Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, March 02, 1850, Image 2
specch on tho bill before the houso. lie
complains of everything the opponents of
the bank can do. Ho seems reserved to
be in an ill humor with us whether or no,
and I am forcibly reminded of tho fable
of the lamb drinking in a brook below a
wolf. The wolf told him he muddied
the water. That is impossible, said the
lamb, for 1 am below you. You did
me nn injury, said the wolf, last winter.
J was not in existence. rimliorl iIi?1?hy?'?
anterior to last spring. No matter, said
die wolf, if it was not you, it was some
of your kin, and I will kill you anyhow.
I am greatly afraid that my friend from
Pnion has comc to the same determination
in regard to the hill on your ti'l?!e.
He complains first that the committee
who reported the hill were friendly to the
measure proposed by his excellency.
Never before did I hear of the enemies of
a measure wishing to take charge of it in
a legislative assembly. According to all
parliamentary usage, the bantling should
he committed to tlvo nurture of friends.
The gentlenrm savs that, when a Dutchman
is tried, accoiding to the old law,
lir> is nnt.il.lrwl l?u'? ?
v..v.,.vv% ?v IIU1V (4 JU,V UC "ll'UHUlV
linyurt. Now, sir, 1 would most respect
fully inform mv friend, that this project
of the Governor for winding up the bank
is not an alien, it is a native born Carolinian.
There is no necessity of having a
jury composed of one-half bank men.
They have no sympathy or feeling for
the project, and would do nothing to save
it from destruction.
The honorable member from Union
says that the opposition to the bank
comcs from the West, whilst the bank
itself draws its strength from the east,
the true source of wisdom and ligh?
lias my friend forgotten that the East is>
no longer the land of light and wisdom,
but is shrouded in darkness nnd ignorance?
The march of truth, religion and
wisdom has been westward, leaving behind
such financial heresies as that government
should establis h banks for the
f 1 v
jjui|ium: i)i leruimg money to Us citizens.
Wo have been told, Mr. .Speaker, by
these 'wise men of tlio Hast,' during the
present discussion, that the farmer needs
n bank as well as the merchant. My
observation induces me to believe, sir,
that the less a farmer has to do witli
banks the better will be his condition
Whenever he turns speculator, and begins
to employ his credit as capital, in
stcid of his lands and negroes, he becomes
embarrassed, and ends a bankrupt
llis income and receipts arc not like the
merchant's, monthly and daily, but annual;
and therefore he should avoid al
bank accommodations. His profits, too
are small, though more certain that
those of the trader; and he cannot a fiord
to pay the interest of a borrowed capital
It is objected to the bill on your table,
that it gives too long an indulgence tc
tin ilnljAH. IK- 1 ? - ?- T 1- 1
viiutuwio iiiu uiiuii. i (i 111 noi oxpecttolicirsucliai)
argument ns tl?ifrom
'the wise men of the East.' Tlu
friends of the bill know that one strong
argument with them would bo, that (lie
winding up of the bank must produce pecuniary
embarrassments throughout the
country. Tn order to defoat this argument,
and prevent any such results, the
bill proposes that an extension of ton
years' indulgence should ho given to all
the bond debtors of the bank who may
desire it. If the time is too long, let my
friend from Union propose a shorter.
The House -was told the other day by
the honorable member from Charleston,
who sits on my loft, and whose remarkwere
listened to with so much nttcntior
by all, that the bills of the bank would
come in so rapidly after ceasing to discount
new paper, as to render it impossif
- i!
di? ior mom to do. redeemed. I am
nfraid, Mr. Speaker, the danger isthe reverse,
and that they will not be presented
fast enough, Indeed there is but
little doubt, carrying as they do the
faith and credit of the State on their
face, that they will continue in circulation
until required by law to be returned
to the bank, under the penalty of being
regarded ns 'continental paper.'
Wc have been informed by the same
honorabie member, that the pro its of
this bank would have been much larger
during the past year, but for bad debts
1 am afraid this is a difficulty which the
bank will always have to encounter, and
which will every succeeding year be
grea'.cr and. greater, ns her debts are
called in J3ut, sir, the idea of a bank
making large profits in the shape of bad
oebts, is one which the people would
not like much to see resized.
