Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-11-24
Constitutional Amendment Postponed

the constitutional amendment will not be
adopted. Neither the Legislature Of Mary
land nor Delaware will sanction it, These,
with kentucky and the ten excluded tatcs,
make thiItccn opposed to it. AS it requires
three fourth of the States, the adoption or re.
lection of the amendment is now likely to be
the rallyna ground Of political parties for the
next campaign, and it is hard srbsaibles that
the radicals will be able to GafatSg hidtKof
wave of popular feeling which will blind the
judgment of the people by introducing cx
trancous issues. We are likely to have n
thorough discussion and perfect understand
ing on all sides Of the nature of that amend
mcnt and of the principles involved in its
adoption The amendment makes so sweep
ING a change as to Justly cntitleit to be called
revolutionary. Yet, if the people are really
bent on its adoption, after thorough under
standing of its character, we can only acqui
cscc, while dcmurring to the wisdom of their
course. But what we have always strongly
protested against, and shall to the bitter end
is the effort to make its adoption tho condition
for the exercise Of their untioubtcl rights on
the part of any section Of the country That
it is to make the rejection of changes of the
orgauic law punitive, is to Introduce style
of punishment unknown TO the law and The
Constitution, and to set a precedent iraught
with mischief
We believe sobcrly, that the result Of the
late elections is not verdict in favor Of the
constitutional amendment. We believe that
the thinking men Of the country are not pre-
pared to make such an inroad}as it proposes
on the independence of the States We be-
lievc that the feeling of the people against
the leaders of the rebellion has been adroitIy
played upon to secure triumph that cannot
possibly b,maintained. So believing, we shall
spare no pains to make clcartke consequences
of the adoption of sucha revolutionary change
and shall calmly await the revision of this
award, which is bound, in our Judgment, to
lead to the reversal of the ,,najorities over
wl.inh nnr raA;".l r."".l. "",H.sa lnu.lll cxul
National htelfiyenccr
TIE ELECTIONS The " Richmond Times"
says:
The elections up to ths time give thirty
four Republicans in the Senate to six Demo
Gratis. with twelve vacancies to be filled, with
out counting the members from any of the
States of the South except Tennessee. Of
the twelve vacancies ten will undoubtedly be
filed by Republicans, viz One from Illinois,
one from Indiana, two from Kansas, one from
Missouri, one from New York, one from New
Jersey, one from Nevada, Que from Pcnnsyl
vania, and one from Wisconsin. Kentucky
will, Of course, elect Democrat, and rloha-
bly, Maryland also This will give. with TWEEN
ty-six States represented, forty four Rcpubli-
cans to eight Democrats.
So far, the House of Representatives, cx-
elusive Of the South, stands Republicans one
hundred and twenty, three Democrats thirty.
eight. We have counted among the Demo
Gratis Ross and Burr, of Illinois, Anderson,
of New York, Anderson. of Missouri, and
Newell and Rogers, of New jersey, whose
" Democracy or conservatism is at least
doubtful.
Connecticut, California, Kentucky, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Tennessee,
choosing twcnty-nne members, are yet to
elect. Of these, the Republicans will proba-
bly, carry the four Districts in Connecticut,
the three in California, the three in New
Hampshire, the two in Rhode Island, and two
of the nine in Kentucky, while of the eight
in Tennessee no proper estimate can be given.
TIE LOSSES OF GEoRGIA.-The Nation
al Intcligcncer says:
The report Of the Comptrollcr-G General Of
Georgia makes some remarkable statements
respecting the losses consequent upon the war
in that State. by the tax returns of 1866,
the taxable property is estimated at 1922, 49,
7S7, while in 1860, it was returned at sG72,-
292,4l7, which, reduced to currency would
be Sl,00S, 1885, ,G63, making over 500, ,000,-
900 as the loss occasioned l.y the war in one
State alone. Nor is this all. This estimate
does not include tho amount swallowed up in
Confederate bonds and scrip, which the
Comptroller believes would swell the total loss
of property in the Empire State of the South
above 81 100000 900. So vast and sweeping
an impoverishmcnt of such population is
simply incredible. The returns of population,
us far as they have reached the Office, indicate
a decided loss in population $4,000 white
population is reported, against 9o,748 in 1860,