Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-12-09
ne work of Restor ation. II

pon way
sSration, tho Washington !" Chronicle :" Of
the 9th 81 81 4. -.
S & rs sHehe bess friends Of the Southern people
jare noss wiling to admit that they have not
done their share in the work of festoration.A-
Ihstead sof accepting the riiagnanimous terms
iof fthe Governme in the spirisin which they
@sre offered, and obliterating,el traces of the
rebel sshey have hesitaks> 4 policy, which
has rendered the way to full restoration and
harmon harmon more difficult. With The conditions
squnrelYs before them, and with . full }knpwl-
edge}of sthe fact That they could only resume
,tleir positioninSthe Union by an uncondition-
with them, they have pursued
such q coprso as is calculated to make the
most anxious friends believe that they have
fnoI,heart ii Che work. We do not say these
ssuvnpleasant truths in the censorioes spirit. In
seommon with the great majority of the North
ser1 people, we dave watched and labored for
lah entire return to substantial peace and har-:
jmony between the two sections. Three infu-1
encos, however, have been at work to prevent
N,e realization of the hopes of the loyal mil
Elions, Of the country.
@ T. The 30 called Democratic leaders and
newspapers at the North. "a
u II! The majority of tho Southern press
81 i. The old political leaders Of the South.
R.T The first of these, by promulgating the idea.
entirely false and groundle less that there is
party at the North whichis interested in.
Keeping the,Sopthern States in the posltionSins
||9S&hich the rebellion placed Stheny, has done
! Much to disseminate d feeling Of estrangelpent
Z Among gthe. Southern people. TheShaye done
.ttaloir utmost to defeat the free laboT1experi-
Sxrisa & ksoWl III tle sous
|it But. the most pernicious part Of their
conduct hasAbeen the holding forth the hope
now demonstrated to be delusive--that they
would attain such power and influence at the
North as would enable them. to offer more lip
Seral terms to the South. The second Of these
influences, the, Southern press, has had amost
disastrous effect upon the work of restorations
The leading newspapers ofIthe South'are con-
trolled to-dpy tosa great extent, by tho same
men who conducted them during the rebellion.
Their columns bear witness to the facjsDa1tthat
The terrible. teachings of the last four gears
|have had little, if any effect upon them. Many
bots them are as openly defiant and bitter in
their opposition to the Federal Government MS
at any time during. the war. So fragrant has
Uceu Iil6 iGCcHulaty ChdFaCGot vi ootHo Vi''o
their suppression by the military authorities
has been a matter Of necessity The third
influence at work, the old political leaders of
the South, has contributed its full share of
the mischief The. course pursued by these
men in conventions and elsewhere shows that
their loyalty is, to say The least Of, a very di-
bious quality, and their ideas of restoration
considerably confused They are wholly unfit
to guide the people'for whom they. presume to
act in such q crisis The conduct ofsthese
men, together with;the pernicious sinfuence of,
the Southern press, has done much oretard
the good work But we believe the masses of
the Southern people are right, and if left un-
tram,neled would receive the Presidents terms
ia iaa the proper spirit" it s.ys
SSS AZ NEW SpEeuDAr1oN Since tho war
closed, and the lines of travel Mort and South
have beensre-established, a class 0: ,peculators
has sprung up,in this vicinity thdt}war alone
scould have. gserste rs ,:They food the tcoua-
trywith circulars headed, The Fall len ,Braye,S',
sfThe. Honored Dead g Z, and sp on, announcing
that, fora consideration, 4 they will exhu1nle,
box up. and forward the, ,repains Of any officer
or soldier to his friends orrelatives OF course
the bodysis always found, Ssno matter in in what
battle the brave man fell, or how sague the
pafticulars furnished. The spectators gets
ahandsoipe tho express company around; 4
freight, and the sorroWing friends the identi-s
oal remains Of the lost loved they be43