It is said, sir, an$ has been argued
witUsome zeal in the House, that we
.should not dUtrnot public opinion in South
Carolina, or divide into parties for and
against tho hank, in conseuqence of our
federal relations. This, sir, is n most ingenious
and patriotic mode of staving off
difficulties. Should wc not correct evils
at home, because we arc threatened
with evils abroad? Are the people of
South Carolina like the Dutch Governor,
in Knickerbocker's history of New York,
who never had but one idea in his head
ata time, for the simple reason that it
was so large tiiore was no room for any
more? But if gentlemen are sincere in
urging this argument, let them set the
example, and abandon their opposition to
the bill proposing to wind up the affairs i
of the bank.
I will not detain the house by reply* ]
iug to tlu* personalities which huvo been
thrown into tho debate. The chairman 5
of the committee of ways and means lias (
shown a noble and disinterested zeal and
ability in this matter, which merits and fc
will receive from the people of South 8
Carolina their gratitude and rcmein- n
brance. Had he consulted liis own in* ; 6
tere.- t and his own popularity, he would
have taken sides with the bank. So too
would Gen. Jackson have acted in his
memorable struggle with the United
States l?mk. ]>ut he preferred :v> risk
everything?power, popularity and place "
?rather than see continued by his coun- I
try a great moneyed power, which was "
endeavoring to overawe the government >'
and control public opinion. ^
Mr. Speaker, the United States Bank
did not. endeavor to control the operations '
of the federal government, by bribing c
the press, corrupting the tr.embers of t
Congress, and deceiving the pcjpk in t
regard to its true situ tion. JVothing c
out conossai power and overshadowing 1
influence and popularity of (ten. Jnekson I
could have destroyed that corrupt insti ]
lution. It may be said that there is no t
danger of corruption from the State ^
Hank, and that neither the Legislature t
nor the people of 6'outh Carolina can be ,
corrupted. ,
I havo as much confidence in the integ ,
rity of this body, and 'he people of South ^
Carolina: as any ought to hnv? But. ,
sir. I ho iirst prayer of every one shoi ' 1
be 'lead me not into temptation.' There,
arc a thousand ways of itiilucncing "*uimnn
rondup.t without.
IIVIIUU V,V/l I lipllUll.
Vnrious mon are approachcd in various
-.v ys. Wc have all felt, nnd perhaps
most of lis have practised, the art of
electioneering. AVe know its influence
on the be^t and most honorable men in
tho community. There arc memorable
instances of whole legislative bodies
being corrupted and influenced by money.
The granting of the charier of the United
States Bank by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania might be mentioned as one
of them. The Yazoo fraud in Georgi i
as another.
There is no do il>!, from the reports of
i the special conmiitteo to investigate the
1 bank, that its condition is better than was
anticipated. But we all know the mystery
connected with banking, and the
difficulty of coming to any correct conclusion
as to the soundness of blinks from
renorts. 1 believe flint nil nf ?l>n On.-...
! gin banks, on (he eve of their failure and
uttor insolvency, showed to the satifac1
, tion of the Legislature of that ,State, that
. they wore perfectly solvent and prosper1
ous. The same showing was made by
' the United States Hank, when it was
not worth one dollar. A conunittce,
> sent by Congress, at the bend of which
> was (ion. 3/cDuffie, made a report entirely
favorable as to its management,
; business, and prosperous condition.
But, if our State 2?ank is in the condi[
tion supposed, it is the proper time to
( close it. No loss will result to the State
in doing so. If the bank be continued, 1
' its situation, a few years hence, may be
| entirely different. Instead of taking its
s j assets to pay the State debt, we may
' have to levy taxes on the people to meet
I its engagements and liabilities. This is,
at least, a risk which we have to run. I
yhe sooner Ave get rid of it the better,
j Every man will then, as it is said the
people of England did after the death of
i Henry the Eighth, breathe more freely.
5 It will no longer be -said that we have a 1
1 master, whose (diets we are bound to
1 registe \ If'e shall have got rid of an institution
at war with the fundamental
principles of freedom; possessing the '
power of taxation without representation.
