Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-10-28
col p1crENs g H. s q, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2s 1865

III cFeIy way III Wilcu tHSy cah L HiS WitA
certainly be productive of no good, but much
harm. They should encourage them by word
and by deed; by directing them in the way
of duty, and moral integrity, by abstaining
from evncing to them, any aninosity or rel
venge, and by showing kind concern fol
their veal. They are susceptible Of great
suppression, and nothing could possibly contri-
butte more to their settling down to labor and
civilization than such course, if adopted BY
the people at large. We think that such 4
course of kindness shown towards them, ,:woild
have most salutqry, effect
AS each State, under the Constitution Of
the United States, has the right to say who
shall and who shall not be eligible to the
right of suffrage; and if the States Of the
South are untrammcled in this privilege, they
will never extend the immunitics of tie pous
to other than men of the Caucasian race. The
Mississippi Convention, recently adjourned,
is an index to the action Of the Southern
States. The negro is, Incapable of casting an
Intelligent vote, which is so palmble to every
spcrson who is at all familiar with his condition
Us servile, that no one can for moment
hesitate in his conclusion as to the fact; and
to give SO much power into the hands of d
parcel of Inexperienced, thoughtess, Ignorant
people. are but as mere children would
be the most impolitic measure that could be
performed; and should Congress interfero' ii,
the matter in such way, as to bring about
sucha result Then, indeed, 'woalaa. tho tho ssyutl,
begin to feel tie effects 81 subjugation.
[ErcAange.
TIE New York Commercial Advertiser
1Republicany urges the repeal of thS Congress
sional oath, Incorporated in an act passed IN
July, Of 1868, and says: .
"Thc oath imposed by Congress wes a
";nilitury necessity" in time of war, when it
was necessary and even vital to know who
were sound aud loyal, and to kcelsout of office
all who would use their position to thwart the
legitimate purposes Of the Government, en-
barrass its action, or give encouragement to
its enemies. The oath belongs to war lcgisla-
ton. Its,day has passed. The laws rendered
necessary by the great struggle in which We
were engaged are among the curosities of the
past: They have served their purpose, and
they find goplace in the eva of peace. The
duty of this day is to repair what has been
wasted, to recognize the end Of hostilities by
breaking down the barriers that were erected
between North and South, between the loyal
and the t1itor. There is no more place.or
reason for the test oath, and for the suspension
of hadcrs eo'pns, than for trade restrictions
already brushed away, or passports across the
border, North and South. All alike belong
to different order of things, to an effetc leg
islation. VIII Congress be wise senough to
recognize the new situation, and show by its
Acts that harmony is restored, and that the,
Union exists with all its privileges accorded
10 all Of it's citizens, who are acknowledged
% be loyal and not criminal, whe, r their
own acts or BY that of,the, Presidont?"
THE "GooD OLD TIMES" "-The Woro
;er Spy prints a genuine curiosity, ip a doc
,or's bill, dated no longer ago than 1880. The
price Of a visit in those days was fifteen cents
>ut when The conscientious physician took
me ride to ,sec several patients, he divided
;hc price among them, 30 that the most fre-