Drown raid, and
teach our lanatical enemies, to respect our
rights and, acknowledge our independence of
their authority. King Cotton should bemado
to fight our battles, and defend the institu.
ton Of slavery as it exists in the cotton
States.
The Liverpool Times, of May 4th, says: /.
"Wo have now only twenty.thteo weeks
consumption OF American cotton in this
country and at sea, which must speedily COM
pei spinners to lessen their production
event only inferior in the misery it will cause
to the civil strife now passing in3America."
Since tho fourth of May, little cotton has
been shipped from this country, and the sup.
ply available to the manufacturers is now
probably less than twentyono weeks con-
sumption. The British nation should unGor.
stand that we have a fair supply Of cotton to
sell, but that they must send u Acct sufficient
to rc-opon our natural cotton scaports, and
trade with the planters of tho Confederate
States without tho let or hindrance of North
ern aboitionsts. Tho less we trade with fanat-
les whose armies have invaded Virginia, the
better it will be for our future protection
against this Northern lust of dominion over
all slave territory on this continent. This
desire to rulc over lis is not likely to die
peaceful death. 1t now thirsts fer Southern
blood, and must be met and subdued.
Our readers ought to study tho polioy of n
defensive war; for tho hour of conflict has
come. Practice rigid economy and be ex
ccedingly careful to purchase nothing that
will benefit the enemies of tho South. Help
ing the enemies Of negro slavery under COM
mon government, has long been the suicidal
practice of Shareholders We now see tie
natural fruit of this lamontable folly. DR.
franklin never made more philosophical
remark than when he said, God helps those
who help themselves" =
Farmers should help themselves by raising
in great abundance all the nccessaries of life,
and then keep out of debt, so that mcr-
chants, manufacturers, and mechanics will
come to them to purchase these nccessarics
and pay down fair prices. Compel the needy
in Europe and in tho Northern States to come
to you and buy the rich products of Southern
tillagc and husbandry, which is perfectly prac-
ticablc In States where land is so cheap and
SO abundant, and agriculture SO prospcrous.-
We want no partnership with the Northern
States, nor with any foreign nation. Self
denial is what we most need to pcrpetuate our
freedom and independence. II we do not
know how to live without dependence on the
Free States, whether North or West, it is
high time these sources of supply were cut
off, that wc may learn to provide for our wants,
and expcnd our money to build up Southern
cities and villages, whose capital will help
support our own government, and not hire
mc-cenaries to come md destroy our lives and
property. Millions on millions of dollars,
drawn from the impoverished soil of the
South, have gone North to raise large armies
and subduc the people who own this impoycr.
ished soil We heat tile poker that burns
deeply into our most sensitive flesh, and are
laughed at for onr weakness in running North
w oAPoi" ~ oou'O way V'ciy uollaI VIC nave,
or can borrow in any shape. Whatever hard
sense there may be in tho Planting States,
should now labor to cure this popular woak-
ness, and render the South truly independent.
Fleld and Mresiae
GES. BEAUREaARD.--Th Charleston Mey- |
cury of yesterday says:
General Beauregard, with his staff, Mai.
D. Il. Jones, Assistant Adjutant-G eneral,
and Coils. j. l.. Manning, w. p Miles, A.
G. Rice, and Joseph Hayward, left Charles
ton yesterday, by the Northeastern railroad,
em route, we have reason to believe, for Vir-
gina, 30 the abolition troops may, after oil,
have an opportunity of seeing, to their great
dismay, tho distinguished Creole general.
whom the facetious editors of Yankcoland
have so cleyerly boxed up and sent to France"
We also find in the Me,cuyy the following
letter from this distinguished officer: vi
CHAnLEsToN, May 27, 1861
My Dear General sincerely regret leav,
ing Charleston, when its inhabitants have
given me such welcome that I now consider
it as my second homo. I had hoped that,
when relieved from here, it would have been
to go to Virginia in command of the gallant
Carolinians, whose courage, patience and zeal
| had learnt toapprcciate and admire; but it
seems my services arc required elsewhere,
and thither | shall go, not with joy, but with
the firm determination to do more than my
duty If can, and to leave as strong d mark
as possible on the enemies of our beloved
country should they pollute its soil with their
dastardly feet.