7/aving the right of investing, appropriating,
and squandering millions of the
public treasure, in violation of the State
constitution. The humble tax payer will
' no longer be taunted with the idea that
O #
his small contributions towards i lw mm.
port of the Statu nre to he carried to
Charleston nnd Columbia, and loaned out
! to wealthy pi.inters nnd rich merchants.
I In order to remove all objections to ,
the bills under consideration, on account
of the foreign debt, I propose to add
another section, pledging ah the funds of
the bank, after payment of previous liens,
to the foreign creditors, and having them
set apart to meet their demands. If this
will not satisfy the scruples ol honorable
members, ard they can suggest any
scheme more satisfactory, I will support
it, provided it does not contemplate a renewal
of the charter.
I lmvc now done, Mr. Speaker. I
have discharged my duty to myself and
to my constituents. In the remarks
which 1 have made, 1 have not been
; vain enough to suppose that I could influence
the decision of this House, or tlie
opinion of a single member in it. I owe
my seat on this floor to the deep nnd settled
opposition of my constituents to the
Bank of the Slate, I have therefore ]
thought it proper to expressmy views on >
j this great question, before the vote of the i
7/ouseis taken on the bill. I thank the
members for their courtesy and ntten- <
| tion, and will 110 longer trespass on their
In giving geography lessors, a teach- 1
or risked a boy' 'What State do you live 1
in?' To which he drawled out, 'In a ('
.state of sin and misery.'
4*
KEOWEE COURIER h?
Salurday, march a, I s.io.' ti
With ? view of accMininiHlntin? our Sub ?'
1!
cribers who live at a distance, tlie following
;entlenlen are authorized and requested to
ict ns agent* in receiving and forwarding Sub J
criptions to the Keowse Covaitn, viz: ,
M.u. \V. S. (.?u(sitAit, at West Union.
Kuw.viin Huciili:.- Esa.. " l!..r^nSlum
K. P. VrnNEn, " Bachelor's Retreat r
M. F. Mm-iiKM', Esq.. " Pickensvillo.
J. E. f[.\oo<?n. " Twelve Mile.
T. .J. \VrEiui, for Anderaou District.
The Editor of the Mtffeenger, full of years, c
ml in his own estimation, full pf wisdom, seeks ^
it his last paper to stave off tho controversy
etweeii us on the subject of the Hank to what
10 is pleased to call the ignorance of tho young *'
nan of the Courier. Now, if those who seek to f
orroct the errors of others, would first 'pluck r
he mote out of their own eye," and ho satisfied ^
hat there is at least a probable cnusc of proscution,
much trouble and hard feelings would
>e saved. 15ut how different from this has C
)ei!ii the conduct of this snge of the Messenger 1
le first attacks us for an error of twenty ;
housand dollar-*, which could 'not ben typo- 1
graphical error,' this charge was shown to be ,
ntirelv erroneous and unfounded;?lie" then j
ight-nbout faces, and assumes the position
hat we lmd charged the Hanlc with funds over 1
which it had no control: in this charge he is re- '
pulsed and driven back, and he now takes shelter
utul.r the subtofuge that lie has .e.it us to
our books, and that ignorance wns all lie intend- ,
ed to impute to us. Whenever ft clmmpion re.
sorts to ridicule and personalities, it is u certain j
index that he has been benten, and ho only resorts
to such weapons to cover a shameful rctn
at. Now let us turn back a chapter or so.
and t>ee'if the Messenger ftt first misunderstood
that calculation. In his issue of the 25th of
January, he, in taking up the cudgel to assist
his friend 11., after commenting on, and copying
our calculations, frays,
'This old Bank lms lived through ninny such
calculations of its opponents, and continued to
pay the interest and principal of the ?State debt
as they full due, and will continue to do so until
the end of the time, if let alone.'
