Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-27

crction, and both these propositions claim ID
respect equal to that which is felt for the adj
ditional statement of opinion in the same pa
per- that it is proper in order to execute the
laws, that some single law, made in such cx-
trcme Tenderness of the citizens liberty that
practically it relieves more of the guilty than
, the innocent, should, to very limited extent,
be violated We may well rejoice that we
have forever severed our connection with a
Government that thus tramples OH all the
principles of constitutional liberty, and with
a people in whose presence such avowals could
be hazardcd
The operations in the field will be greatly
extended, by reason of the policy which was
heretofore secretly entertained, but is now
avowcd and acted on, by the United States
Tho forces hitherto raised proved ample for
the defence Of the seven States which origin
ally organized the Confcderacy, as is cvinccd
by the fact that with the exception of three
fortified islands, whose defence is efficiently
aided by a prcponderating naval force, the
enemy has been driven completely out of those
States, and now, at the expiration of five
months from the formation of the Govern
mcnt, not single hostile foot presses their
soil
These forces, however, must necessarily
prove Inadequate to rcpcl invasion by half a
million Of men now proposed by the enemy
and a corresponding increase of our force will
become necessary. The recommendation for
the raising of an efficient equipment for this
force will be contained in communication
from the Secretary of War, to which need
scarcely Invite your earnest attention.
In my message delivered in April last,
referred TO the promise Of abundant crops with
which VIC arc chccrcd. The grain crops gen
orally have since been harvested, and tho yield
proved to be the most abundant known in our
history Many believe that the supply will
be adequate to two years consumption of our
population. Cotton, sugar and tobacco, form
ing the surplus production of our agriculture,
and furnishing the basis Of our commercial in
tcrchangcs, present the most cheering prom
sc, and kind Providence has smiled on the
labor which extracts the tccming wealth of
our soil in all portions of our Cenfcdcracy 1t
is the more gratifying to be able to give you
this information, because of the need of large
and increased expenditures in the supply of
our army.
Elevated and purified by the sacred cause
which they maintain, our fellow citizens, of
every condition of life, exhibit the most self
sacrificing devotion. They manifest lauda-
bic pride in upholding their independence,
unadcd by any resources other than their own,
and the immense wealth which a fertile soil
and genial climate have accumulated in this
Confedcracy of agricuturists, could not be
more strkingly displayed than in the large
revenue which, with eager zeal, they have
contributed at the call of their country In
the single article of cotton, the subscriptions
to the loan proposed by the Govcrnmrnt can
not fall short Of fifty millions of dollars, and
will probably largely exceed that sum; and
scarcely IN article required for the consump-
tion of our armies has been provided otherwise
than by the subscriptions to the produce loan
so happily devised by your wisdom.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in his report
submitted to you, will give you the amplcst
details in connection with that branch of the
public service But it is not alone in their
prompt pccunary contributions that tho noble
race of frccmcn who inhabit these States
cvincc how worthy they arc Of those liberties
which they so well know how to dcfend In
numbers far exceeding those authorized by
your laws, :!.eJ have pressed the tender Of
their services against the enemy. Their atti-
tudc of calm and sublime devotion to their
country-thc cool and confident courage with
which they arc already preparing to meet tho
threatened invasion in whatever proportions
it may assumc-thc assurance that their sac
riccs and their services will be renewed from
year to year with unfaltcring purpose, until
they have made good to tho uttcrmost their
right to governmental generous and
almost unqucstioning confidence which they
display in their Government during the pend
ing strugglc-all combine to present spec
tacc such as the world has rarely if ever seen
10 sp ak of subjugatng such people, so uni-
ted and determined, is to speak language
incomprchensiblc to them. TO resist an at
tack on their rights and liberties is with them
an instinct
Whether this war shall last one, or three
or five years, is problem they leave to be
solved by the enemy alone. 1t will last until
the enemy shall have withdrawn from their
borders, till their political rights, their affairs
and their houses are freed from INVASION
Then and then only will they rest from this
struggle, and enjoy in peace tho blessings
which, with the favor of Providence, they
have secured by the aid of their own strong
hearts and sturdy arms
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
relegraphlc News from all Quarters.
MANASSAS, July 1S.--Thc Lincolnitcs, 40,-
0co strong, made an attacku upon the Confcdcr-
ate forces at Fairfax, G. H., this morning