Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-01-26
A MILITARY DrcrAroRsn1p.--The start

n MILITARY DICTAroRSHIP.--Ihes start
ling news comes from Washington that the
Republicans have actually proposed mil
itary dictatorship. Lovejoy, of illinois, one
of the most ultra of the party, has the honor
of opening the ball. The next step will be
proposition for king We have no doubt
but many of them are secretly in favor of it,
The love they bear to England and her anti
slavery feeling will urge them on. They
have evidently ticklcd the vanity of that old
granny Gen. Scott with the idea of supreme
command 1t is said he has been engaged for
some time past in concentrating troops in
Washington, preparatory, it is supposed, to
this step. We call upon the President to
send this old imbercile about his business. -
Does he presume to act the dcspot, to poke
his bayoncts at the hearts of freemcn? We
are astonishcd that Mr.. Buchanan does not
rid himself of his ofiicious intcrmeddlng. -
If the President wishes to retain the respect
of those who have stood by him during his
entire administration, he should at once send
Gen. Scott away from Washington. The
country will not submit to military dictator
ship.-Nc~ York Dny Booh.
PEOPLE EVERYWHERE IN ADVANCE OF
RULERS. is remarkable fact in the his
tory of political opinion in the United States,
ton to public opinion in almost every part of
the country Whether the instinct of wrong
IN the masses has outrun the sngacty of their
leaders and is suror reliance than tho knowl
edge that education and superior social posi-
tion confcrs, will be solved by events now in
progress of consummntion.
Governors aud Legislatures are by their
hcsitancy, if not obstinacy, iniuring the cause
OF good govcrnmcrC by compelling the pco
pic to disregard the forms by which they have
restrained their own action. The CumStitu
tions of tho States, in prescribing certain pre-
liminary formmlitcs before Conventions of the
people arc called, intended to restrain such
partial asscmblagcs as may prcsumc to speak
for the whole people, but where the indica-
tionS are not to b. mistaken That the nonular
voice demands expression, Governors ana Ler
islaturcs who will not permit that voice to
have uttcrancc, violate their constitutional oh,
legations. Governor Hicks, of Maryland, is
in this category, and is supplying an exam
pie that may be the forerunncr of that over
throw of legal forms that promises to be of
fatal tendency. The people of Maryland will
assemble in ali probability in the omnipotcncc
of their sovereignty
Eccni"g Ne,os.
TIE LOWEST TYPE OF HUMANITY. We
tlko the following extract from the article on
" Bnrbarsm and Civilizations, in the AHtatic
WnMiy:
In the interior of the island of Bornco
there has been found certain race of wild
creatures, of which kindred varieties have
been discovered in the Philippine Islands,
in Terra del Fuego, aud in Sontharn Africa.
They walk usually almost erect upon two
legs, and in that attitude measure about four
feet in hcighth; they are dark, wrinkcd aud
hairy; they construct no habitations form no
families, scarcely associate together sleep in
trees or in caves, feed ON snakes and vcrmn,
on ants eggs on mice, and on each other;
they cannot he tanned. nor forced to any la.
bor; aud they are hunted and shot among the
trees like the great 3orill,s, of which they
are stuntcd copy. When they are captured
alive. one finds, with surprise, that their un-
couth jabbcring sounds like ariculatc lam
gnagc; they turn mp human face to gaze
upon their cartor; the females show instincts
of modcsty; and, in fine, these wrc,ched be-
ings are men.
HINTS FOR JANUARY.-Lct saving be the
watch word for this month Save the flesh
OF animals by attending to their comfort /;
keep them warm, sheltered and clean feed