Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-18

sheer necessities to bo mistaken, willie tho
solemnity of the great emergency and the re.
'sponsibilitics it developes, hhvc e&tinguished
in the public councils every emotion but those
OF loyalty and patriotism. 1t is not in the
hands Of this Administration tlut. this Gov.
ernmcnt Is to come to an end at all much less
for want of harmony in devotion to the
country.
Mr. Thouvcncl's declaration that the Uni
ted States may rest we'll assured that no has
ty or precipitate action will DO taken on the
subject of the apprehendcd application of
the insurrcctionists for a recognition of the
independence of the socallcd Confederate
States is entirely satisfactory, although it was
attended by reservation of views concern.
ing the general principles applicable to cases
that need not now be discussed.
| In tho unofficial conversation, Mr.. Faulk.
ncr says he himself expressed the opinion
that force would not be employed to cocrcc
the so.callcd Seeding States into submission
to the Federal authorities, and thut the only
solution tojthc difficulties would be found in
such notifications of the Constitutional com.
pact us would invite the Seeding States back
into the Union, or peaccablc acquicscncc in
the Insertion of their claims to separate
sovereignty.
The time when these questions had any
pertinency or plausibiity has passed away
The United States waited patiently, while
their authority was dc6cd in turbulent assem-
blles and in seditious preparations, willing to
| hope that the mediation offered on all sides
would concilatc MID induce" the disaffectcd
| parties to return to better MUD But the
case is now altogether changed. The insur
gents have instituted revolution with opcn,
nr. nj xvor f, 81 H..
States to acquiescc in the disnembcrmcnt of
the Union. The United Suites have accept
| cd this civil war MS an inevitable necessity. -
| The constitutional remedies for all the COM
| plants of the insurgents arc still open to
them, and vii! remain SO. But, on the other
hand, the land and naval forces of the Union
have been put into activity to restore the fed
| cral authority, and to save the Union from
danger. You cannot be too decided or cx-
plicit in making known to the French Gov
crnmnnt that there is not now, nor has
there been, nor will there be, the least idoacx-
istihgin this Government of suffering disso-
luton OF this Union to take place, in any way
| whatever. There will be here only one ma
ton and one Government, and there will be
! the same Republic md the same Constitutions
al Union that have already survived dozen
national changes and changes of government
in almost every other country.
| These will stand hereafter, as they arc now,
objects Of human wonder and human nRec.
ton. y ou have seen on the eve of You're de-
parturc the elasticity of the national spirit
| the vigor of the national Government,
and the lavish devotion of the national Gov
crnment, aud the lavish devotion of the ma
tional treasure to this great cause Tell NJ
Thnuvcncl, then, with the highest considera.
tiop and good feeling, that the thought of a
dissolution of this Union, peaccaby or By
force, has never entered into the mind of any
candid statesman here, and it is high time
thnt it be dismissed BY the statesmen in Eu-
rope. ,g% M
am, respectfully, your obcdient servant
WILLrAM IL. SEWARD.
BLocKADE. We subjoin brief dcGni-
tion of Il blockade from Il respectable author
ity:
Blockade is the intcrccption by one bel
| ligercnt Of n communication with Il place oa.
cupied hy another. National sovereign,y y
confer the right of declaring war, and the
right which nations of war have of destroy
ing or Capturing each others subjects or
gonds. Imposing upon neutral nations the oh.
legations Dot to Interfere with The exercise Of
this right within the rules and limits pre-
scrbcd by the law of nations,
In order to render the communication with
y place unlawful to- neutral, blockading
or besicgng force must be actually present
investing it, aud sufficiently powerful to rem
der a communication with it dangerous to a
neutral, and expose him to seizure by the
blockading Or besieSing force. a dcclara-
tion of siege or blockade is an act of !sovc.
rcigpty, but does not require, in all cases,
direct declaration by the sovereign authority
Of the bcsicg,ng bclligercnt; for. its officers
may. be invested, either expressly or by I'M
plication, with authority to institute suah
siege or blockade, Itmust, however, in or.
dor. to be lawful and obligatory on ncutrals,
DO declared, OF sanctioned, either expressly
or by Implication, by the sovereign power
1t must also be declared or made public, SO
that ncutrals may have notice of it. If n
blockade Is instituted by sufficient authori-
ty, aud muntgined by a sufficient, force, a
ncutral is so far affected by it, that, if he at-
tcnpts to trade with tho placc invested
either by carrying goods to it or bringing
them away, the property soattcmptcd to he
carried to, or from, the place, is liable to be
seized by the Investing party, and in cpsc of
being seized, is forfeited.
| CHANCES OF BEING KILLED in VAR
Marsha! SAKE; ahieh authority in suchthings,
was in the habit of saying that to kill man
in battle, tho nian'sweight lead must be ex-
pended. French medical and surgical ga
uotko r,ll;alo ,,o,a A,,,, tl>;, g.. a.. =.