Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-04-14

with relations existing exclusively between a
State and its citizens, or between inhabitants
Of the same State an absorption and assump-
tion of power by the General Government,
which, if acquiesced in, must sap and destroy
our Iederativc system of limited powers, and
break down the barriers which preserve the
rights of the States. 1t is another. step, or
rather stride, towards Capitalization, and the
concentration Of all legislative powers in the
National Government The tendency of the
Bill must be to rcsuscitate the spirit OF rebel
lion, and to arrest the progress of those infu
ences which arc more closely drawing around
the States--the bonds of .union and of peace
My lanented predecessor, in his procama
tion of the first of January, 1868, ordered
and declared that all persons held as slaves
within certain States and parts of States there
in designated, were and thenceforward should
be free; and further, that the Executive Coy
crnment Of the United States, including the
military and naval authorities, would rccog-
nize and maintain the freedom of such per-
sous This guarantee has been rendered spe-
cially obligatory and sacred by the amend
ment Of the Constitution abolishiug slavery
throughout the United States l therefore
fully recognize the obligation to protect and
defend that class Of our people Whenever and
wherever shall become necessary, and to the
full extent compatible with the Constitution
of the United States. Entertaining these SEN
timcnts, it only remains for me to say that
will cheerfully cooperate with Congress in
any measures that may be necessary for the
preservation of the civil rights of the freed
men, as we'll as those Of all other classes of
persons throughout the United States, by ju-
dicial process, under equal and impartial laws,
or conformably with the provisions of the Fed
eral Constitution.
| now rcrurn the Bill to the Senate, and
regret that in considering the Bills and Joint
Resolutions, forty two in number, which have
been thus far submitted for my approval, l
am compelled to withhold my assent from a
second Ieasurc that has received the sanction
of both Houses of Congress-
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, March 27.
MARSHAL NEY's DEATH ScENE.-4Th ven
geance of the Allied Powers demanded some
victims, and the intrepid Ney, who had we'll
nigh put the crown again on the head of Bona.
partc, was one of them. Condemned to be shot,
he was led to Luxembourg, on the morning of
the 9TH Of December, and placed in front of a
file of soldiers drawn up in line to kill him.
One of the officers stepped up to bandage his
eyes, but he rcpulscd him, saying: Are
you ignorant that for twenty-five years have
been accustomed to face both ball and bullets?"
He then lifted his hat above his hoad. and with
same calm voice that steadicd his columns SO
frequently in the roar and tumult Of battle,
said: 81 declare before God and man that |
have never betrayed my country; may my
death render her happy. Viva Ia France p
He then turned to the soldiers, and striking
his hand on his heart, gave the order, 'Soldiers,
fire. !" A Simultaneous discharge followed, and
the bravest of the brave sank to rise no more.
! He who had fought five hundred battles for
Franco, not one against her, was shot MS trait
or! AS | looked on the spot where he fell
could but weep over his fate. True he broke
his oath of allcgiance--so did the others, car
ricd away by their attachment to Napoleon,
and the enthusiasm that hailed his approach to
Paris. Still he was a traitor.
GREAT FALL IN Dry GooDs. The "New
York Post" of last Tuesday, says
Prices of goods of all descriptions are fall.
ing. The decline was great yesterday, though
some kinds Of merchandise were held by own
ers with considerable firmness. So much effort
to make sales has rarely been put forth, and
the, disposition was everywhere manifested to
close transactions and to g realize" The con,
ccssion in dress goods is large cit extends to
prints and all fine fabrics; on standards and
woolens it is ightest. The fall in one month,
on the basis of some of the prices of Goods sold