Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-05-19
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From the New York Herald.
Public Feeling IN the Scuth-Advice to
Scutharnera

deal under the suffering, humiliation and dis
abilities their rebellion has brought ON them,
We hear this from many and reliable sources
Of information, and we regret to hear it, be-
cause the exhibition of i'll temper or hatred to
tho people of the North will do them harm
Nursing their prejudices and foolishly sncer-
ing at or turning their backs on "Yankecs,"
is not only childish, but ruinous and danger
ous to themselves. Nothing can or will be
used so effectively against them by tho radicals
Of this section of. the country. The whole
question of restoration to their former status
in the Union turns upon the disposition they
manifest toward their conquerors-t toward
thosei in whose hands their destiny lies. They
are, in certain sense, in state of probation,
to see how they will behave. How important
it is then, that they should consider the con-
dition they are in, and should not give their
enemies arguments for coercng them and cx-
Guiding their representatives from Congress-
We do not give credit to the reports of lad-
ioal emissaries, disappointed specuators, or
those crazy negro worshippers who have only
one idea as to public feeling in the South
We are aware that there is grcatdcal of mis-
representation and false cooring by such peo-
pie; for they are either incapable of forming
correct views or. have party purposes to serve
and bad feelings to CRAFTY Nor do we think
the prejudice, i'll temper or foolish conduct
spoken Of exists everywhere, or that it has
reached the better and more intelligent part
Of the community. Still it docs exist, is con
tagious, and we fear, is increasing under the
radical measures of |. hostile Congress.
No unprejudiced, sensible person at the
North expects brave and high minded peo-
pie like those of the South to kiss the rod that
has punished them-to crouch like slaves or
to assume the mask Of hypocrisy. We should
despise them if they were to do so. We re,
spect them for their manlincss, and wish to
sec their sense and dignity of manhood pre-
served. The sensible people of the North
too, can make some allowance for their depres
sion and irritation, in, view of what they have
lost and suffered, and the ordeal they are pass
ing through, But they must not forget that
the North has some reason, also, to feel sore
at their conduct in forcing the issue of war.
The hundreds of thousands Of lives lost, the
manned about our streets, the enormous debt
we have to bear and the shock that has been
given to the Government, are things to feel
sore about Those who spent so much blood
and treasure on this side for the integrity,
unity and grandeur Of the Government, were
certainly animated by motives as elevated as
those which actuated men who fought for a
separate existence. The latter were rebels at
first, and the results of the war placed them,
as such, at the mercy Of their conquerors -
These are facts that ought not to be lost sight
of, and should make the Southerners more pa
tient under the sufferings they may endure or
the disabilities they may labor under If
they have reason to complain that everything
has not gone on smoothly as they desired, they
should remember that it is only year since
actual hostilities ceased, and that n. uch has
been done since then in relieving them from
the penalties they incurred in bringing them
on the way to restoration. Congress is acting
unwiseiy, perhaps, in not promptly closing up
the war by admitting their representatives,
and thus healing the wounds that have been
made and bringing about better state of feel.
ing. 1t would be true craftsmanship to do
The harmony and welfare Of the country ought
to be considered before sectional feeling or
party purposes; but if this is not the case at
present, the South ought to rcmail patient
Gill time and better state of things bring the
remedy. What are a few months or few
years in the life OF nation?
The majority of the people North,are dis
posed to be forgiving and generous, and want
TO- live in harmony with those of the South,
as in former days. The President, with his
large heart and broad, statcsmanlike views, is
doing all he can to restore them to union and
friendship with their fellow.ci citizens of this
section. The question, then, for them to con
slider, is whether they will sustain the efforts
of the President and their friends here by