Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-23
p1cKENs c. II, 8. G., SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1866.

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hell than this, then Tpity the condition of
the Black Republicans hereafter. Dives howl
ing for a drop Of water td cool his burning
tongue was to be envied 1.contrast, Read
their newspapers Read their speeches in
Congress! Nay, read the prayers Of their
olergymcn Aud where, out Of Beolaebub .
kingdom, was there ever suchso Internal spirit
'beforel Hatred, spite, malice, revenge, all
!ardcd with such incomprcfensible lying i
,,- ~..;eou country God have u,ury1i are.
us if We IRE such fools as to think so! Look
to the once proud and honors;l Capitol of our
country, and behold it now, i after this Aboi
ton war, degraded to handy den of negroes,
absolutely unfit for the residence of decent
white men and women. The cushions in the
galleries and. saloons of theyCapitol arc actu-
ally swarmipg with vcrmin, the natural pro.
duct Of the wards of the nation," a. the ne.
grncs are 'pnctcally called, and the morals and
politics of the leading members arc as lousy MS
the cushions Only last week one of the
Congressional mouth pieces Of the negro party
dec Jared that They would never consent that
Congress should put liberty to sleep upon any
Procustcan bed made by the fathers, much
less stranglc it in che cast. off garments of its
own childhood" What does this mean p
Why. in plain language, thut the government
made BY our fathers was Frocustcan bed for
the inglorous sleep of liberty, and that the
negro party has stripped the government of
its original clothing, and determined that it
shall never be put on again. This same con-
fcsScd traitor Patterson of New Hampshire,
calls the principles of the Constitution of the
United States "musty prccedcnts," and says
they hold them g in healthy c,ntcmpt" Such
is the present language and attitude of Con
grcss And this, my fclowcitixcns, is the
same party, and these are the same principles
that combatcd during the wr. During the
whole war these traitors wen aiming at the
very thing they are doing nov. It was for
this that the war was inaugurtcd and carried
on; and it was for this that J>lcnounced it as
crime, not only ngaira' che ln'".' io""r':'.
cplc of governments but against christian civ
ilization. 1t was war of conquest and plum
der. The party.which carried it on, as still
represented in Congress, now admits it to have
been war of conquest, and they are SO far
from dcnva,g it to have been war of plum
der, thu, they are still, after the war is ended,
inve, ting all kind of schemes and excuses to
c,ntinuc The plumber of the Southern people.
Their thirst for plumber is not yet sa,,atcd--
Their cannba appetite for blood is not yet
appeascd. And, if speak Of plunder, fel-
lowctizcns, you have had good taste of the
genius of the negro party in this respect; for
| see here before me many who had to mort
gage your little homestead to buy substitutes
to feed the nsatiatc devil Of Abolitionism.-
Once you owned n peaceful home, which you
had gained by your own daily toll but Black
rnH linon;tn, I,;5 ~. ,n,;1oJ hand ,,non ,o,,r
shoulders and said: "Comc your money or
your life either go yourself to be shot at for
the glory Of negroes, or mortgage your homes
in your stead This was the only alternative
the Black Republican party I'VE the poor Of
this country. This party has nortgaged not
only your homestead, but it has mortsagcd
your muscle ond the sweat of your brow, to
pay a debt hcnped up in numbering and plum
dcring the Southern people. Well, gentle
man, take no moro pride in seeing the South
crn people plundcred than [ should in seeing
tho Northern people plundercd. j is true
that | was born here in tho North, but that
consideration renders ne, if possible, still
more kcenly sensitive to the modification and
shame Of Witnessing the spirit of conquest,
plundcr and despotism that has disgraced the
place OF my birth, III l'leayo NY children no
other inheritance,'I shall at least proudly leave
them the name of father who, in time of
great corruption, tyranny, and brutal insanity,
never for single hour suffered his integrity
to bond before tho furious storm. If have
suffered persecution in this cause, am proud
of it. If the place where was born is stamped
with great wrong, am the more ashamed
of it. ] look upon these Abolition tyrants
with as great horror and hatred as the proud
and yirtuous man does upon the dcfiler of his
home Nor have any more intention zion Ct
nable deeds and principles tlsan I should have
Of letting off a scoundrol Who had violated tho
sanctity Of. y:hoino TO acquiesce in tho
results of this war, as they now stand, is to
give up the land of our birth to tho ravagcs Of
the fanatic, and the foot of the spoilcr! is to
turn our n ,ck ,,nnr, tbn Graves 0f orr mn cAs.