Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-16

umted States, Instead of exporting these
great commodities. We arc now eating. in
the interior Of South Carolina, rice imported
from China, and we have been crctlibly in.
formed that East In liam cotton has bccn i'm.
ported in New York. How soon the State.
craft OF Great Britain may fnd it cxpcdicnt to
impose an import duty upon American cott,us.
who can tell?
But it may he asked, is there no remedy
tor these calnmitics to the Southern rcoplc ?
we answer. most probably no immediate rem.
cdy 1lne Is the great master of the stua-
non. II our people will give up the dclusive
nope "t growing rich by The cultivation of cot,
ton-thcrrhy probably working their utter
ru'n-it they will cultivate less cotton and
more breadStutfs; r.isc for their own use and
tor sale lorses, mules and st ,ck of all kinds (;
cure their own hay, make their own butter.
aud sell the surplus; If they will labor to fiji
| the land with plenty. they viii in shn,t
time. realize cl,nneA Cor the better in their
| "wn condition and the condition Of the S,,u,h
at least they shall not have debts and dis
| Hri?"intnrnrs added to their other c,lnnitirs
| so IN raising cur owns ii,utl and supplies ut
| ~" F"n'h. we el,uull also manufacture our
""n cloths aud IL plc'rents upon our own soil
| lhrSc can tie no 'orn aus piciuus moment than
the present to bc"in in, ut the South, the
'niihui Httnie ni goods from our own raw mate
| rial. f'hIS WAS done to Il great extent Gnrinr
the war. No mat!cr on how small II scale let
The wor'; begin. Tc be successful, We must
begin n, rhc beginning, and work upward. rs
our population and wealth increase. We re.
peat, that we would not now re.rssablish slave
ry at IT," South 1t is too late to correct the
error Of its sudden extinction I, is to our
interest TO make the most of the circumstnn
c'S hp w'ici we are surrounded We cannot
recall the past. 8 Let the dead nast bury its
dead 1;nt lee us not he entirely hopeless of
tie future
l"tlr Nor" h"n half - century ago, the
great commodity exported from thi: Stutc was
iGig" H. crSrd tn he profitable here, he
rhnS" II could b" more chcnrly cultivated else.
where. Carton VAS introduced in it's stead
nnd w"s cultivated with unparalleled success
lohac'" and rice contributed to increase the
wealth W ct the S""'': If these staples ceases,
country lolt to us. an.F. With something Ike
good government, 0nr necessities will give
rise 10 new rxprdcnts 70 conquer our diff
icutirS. wc must meet them with prtirncr.
ioriitudr aud courage But Sh,ll we have
ron! government? That is the grcnt Jucs
ton present Il in tie nest poiut that wr pro
! n>,,-In cnnSl,'rr
70 n,.,it ~ - fact ,:: l,as boon assumed tn
!r ir 'rsult III u" war, hat ll.r Government
81 IL" l'u:tct! %r,"> i >mrr.r'r aMd th't the
S:aI,> i " no r.hts; 0riI t'u'v hrv" rights.
ihti i'".N arc Suhnr,nar 10 the Government
Of the United Stats mr. wlich is the same
,im2. >lst,ur,i!natr to the win oi' ma urity
having control nt Tie Government is TO aamit
Tie ahr""n,i"n Of Tie Gems tuition. and to ig
,nrc t!,r facts of history. IN ether words, it
is to ack,ow',dm" tE,at wr snvc n Government
'f nhSri"tr powers, Instead ot Il Gnvernmcnt
of limited aud delegated po|crs 1t is ad-
mi!tca, that any Gnvcrnmcnt however limit
ed, may for time usurpnll power. \ single
man nay Use up and say, - ;sin the State.
Any assembly Of men may. FOR a season, AFRO
gate to themselves all powcr--e xecutive, leg
islativc and judicial But the question re-
ours, is this law, or is this usurpation? IL
this good government or is 1T revolution =
Mere physical fnrce is not law. 1t may com
pcl obcdnce. but i, cannot give to its acts
the sanction of law; unless it be in those
countries where tic will of an absolute dcspot
i, the recognized law of the land. TO admit
that The war has established such power in
thc United States, j. to adult that all conSti
tutinnh government is ut an end. ;n,d that as
States, ar ms individuals, we hold oE' life, lib.
crty and property at tt 6 will and pleasure of
any majority. which. for the time being, may
hold the power. Such. today, may be prac
ticallv the condition of ten States OF tho
American Union. But are VIC prepared to
endorse these proceedings and cngraft 20 mon
strouS pr"rosi1nn into our governments poll,
ty? That IL the question that the people ot
the North. nS we'll as OF the South. arc called
upon to consider The great object of laws,
Of constitutions. and OF government, is TO pro.
tcrt the weak against the stromg--to shield
ninoritics against the encroachmrnts Of ma
jnries 1t s political aphoris'n that a ma
jorty can protect itself. Acting by the sheer
exercise OF arbitrary power, minority may,
for II time set Mt na,lght all laws within these
Satcs--it may cnlr.cc an obedience I" mil
tnry DEGREES from which there is no appeal
it may administer purely military Govern
mcnt according to its own will, and as *nch it
must be obcycd. But when we are called up
on to .anc,ion such government as bong IN
accordance with tho constitution and the laws,
VIC have right 10 test the question a. ording
to the ,uic proposed and to withhold our as.
sent. We admit the fact that MARTA! law
Sexsts in south Carolina, but we do not adlnit
Ithe principle that martial law has the right
to Impose civil government upon us without
our consent. Far cit from us to raise fac.
tious opposition to the Reconstruction Acts OF
! Congress. We believe that those acts and
tho measures they propose are destructive,
not cnly to our constitutional rights, but TO
our social peace. With us it is not ques-