Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-09-29
The Future Of tho Country

OF Republican form of Government after
tue cunsummnt:on of such revolution as thai
which the radicals arc innuguratine? All free
nations have lost their liberties Just ms we are
ing, through the Vaccinations Of bad men
and tho corruptons howing from the misip-
preparation of the public treasure. When our
revenues were small and expenditures limited,
tho struggle for the possession Of power was
not Of such character as to Shake the foun-
datons of the Government and to break the
peace OF the country. But now we have an
income which neither Greece nor Rome, in
al the p!entitude Of power and the magn-
t.,,lc of empire, ever collected from their tr.
lutaries. And when barbaric gold had
driven virtue and homer from their councils (;
when their simple republics fell before the
sapping Vices Of conquest and wealth, their
Governments were us hard to " reconstruct
as ours. They, too had men like Andrew
Juhnson-w$c ana patriotic cssayvl
to check The downfall Of truth and virtue ~
But they battcd III vain. The virtues Of Ca
to, the wisdom CT Socrates, the valor Of Scip.
10 and the cloqucncc Of Dcnosthcncs and Gle
GRO, were vain to stop the ilood which, when
once 1t sets in sweeps until tho last landmark
of freedom disappears. Rcsccms"s .aceta,
Jac1ss est, &cl '"cocorc Qno,'om, hic iabo.,
he opus est II is not hard to lose liberty;
no rcsucrrcc,ion for the lost institutions of IL
free people and if the masses of the North
shall follow in the lead of New England and
the radical false prophets, they will desert the
platform on which their forefathcrs stood,
even rs tho Hebrews Of old abandoned, their
God, and, like them, they will wander, per.
haps, to,ty years in Il wilderness Of anarchy,
blood and suffering, smittcn by tho wrath of
Heaven for their wickc,lncss and ilolatry
IT. through the madness and folly of fac
ton, the liberties of the American people are
lost, history furnishes no example to guide us
in retrieving them. The lamp Of antiquity
sheds no light over paths which return from
the scpulchrcs of dead republics. when they
fall, they fall never to rise again. aud m iron
dcspotism rolls to the door Of their tomb, II
stone which can never be displaced New ma.
tions may arise. new republics be formed from
new peoples and materials, but when once the
fires of liberty go out, they. can never he re-
kindled upon the same altars This admoni-
ton should not be aisrogardcd by those whose
dearest rights arc in jeopardy. The voices
which come up to us from the depths of the
past, should not be unhcelcd wien we con
template that revolution which threatens with
destruction the very pillars of our temple, and
with the strength ar;! frenzy of blind Samson
would crush us beneath its ruins.
1t is too late TO pause and regret neglected
opportunities when they arc gone. No ply
eician can save cholera patient when the
collapse is upon him, and there is no remedy
for the death wounds OF the country when Il
vile faction has been permitted to give them.
Have we no Cassandra, whose winning voice
can sa!c our llium troni the flames? II we
have not then we fear that there is no "pious
.Eneas" to carry our Pcnatcs safely over the
G., ~, r.
cign lands, a great and glorious empire where
the virtues OF the past shall be renewed and
the promises of future rcnown fulfilled A
Z" Grccian Horse" has been admitted into our
walls. and when struck We hear not only the
sound OF arms, but the oatlls and blasphcmy
OF radical traitors
DIrrERENcE Or TlME AT PRoMISESr
PolNTs.---Thc Inauguration Of submarine tel.
cgraphic communication by means of the At
lantic cable makes it interesting to inquire
into the difference Of time in the various cities
in the different parts Of the world. When it
is II clock high noon at New York it is So
minutes and AZ seconds after D. III ut ST.
Petersburg; II minutes and a seconds after
I p. IN. at Jerusalem; 81 minutes and IA
seconds after 6 p m. at Constantinople 40
minutes and 81 seconds after 4 p m. at Mad
rid; 81 minutes aud 32 seconds after D. IN.
at Bremen; 40 minutes and 80 seconds after
p. m. at Dublin and al minutes and "a
seconds after 8 p. m. at Florence
The difference Of time between the extreme
east and west points of the United States is 8
hours and so minutes In the China sea,
between Singapore and China, it is midnight
when it is neon at New York.
New York, Sept 15.-Tho "Trerald's" /"
Canada correspondence says no abatement in
excitement concerning tho Fcnans. 1t is also
said tho Canadians are organizing squads to