The above a: e l.i; words, the italics only are :
ours. Did the Messenger then understand it as
referring to the Stnte debt? But to ship this
seer of his last plank and leaves him completely
exjKwed, we would ask our readers to rcmem.
member that his nrticle was written as nn ap- j
pendix to the communication of his correspon- !
dent H., rind lie refers to that communication as
having partly answered our lender on the subject
of the Bank, anil undertakes for his part to
make the answer complete. Then it is certainly
plain, that the article of the Messenger from
which we have quoted must be taken in eon.
nection with tlio dignified And gentlemanly
communication of R , and R. say: "It is known 1
to'most persons,'that the Bank is expressly'
charged with the payment of the interest on
a large portion of the public debt," Ac., and then j
ives an extract from the last annual report of |
the l'residcrtt and Directors of the Bank to show
that a large amount W the profits of the Hank
had been applied to this purpose. Can there
he a doubt yet remaining as to the understanding
which the Messenger first had of our article
? It ia evident that R. understood our calculation
as referring to the public debt, and the
Messenger has placcd himself in a dilemma,
and may take which horn he pleases; tluit is he
must admit his fir:,t understanding of that cal- !
ciilation to have boon as to tie public debt, or
subject himself to the imputation that h<* rushed
into the contest not knowing at what ho was !
going to strike. And we must confess that we ^
have no high estimate of the powers and parts
of any one, who, upon examination of our calculation
can fail to understand it: for it \
eeem to us that it issoplpin that no one with a j
thimble full of brain-) can mistake. But, neks
the Messenger, if it was intended as a Htatement
of the public debt, why was not the Randolph
Stork put down? We now find that to
bring our arti( les within the comprehension of
the Mosrenger, we ?hall have to l>e exceedingly
plain. llre had thought that we used tolerable
plain English, but have just now learned that i'
two things are blended that it is entirely beyond
the brnin.? of the Messenger. His inquiry
as to the Randolph Stock al*o shows that he
commenced and 1ms carried on this controver.
sy without either reflection or examination. For
if he had betaken himself to his books, ho cer. i
tainly could have ascertained that the whole
amount of the State debt was $2,310,806 91. I 1
Well, is not tlmt cxactly the amount of our calculation
J It then would surely have been i
plain to a financier not half bo great as the '
Rothschilds, that this Randolph Stock was in* j
eluded. Then if the Messenger had looked in j ]
to it, he would liave discovered that all the G ' ]
per ccnt .stock had been added together, and also
all the 5 per cent, which was done to shorten j
the table, and then if lie had carried his examination
a little farther, he could certainly have
learned that thU Randolph stock, bearing G per
per cent interest, was included in the first fig- \
urea of that calculation amounting to $ 1,171,188
62, and which is the amount of nil the six |
per cent stock. Is .my thing more easy? It is ,
no nl.in A II ri :e il.- ??- -
... au v ii mc -uessengcr it;ul desirod t
to do ua justice.
Who then lin? resorted to evasion to get out ]
>f ft dilemma) Whoso ignorance, or what is
ivorfte, whose earulessness and peevidinost U
low fully exposed) Tlio J/esscnjfer had beter
have taken our advice, and l>e n pure ho
vji* light in this Iiia third position bsfore he
nft'le the ?tnrt. Well may ho fhv he will let
i? alone and ask u? no more quostionp. If wo
ad mndo three us egregious and erroneous
intakes as tlie Messenger upon one single iir- 1
iclo, wo would bo glad to get off by such eva- 1
ion>. But we trust that the Messenger will
i future adhere to his resolution, and lot us
lone, and then we shall ha /o no more of thin
>;>per warfare. In conclusion, we are inclined '
t) believe that no one will deny but that the (
'ftnorant young man of tho Courier' has up to 1
hi j tune fully hold his l.und with tho $9ye and
cierend Solomon of tho Messenger.
The Jartumy number of Scott <fe Co.'s 1
cpiint of I31ad\wood's Magaalftb is on
>ur table, containing as usual much of
jravo and substantial, as well us a rich va
iety of light and elegant muling. Tho
irticle on 'American Adventure' we ;
ouud very interesting; (he * evieji er does 1
tmple justice to Lieut. H'ise's sprightly
md humorous book, and though ho says 1
iomo tilings for our people to which wo j j
sannot exactly subscribe, yet he abuses
is iu so graceful and winning a manner
hat we cannot find it in our heart to ge'
nad.and are almost ready to mistake his
idicule for compliment. 'My Peninsular
Medal,'and the 'Green Hand,'two
Lales ful1 of thiilling incident, the present
inunber contains the third and seventh
parts, which equal in interest any of the
proceeding; indeed the whole number is
eminently readable, and we heartily re- j
commend it to our patrons.
