Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-23

viii, one blow, struck down the masses of this
country to the wretched place of their exist.
once in the old world Besides, no country
over lost its prosperity and iti liberty by the
counivance of the,poor. No, scverI In sv-
cry instance where. a country has fallen, it
has been in consequence of the luxury, the
agggressions, the corruption and the tyranny Of
the rich. In every instance of country !
ruin, it was the work of a-few rich, and no
where of the poor many. But th. Df"ck !te'
publicans, feeling that ~ plan OF narrowing
ti,c flan,i:.., so as to exclude the white poor,
was, for the present, .impracticabIe, have hit
upon the schcmo of negro suffrage, as an off
| set to the poor white mans vote. They know
that the negro is mere blind animal tool in
the hands Of the party holding lin. Their
negro bureau and negro suffrage together is
simplyia Yankee patent invention, aud may
be called Black Republican, voting machine
1t is fact which will not be disputed that
the very rascals who aro now plotting for ne
gro suffrage, have always been, in their heart,
opposed, ,t9 the suffrage of tho white poor man
Negro suffrage is simply trick to take power
from, tile white masses, and keep it in the
hanas of the few pnritnnic dcspots who have
no real political capital in this country, cx-
cept in the poor barbarian negro. 4 year
ago this month, Republican editor, whom l
| have known for many years, plainly told me
negro vote would Offset the Irish and Gern,un
vote OF. this country. Ireplicd that, when the
irish and Germans discovered that they had
been fighting to reduce themselves and other
white men, to tile status of negroes, had 40
doubt they would feel profoundly grateful to
the party which Ind so abused their conf
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negro equality the poor laboring white man is
the grcqt sufferer. It is by the side Of the
lnboring white man that the negro is to stand
politician who places him there. 1t is the
socinl nnne oftic white lnboriny man that is
to be Africanizcd, AMI not tic sparlors and sa-
looms of the rich You will remember, fcl-
low-citizcns, that when about three years ago
| asserted that, one of the objects of the war
was negro equality. l wns denounced as an
"cnemy of the Government" 1t is not pleas
ant to recall those days of violence and of brn-
tai stupidity. But your call upon me to night
Is evidence that you consider my position ,as
being vindicntcd by the present attitude c-'
tho country. So, my friends, without the
least spirit of boasting, | may say that every
one of the IS; "s | made nSai"st the war ls
vindicatcd by ts-rcsults, ari by the u" longer
disguised treason of the Black Republican
party. appeal to ,ou tonight whether
did not speak the truth when | told you the
war was not for the Union, but for the negro,
and to-revoutionize and to overthrow the free
government of our country? You did, you
did. The reason | opposed the war was that
was satisfied with and loved the free volun-
tary system of government of our fathers, and
dcspised the bloody European system Of force
which the war was meant to establish Now,
my friends, after tho results Of the war are
before the country, tell me which one of my
positions during the war have | to rccant.-
mot one, not one, No, you say well, not
one. But | do not alludo to the matter for
the purpose Of proving that am net very liza
bic to make mistakes, but for the purpose of
rempresslng upon your minds those great and
sacred principles of government in which our
liberty and our safety alone reside. l see no
other way to save our country but to return
fully to the old landmarks. TO be as free,
happy and prosperous people as wo were, We
must rctrace every step We have taken since
the negro party came into power. If there is
single act Of theirs touching the character
of tho Government that is not wrong, that is
not a violation of the Constitution and spirit
of tho Union, what one is it2 | challenge
the editors and orators of that party to point
out single one of their party measures which
fcannot show to be a violation of the Consti.
tution and a crilnc against liberty. Some
onein the audience said they saved the Union.
No, tbeycliavc not saved the Union. And
President johnson himself says that the Union
shall not be saved. That is Just the fight be-
tween the President and the Black Republican
party. Tho party is consistently has not
changed its course hair, 1t is contcnding
no now iGs SSs iYst what it was fighting for during
tho war-.for the overthrow Of ,the !U.nieesnnd
for centralized American despotisT Do
you call this abominatien Union, which is
held together by tho bloody point of THO bayo-
net, aud where ,ope.half is plotting to keep
the bloody heel permanently upof.tne ncoks
of tho people Of the other half2 If there is