Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-08-11

cutting policy which it is proposed to adopt to-
wards those States recently engaged in war
with the North
/ AS has been stated tho Radicals have now
control of the Legislative department. of the
| Government. by their Legislation they also
contemplate speedy seizure of the control of
! the judicial department In one of their re.
cent cnactmcnts rcorganzing the Supreme
Court, they have provided that vacancies on
! the Bench shall not be filled until the number
is reduced to seven; and in view of the fact
! that the conservatives arc the oldest members
of that court. they have anticipated that in
| the course Of human events, these will soonest
pass away from the stage of life, thus leaving
the custody Of tho judicial as well rs lcgsla-
tivh.dcpartmcnt Of the government in their
hands. '
But will they De content to stop there? In
my opinion. if the elections of the North do
not change the face Of political affairs, and the
Radicals are successful in maintaining their
ground through these elections, they will, be-
fore the first day of January next, not only
| possess the power. but they will use the power
to npcnch the President, turn him out of
office, and substitute leader Of their own
so that the Executive department will like
wise pass into their control They have nl-
it may he that VIC cannot destroy the full
effect of their majority. the North and North.
west may, If the Philadelphia Convention
prove succ SO, SO far change the poliEcal
complexion of the Senate and House of Rep
| rcscntativcs as to enable the President to de-
feat obnoxious legislation by the veto power.
1ttherctorc bchoovcs us to 90 cordially and
heartily into this movement and to sustain, as
TAR us we properly can do, the men and meas
nrcs adopted. The call for the Convention is
in my Judgment, almost entirely uncxccption.
able; so much SO, that it is neither wise nor
pntic for us to raise point concerning it,
hf hs hpq1{b Of the were = msbsEs
date with it, tho war and anti war Democrats
that constitutes one of the objects of the Con
vention. Let us hope that its deliberations
will prove harmonious, and that the conduct
and department. of the representatives of the
North and South towards each other will be
based upon tho same principles that nctuate
two friends who have. quurrcled and become
rrconcilcd. Let them ignore the past and &c
forward mutually intent upon healing the
breach that has been made, and again strive
in unison, to make the country harpy, pros
porous and contcntcd.
invoke upon your deliberations all the
"lNtbi!l ln"G c;n come from OH lllSn, aPA
trust that Snnth Carolina will have cause to
congratulate you in coming here for the pur
poses of this Convention.
The Convention resolved to proceed to elect
delegates from the State at large The follow
ing gentlemen were elected: Gov. Orr, Ex-
Coy. Perry, James b. Campbell, John l..
Manning.
The following resolution was adopted:
.RcAlrrd, That the delegates from each
Congressional District shall elect delegates
from thcrrespcctivc Districts, and report their
selection to M adjourned meeting OF this body
The next business in order being the cleo.
tion of delegates from the Congressional Dis
trics, recess of thirty minutes was taken to
allow conference Of delegations
On rc.nssc,nbling, the delegations from the
Congressional Districts, reported the names of
the following gentlemen rs delegates elected
to the Convention.
1st Congressional Distrct-R. Dozicr, Hon
i. j Moses.
I'd Congressional Dstrict--T. Y, Simons,
ESQ, Hon w p. Shnglcr
3d Congressional Dstrict--IIon. D. l..
Wardaw, Hon. Sam'l. McGowan.
4th Congressional District-Hon. r.. N.
| Dawkins Hon. James Farrow.
There being no other business before the
body,
On motion Of j. Barret Cohen, Esq, the
Convention adjourned sine die.
| AN IMPORTANT PARAGRAPH TO CoTToN
HoLDERs. Tho Internal Revenue Commits.
sioncr has received his official copy of the new
revenue law, and is consequently required to
! collect three instead Of two cents pound up,
on cotton, by the Germs Of the act, son and
after the first day. of August, 1866" Par
| ties holding cotton can make their tax returns
before that day and save one cent per pound.
Macon Journal tf, Messenger.
Mr. Horny Sparnick Of tho Charleston
Courier" has been appointed tho agent of tho
Ladies Memorial Association Of Oakwood Com