No. 1 of vol. 22 of the Edinburgh Re- j
view from the same enterprising Publishers,
is also before us and from a cursory :
glance of its contents wc arc satifiod that I
the present number fully maintains the
character which it has long acquired
from the contributions of such men as
Smith and Jl/ncauly. ^This Review occupied
a high place among the periodicals
of Europe from the time the first number
was issued under the management of
Sydney 6'mith; to those, thev>foro, who
would become acquainted with the emi- 1
nent JPliig Reviewers of England and
Scotland, wo need hardly say, subs:ribe
f... Il.? PJi..l ?1- 11 -
iui iriiu i^uiiiunrg'ii ivcview.
TIIR NEW ROAD.
The Commissioners (o whom the charge
of 'laying out a road' from this place to
Pendleton, was assigned, have been closely
engage for several days past in examining1
the countrv bnt.\vean the two VillaO
>J
ges, with a view of ascertaining the be9t
route for said road. They commenced
the work at Pendleton, recommend some
necessary change near the Village and i
then follow pretty much the direction of
the present road to the bridge - on 18
mile creek, thence in nearly a straight
direction to 12 mile river. East of Mr.
Grants house and West of J/rs* Russolls,
crossing the river near the latter place,
and running through Gen. Garvens bottom
and East of his house to the old
road near the 0 mile post? thenco nearly
straight to Bausons Mill, and thence to
within 2 miles of this Village following
nearly the direction of the old road.
This is about the location fi*Arl nn lw
- ? rj """
Commissioners ns nearly as wc can recollect.
Wc arc informed that there is no
hill of consequence on the whole route?
and that the distance is some shorter
Wc Iiavo nothing to say against the location
marked out thus far, hut wc do entertain
serious fears that the remaining 2
miles, by far the most important part of
the road, will uu s>u hemmed, hedged, and
blocked up by conflicting private interest, :
that the public weal must be sacrificed to
the gratification of private convenience.
THE ERSKINK MISCELLANY.
Thi> flrtl rlhnliluii. nf il.li 1 ?
iiii.-? MHiiiy jiriimni jour- 1
nal made us a visit lust week, nnd was honrtily
welcomed, for eomo one disposed to monopo- ;
lize nil of n good tiling carried it nwny from
our office and wo have not liftd a glimpse of the
new coiner fince. The Miscellany is published
weekly in the Village of Duo West, Abbeville
District, at fS.OOuer annum in advance, by
Me-?rs. Bonnef <fc l.iiuUay, proprietors, and
Itev. R. W. Hemphill assistant Editor. We 1
nrc satisfied the Miscellany will merit a libera'
patronage. " 1|8||
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TIIE BLACK RIVER WATCHMAN M|
lathe name of a new paper uIkuiI being pubished
at Sumterville, S. C.?edited by Messrs
). I). Eraser and J. IK. Erwin, and published
l>y Messrs. Gilbert it Do Lorme, nt $2 in advance,
or $3 paid at the end of the subjerip- i
ion year. A'ucceas to the undertakers.
i
RETURN DAYS FOR SPRING TERM 1860. J
For Abbeville District, 2ih1 tiny of March. 1
" Anderson " 0 th " " <
" PickciM, " Iftth " " '
" Greenville, " 23rd " " i '
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THE /SHIULTZ CASE. 1
7'iio fondwt hupf'fc of the veteran of //am- 1
Ill Mill H II :w.?
burg luivo been destroyed,?the bridge cn-?
lias been decided against him, and in bis own
nconic language, "all is lost."
NEW ORLEANS
The late fire in New Orleans is said to havo
i>ecn the most dnslructivo with which that
:ity has ever bce? scourged, the loss is estimated
ut ?500,000, besides the loss of several livesOur
thanks arc tendered to the Hon.
J. L Ouu for sundry Congressional documents,
sent us during Mic last two weeks.
THE WILD WOMAN OF THE NA
VXD AD,
yibout a year since an account was
nublishcd in the Victoria /frlvn ??> > ?
peeling a strange cfeature, whose trao';s
had been discovered on the banks of the
Navidad, near 2'exana. rl he footmarks
of this creature resembled those of a woman,
and a report was circulated to tho
L-ffoct that a wild woman had made her
retreat in the forests of the NaviJad.
