Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-13
[VOL. 2-NO. 4.

They have passed Bills over the prcsdcnt's
veto, will. less than o-thirds required by tho
Constitution. They have proposed amend.
ments to the Federal Constitution af1ectino
the vital interests of tho Southern States
without letting those States vote on the prop.
osltion, or be heard in their defence They
nays, levied taxes on the people of the South
ern states: y ithont, representation and in vo-
latson Df st|,e pfipSiple involved in the
sxf yatsat sxpsnaS. s
turos ofpublio money They have taxed tic
poor white man in all Of the Northern States
TO support, feed, and clothc the lazy, idle, Vi
| clous, and vagrant negroes in the Southern
states, making the honest and industrious
white man work to support the idle, rocuish
black 'nan, They have appropriated and DIV
en- away immense domains of the public lands
to parcel of land jobbcrs, who have no claims
on the Government. They have taken in
violation of law and justice, the lands of the
proprlctors in South Carolina and other States,
ana given them to their former slaves, leaving
the proprctors and their families to beg their
food or perish. And they have doubled their
own salaries at thu close of the session. mock
eted the money, and gone homo to cectionccr
with 1t to secure their reflections improper
y taking the peoples money to corrupt the
people themselves Will the American pco-
pie tolerate these abuses any longer? will
they rc-clect such men to Congress, and con-
tide to them the destiny of this great Rcpub
lie? Will they rc-ecct them to inaucurate
bloody civil war at the North? Will men of
capital in New York jcopardisc their fortunes
and Government Securities by clccting such
men to Congress? viii the poor laboring
man consent to DO taxed any longer to support
Il
constitutional liberty make no effort to redeem
their Government? Let them all rise nm in
the majesty of their strength, and clean out
the Augcan Stable at the fall elections, and
then VIC shall have united, happy, and pros
porous country once moro through the mcrcics
of God
with great respect | am yours, truly,
B. f. PERRY.
Divorce made Easy.
We copy the following advertisement from
the Carolina Spartan -
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
spARTANDURG DISTRICT.
KNOW ALL MEN BY TIL ESE PRES.
ENTS, That we, p. j. jenkins, and Jane Il.
Jenkins, late Jane f. Kirby, being married or
have lived rs man and wife, have now for eau
ses we'll known to us both, mutually agreed to
separate, and forever hereafter not to know
each esher as man and wife and now each of
us i'll the sight of God. and in the presence of
these witnesses, do agree and forever release
each other from all obligations as husband and
wife, and each of Us shall have the liberty to
marry any person we please or enter into any
obig tions whatsoever, without any dread or
fear on either of our parts whatsoever, and
each of as shall have full power to contract
debts sue and be sued, and neither of us
shall be held or in any way made liable for
/ kJ>o~ u, -. rI1-
In witness whereof We have set our hands
and seals in the presence of these witnesses
and in the sight of God, hoping and believing
that we will never regret this deed.
p. j. JENKINS, (L s)
JANE Il. JENKINS, Us.)
Signed and sealed i'll the presence of
JAMES =. Fowler,
II. THOMAS.