Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-29
Proclamation from Gov. t.etcher.


Gov. 14ctcher, of Virginia, has issued a
stirring proclamation to the people of North
western Virginia. 1t concludes as follows
Virginia has asserted her Independence -
She will maintain it at every hazard. She is
sustained by the power of ten of hersgIsfaE'
Southern States, ready and willing to ubholH
her cause. Can any true Virginian refuse to-
render assistance2 Men of the Northwest; fLl
appeal to you, b%all the considerations which
have drawn us together as one people hereto
fore, to rally to the standard of the Old Do
minion. BY all the sacred ties of consaIA
guinity, by the intermixture of the bleod Of
East and West, by common paternity, BIZ
friendships hallowcd by thousand cherished
rccollcctions, by memories of the past, by thas
relics of the great men of other days, come To-
Virginia's banner and drive the invaders
from your soil. There may be traitors i,i
the midst OF you, who, for selfish ends, have
turned against their mother and would per4
NIT her to be ANONYMOUSLY Oppressed mud
degraded But I cannot viii not, believe
that majority of you are not true sons! !;whfSs
will give your blood and your treasure fdis;
Firgnia's defence ~
have sent for your protection such troops :
as the emergency enabled me to collect, In
charge of competent commander haSa&
ordered large force to go to your aid, but If
rely with the utmost confidence upon your
own strong arms to rescue your fresidessand
altars from the pollution of reckless and
ra:hless enemy. The State is invaded ss
several points, but ample forces have been.
collected to defend her. 90
There has been a complaint amongI :yoSs
that the Eastern portion of che State hssa
enjoyed an exemption from taxation toyours
prejudice. The State, by a majority of |95,-
OOo, has put the two sections on an equality
in this respect. by display of magnapimi-
ty in the vote just given, the East has by a.
large majority, consented to rclinquish this
exemption, and is ready to share with yon all 4
the burdens OF Government, and to meet ALI
Virginia's liabilities. They come now g aid
you, as you came in former days to aid them.
The men of the Southern Confederate States
glory in coming to your rescue. Let one
heart, one mind, one energy, one power, nerve
every patriot arm in a common cause. The
heart that will not beat in unison with Vifss
gnla now is traitors heart; the arm that !
will not strike home in her cause now IS pslSs
sled by coward fear.
The troops are posted at Huttonsville
Come with your own good weapons andpsssss
them as brothers VS.
THE CoRNsTALK BoYs.---We understand
that, before the battle of Bethel, some pfs the
enemy inquired of an old lady, at whosess
house they stopped, what troops composed
the Confederate force in the neighbcshooa. &
She told them she believed they were from
Virginia and North Carolina. They afecte{f
to be greatly satisfied with this informatioiss
remarking that if they were South Carolinis;
ans and Louisianians they might hava sn,Sss
trouble, but that they could "whip .virgsni4s
ans and North Carolinians with oornstaik a. 81
If they entertained such an idea, woiss!sss:
what they think of the expcriEe,st II Sisy
2:4O times in which they madc tracks from
old Rips bayoncts, and outrnn The fasfest
balls from the Virginia artillery, showed tiiatq
they were not immovably fixed la their fsr6.
judices themselves, and held themselves ope,ss
to conviction. - Richmond Dispafch. s. y
GoNE A SoLDIERTNd.- Among tho .0oaiSs
panies which arrived here Saturday, f0Ys
Mississippi, is one called tho g am III 44
bells" commanded by Capt. AN s, JsroSt
former Governor Of Mississipt;, III td{3
States Senator, and for a Ion
sentative in tho lower Ioaso 81
Verify, the great and as,d
md yodng have cns;stsd Ia sl}e WI {,5S
aphinat (l1d Ahc -. Y,y,,sI - ~