Within a few weeks several attempts have
been made to capture this stra ve being.
Mr. Glascock pursued it for several days
with dogs, and at one time approached so ,
near as to cast a lasso upon its shoulders.
It, however, with great adroitness eluded ;; j
the snare, add lied to a dense thicket,
_ 1 ! - 11 -A \ - - 1 ^ '
wuuro il couiu not oe vraceu. jur. ulascock
states that he was near a small prairie
enclosed by the border forests of the
river, when the creature emerged from
the woods, and ran across the prairie in
full view. It was about five feet high,
resembling a human being, but covered A
with hair of a reddish brown color. In
its hand it held a stick about six feet long
which il flourished from side to side, as if
to regulate its motions, and aid it when
running at full speed. Its head and neck
are covered with very long hMr, which
streamed backward in the wind. It ran
with the speed of a deer, and was soon
out of sight. The dogs pursued it, and i
came so close upon it at a small creck,
that it was compelled to drop its stick, j|
which wis li.?v?.n by its pursuers. J
7'his stick is about six feet long,
straight, ami smooth as if polished with
glass. Several other persons havo repeatedly
seen the creature, and they all
concur in representing it as a human
being, but so covered with shaggy hair, as
to resemble an ourang outang. It has
frequently approachcd the housesof the
settlers in that neighborhood during the
night, and stole various articled?among
others it carried oft' a quantity of towels,
and one or two books, an . has also taken
several pigs. One of its nests was found
in the forest, in which were several napkins,
folded up just as they were taken
from the house, nnd a Bible marked J. J.
Wright. A. bill for washing was also encosed
in the Bible. The foot-marks of
this strange being havo often been traced
in the bottom of the Navidad, but it has
eluded all attempts to capture it. jHic
old settlers in that section say that these 1
r x i.- i ? * -
luut-miu Ks iiavo Dccn nouceci lor ten or
twelve yers, and that several years ngo
there were other foot-murks, indicating
that three of these creatures were in com
pan\. "Ithin the last year ths foot- W
marks of only one have been noticed.
Mr. Glascock intends to collect a pack of M
good hounds and resume the pursuit; and fl
he is confident that he will succeed in cap
luring it. He has incurred considerable I
expense, and has exposed himself to great
hardships and danger to secure it, thus
evincing his full belief in the identity of
this mysteriovs being. It is not improbable
that during the War of the Revolution
when the people of that section were
driven from their homes by the victorious
army of Urrea, some children might have
been secreted in the woods or left there.
and their relations never returning, have L
become like wild beasts, clothed with
hair, and feeding upon herbs and such
small animals as they can capture or pilfer
from the settlers.
MORE BY THE STEAMER I
Paris has been in a stato of sci^e, in
consequence of an order by President
Bonaparte to the police to cut down and
remove the liberty poles erected during V
the revolution. The people rose in a
mass, and protested against the act.
This led to the calling out of 100,000 military,
which effected a dispersion of the jlL
mob, though not until several were woun
dedand many impiisoncd. The city H
was then put under martial law. At tin*
last dates dates everything remained m?
(juiet, but considerable feeling was man- I
ifested against Louis Napoleon. The
French Moniteu supposes that Louis Npfefklonn
to on*ln?- in *"* 1
,0 nyvlllU 111 lllilWItlVII Ul 1113 UIICIO
(IjScl thinks such a conviction ia thc^p.usc
of the disturbance.
XhoHavrc cotton market Was dull, and
sligVitly declined.
A Reiiouti rupture has taken place between
England and Greece, resulting in
ii total suspension.iffintercourse between
the two The difficulty
arose in consequent,disputed clnim
respecting the Jdjnjftjf Isla&Ja. Five
Greek war vessels $||gLcAptured by the
English squadron, aiiaft^H Oreck merchantmen
are prohibited Rving or entering
port. Tho Greeks policy will bo to
remain passive, untina (tecision is had
Yom the French and Russian Cabinets, to
ivhom the subject has been presented. V"
I