Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-12-02
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Were we Rightsor were we Wr6ng'

il. w y Hau snS pieasutS, on PuHudJ laoy, e"Jo
the editor Of The Ahbeyille" Banner Of lis
tening to most eloquent, practical and use
ful sermon by Dr. Turner, the Pastor5ofs the.
Presbyterian Church in this place. Text
Job, 2eth ohaptes, 9th verse. y not not !.
mean to attempt review Of thetSsfmon and
have only taken the liberty of referring tosit
for the purpose Of stating Dr., Us second gen, !
Seral proposition, WHICH was SUBSTANTIALLY ~
}Thatin theseconomy of the Divine Providence
tile decision&of moral questions is never left I
sstoathe arbitramenfof of the sword. The enun-l
citation and 8ruthful demonstration 6f8this,
proposition iso much importance to us'as a
people. TWAS most successfully done by the
learned Doctor It is of much Importance
that the belief which is SO generally preva-
lent, even amongst the intelligent, that be-
cause we were not.succossful in our late strug-
gle; therefore We were wrong, should be
checked at onasas Success with the sword de.
ternines nothing more than the superior skill
aud strength of thesvictor The wager Of
bait 'sEnothing more thap this, and as an
elemen. a the distributions Of Justice, how
long since has it,passed away, y,Fand vito would
bewilling toabideBy such 3 dtccissiiesn?a cissies None
but tic physically powerful, of course. There
fore the idea Of Napoleon couched in other
words would not belso impious That Prov
Eidenoe is always 3onSth thesside of the heaviest
artillery" at is true Of Gods people, in all
ages, that their physical suaerings have been
great: The Butgarians, .Lollards, Waldenses,
Huguenots, Csyenanters, all the victims Of
prosecutions in its'most cruel and unnfitigated
form. And were they strong? Eod forbid !
It must be true Of aations as Of individuals,
:, thatwhom He loteth, fIe;thasteneth, and
scourgcth every son whom lie receiveth. =
Away then, with the idea that because We
a,iled we were wrong. We require other ev-
idence. to convince us of our wrong than the
wager Of battle:
R1cHMoSp D, The Richmond I" Enquirer :"
gives a glowing picture Of the new prosperity
of the citys iWTo arc told that the " ascend
ing walk and swiftly changing scenes from
theatre Of aslisb and destruction4;tp vistas Of
industrial Smonumehts growsu the scenes
as dreams grow and accumulate upon the inn
agination The merchants Of Richmond, be-
ginning the new era without money and al
most without friends, are now, by their own,
Efforts, regainihg with sure and steady steps
thegpath Of their former prosperityfand open,
ing aEstill broader avenue to a still more ex-
In the encouraging display
05ff theJnind to resolve, the will to execute
whichSdnds expression in the daily scenes Of
indaatry and progress sub6ut us, must be seen
future Richmond far exceeding in all the at-
tributes oftwealth aud Influence the Riehnohd
Of old 3# $SS 35#,
W AsGnAcE3yL COURTESY Gen. Gil1mere,
II. S:saA,. lately Interested himself in securing
tho "pardonSsnaof Gen5Ellott, who defended
Fort Sumter against Gen. Gillmores siege.
Gen. g. asked the President to- grant thsap~
plioatiop, as ."personal favor to himself"
Gem Elliott was occupying q fsh,ernan's hnt>
lat Port Royal, and was supporting his family
|,byfshing. The pardon will secure him the
Immediate restoration Of his lands CLOSE 20
which his fisherman's hut now stands
Commercial BuNstiar.
WE SEQ from ono Of onr exchanges that tina
AmeriaanS COLONIZATION Society are about 70
sendstfse schooner Henry P. Russell fsoaaa Isal-
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