Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-30
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FOR TIE KEow"E COURIER.
TUNNEL lIIIa, S. G., June -, 1856.

TUNNEL llILl, s. G., June -, 1856.
Z" INC l"ong Kcmcf PicIrns District.
ipu must not think nc asi,,a,ny, whcu
some Of you have asked my advice in refer
cuco to the course proper for you to pursue
nnder existing circumstances. lsupposc your
reason for asking mH advice, is that you know
that have attained to the age Of nearly three.
score years, and consequently ought to be able
to give good advice T., however feel my in
competency, and, but from sense Of duty,
would decline:
Some Of you lave told nc that you had de-
termincd to abandon the land Of your birth,
tho home Of your parents, yourbrothcrs and
sisters, and seek homes in South America or
Mexico. Permit me, bcfhro yo,. take this
step, to ask you to think seriously and mature
~ on this subject, for muoh Of your happiness
and the happiness of thosc-to whom you arc
bound by the most sacred ties, dcpcnd You
say that you are unwilling to spead yourlivcs
III country where the negro aud the white
mn arc, by its laws, placed up"n equality, as
will probably be the case in this country
Will you remedy this evil by cmigrating to
South America or Mexico? Doyounot know
the instability Of these governments, and that
the population consists of mongrcl race, from
the Anglo Saxon to the EsquimuxA people
whose government, religion and language is
different from yours II you do not, make
yourselves acquainted with the history Of
these countries ana compare their condition
with that of your own country; do this and
then decide. You must not Alter yourselves
that these countries flow with milk and honey,
and that all you have to do is to 90 to this
land of Canann and you will eat mamma and
quais, and drink water from the recks s,ni.-
ten by your hands No; you must expect to
pay your way through. The Mexican will
not :givc you lis Hacienda you vii! bo re-
quired to pay him for it, and then if you cx-
p'ct to thrive you must work Then do you
not increase the difficulties ty going? You
capnQt carry your gray headed parents, nor
your blooming little brothers and sisters with
tho means you now possess Then why talk
of-leaving your native land when you arc need
ed to cultivate tho soil, to give yo,,r influence
at tho balot-box, and to take cnrc of those
who must be cared for by somo one. If yo,,
20 you invite tho negro to remain, and lust
In proportion to the number that may cmi-
crate, just in the same proportion yous ustrcngtl,.
en- tho power Of the negro, for labor is indis-
pensable, and your place in tho field of labor
must be supplied; aid consequently, the land
of your birth will be by you voluntarily sur
rendered to tho negro to occupy and to gov
ern. You ask what must l do? Look at
your country, see how much virgin soil lies
around where health and friends greet you il,
every directions and if you wish to enjoy life,
buy farms--if you cannot pay down buy on
time---roll up your slecyes, take OF your gloves,
scorn segar or drinking saloon, and 50 to
work; build plain cabin, inclosca garden,
lay off q nice plat for a howor yard, inclosc
apd clear a field for the cereals, fxnp nice
trough or tub to wash in, and take for your
watohwords sobrioty, industry and economy,
and then marry the girl you love, who will,
by hcr smiics and kindness, tighten the cares
and tolls Of life. Do .hcsc things and prom.