Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-02-23
49,, ~. i. Its FiniAhad.

The deed, has been done. '' We breathe
deeper and freer" for it. The Unionis dead;
and with it all the hopes and ali the fears
which divided ard agitated our people, 1T
was great, glorious fabric but its timbers
had rotted at the heart Without showing
any symptoms of decay, it has fallen ,ike,a
cedar falls. No Government eyer rose as she
did--none has ever SO perishod. From the
cradle to manhood was single bound /; from r
manhood to- the grayera shifted. scene. IS 1t
grew up in the night like Jonah's gourd, and
next day withcred 9sit died. 1T went through
none Of the conyulsons that marked the dc,
cline of other people, 1t was not oyertlTown
by hostile invasoni like Greece, nor oyerrun
by Vandal hordes as Rome was Neither did
it perish of inanitiou like Egypt, nor, was it
conquered as Saxon England was. 1T was
without precedent in its growth, without ex.
ample in its fall. Peerless alike in its prog,
ross and in its prostration, it furnishes another
memento to the many funeral monuments
which give a sombrc Interest to the highway
Of time upon which history, in after ages,
will write its own inscription. ,,t s
But tire world was made for the living and
not for the dead. With the last chime of the
requiem, which tells the passing away of what
was once the cynosprc OF, nations and the id0l
Of the American heart will end tho allegiance
which invested the Confederation with the at
tribute Of indcstructibilty. 1t was dream.
1t is gone; the illusion is past, und whilst
every hcqrtconfcsses to feeling, or having felt,
pang ut the separation, there is no remorse.
to cmhitter the regret, There is no stain
upon our hands, there is no damning proof
upon the eseutcheon Of the South. 1T was
not her decd Let the Northern nssassns
mourn rs those without hope. 1t is their
work, We can ay our bands upon the corpse
without fear of accusing blood. Let them
cover themselves with saclcloth and ashes.
and bid the mountains fall upon and hide
them. The avcnging angel will pass, over the
liutcls of the South to light upon other habit
ations. Justice and. Mercy would have gath
cred us together MS ga hen covers her brood
under her wing" and they g would not"
Turning from these sad designs a bright
particular star is seen glittering in the South
west, and other lights are peering through the
of new constellation, Which is to challenge
the gaze of the world, They arc beautiful in
their. isolation; may their aggregation be
stronger than the I" bands of Orion and their
| sway bcnigner than the sweet influences of
the Plciades." To the lone star Of the State
we transfer the duty affection and allegiance
we owed to the congregation of light which
spanglcd the banner Of the old Confcdcracy.
| IS course is our course, Into whatever com
binatiun it may choose to merge its separate
beams, we,wll follow it faithfully, steadfostly
and loyalty We bury all differences of opin
ion all names which bctokcn divided views,
all questions of mootcd policy, in the grave
ovcrwhich the Black Republicans have furlcd
Il once honorcd flag, never more perhaps. to
wave over the Union as it was We shall DO
this chcorfuly; we shall not give to indie
pendent, Louisiana, or to the confcdcracy to
which she consents, a reluctant or divided
support, The South says to every child Of
hers; I" Son, give me all your heart" and
the South asks no more than she has Il right
to, and no more than She will receive
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