Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-06
POLL U TUC AL.
More Foreign Views.

European journals. We subjoin few 9TH
crs. All take the sensible position that the
subiugation of the South is impossible, and
many of them invcigh bitterly against lin
coin for inauguratng war, which, while it is
calculated to interfere materially with the
great commercial interests of the world, is
alike cruel unchrstian, and bound to be in
very nature of things prolific of evil and
barren of good. The London Economist of
the 25th ult. says: "Ncithcr party, there
fore, cnn subduc or rc-cmbrace the other
probably by 10 means certainly not by fight
ing. But each may inhict upon it's antago
mist such fearful injury and suffering us will
leave n legacy of undying hatred to their
children and their childrcns Children
After stating that victory even to the North
"woud bring no success worth achieving"
the Economist scnsibly observes Why
should the federal Government fight to pre-
vent the slave Suites doing that which they
will do just as certainly after defeat or after
victory as before the battle ?-nay, which is
already done. aud which not the most san
guinc abolitionst believes Gun be undone ?'
The London 1aJiet, the conservative Cath
Ollie organ, of the same date, says:
:" Hundreds and thousands of Northcrncrs
arc flying to arms in order to compel their
Southern brethren to live with them on terms
of perfect equality, brotherly love, and indi-
visible union. The prospect of war between
tho Northern and Southern States is the
most horrible that can be Imagined. Ten
millions Of men, occupying an immense ter
ritory, and fighting for their freedom, arc
not to be reduced to subicction by armies Of
invaders, who will be withdrawn from i'm.
meusc territories, IN Which ;hey were profita
bly, employed, 20 do the unproiitabc work of
slaughter and destruction in lands which they
will be unable to retain.
~ . When the news first reached Europe
that tho election to the Presidency of Mr.
Abraham Lincoln had been hailed by South
Carolina as n sufficient cause for seeding
from tho Union ut tho risk Of civil war, our
first hasty Judgment inclined in favor of the
North, though our synnpnthies were with the
South. But as further information came
and as we found leisure to rctracc the history
of the United States, and the conflicts be-
tween North and South, WHICH have been
carried on for so many years, VIC found that
tho election of Mr.. Abraham Lincoln, so far
from being the cause of secession, was only
made the occasion for putting into practice a
resolution long formed on other valid
grounds"
Lc Mpnae, q Paris journal, says
I" What attitude will our commercial or
diplomatic relations assume towards the bel
ligcrcnt parties? England has already dcc-
dcd that she will maiptainla neutral position,
and consider tho war as one between two
sovereign powers. In France it has been
asked whether the Southern States were not
rebels 1t is difficult to admit this interprc
tntion, when VIC reflect that the United States
forms a federation. Sovereignty belongs to
each State. The Union Is contract, a treaty;
and when violated, either with or without
cause, it is and can be only Il violation of the
agreement entered into tits not rebellon
it is a war between sovereign States"
The question in relation to letters Of
marque issued by the President of the South
ern Confederaoy is thus settled =
President Lincoln has promised to hang
tho corsairs !, of President Davis. This is
simply nohsonses If tho corsairs of the
South arc treated as pirates, the prisoners Of
war from the North may be regarded as
brgandsGand shot, But we bclioyc TINT the
laws of nations will be bettor observed by
both sides" @f.so6. =.
THE R1aHp iSpIRlr.- Tho Millcdgeville
(Georgia) Union says Miss Henrietta 9 eenan,
| Of TINT oity, has waited on Governor Brown,
and in the name OF herself and her mother
rendered to him, for the use Of the State IN
conducting tho war, all their silver plate Of
every description, and their jewehys inclu.
ding diapond rings, watches, &c, lec., hnoun-
ting TO q very handsome sum in value.
Hy'MrrIrY ia tho foundation of,all virtue.