Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-02-10

tY meH, or pc mace SuDScfNlcuI W lne au-
vancement Of mere "party objects" He is
not the leader of faction, but the President
and head of common country. He stands a.
the representative Of the Constitution. He
speaks not as partisan, but asa patriot IIc
has great opportunity What more glorious
work can there be than that of rcscuing from
the enemies of reposc the Government of the
country and placing it where alone it can rest
in security on the foundations of the Consti-
tuition and the hearts and affections Of united
and rcconciled land
The difficulty is not with the South. 1t is
with certain politicians and sections of the
North AS has been truly said, "The South
is thousand times moro willing to return in
perfect good faith to the Union, than the
North is to let them return to it. There is
thousand times more danger of future trouble
from the bad spirit and bad faith of some of
the extremists of the North, than there is from
the South +"
This is apparent both by declarations and
acts. These are the living, active enemies of
the public veal. They are utterly opposed to
perfectly restored Union. And just herein
consists the issue, which cannot but be ire
coucilable between the Executive and them
selves 1t is deliberate and intentional war
upon the statcship Of these Commonwealths,
and hence upon the nature of our institutions,
which is now being carried on by "party
men for "party objects"
Mr. Thaddeus Stevens who cracks his party
whip and drives his adhercnts into the traces,
with the same rigor and severity which it used
to be one of his favorite figures of speech to
attribute to the land owners of the South, in
reference, to their slaves, before the late ses-
sinnofs Congress announced himself in -eRpe~l
sition to the President, when he uttered these
words I" Restoration, therefore, will leave
the Union as it was, hidcous idea"
We believe this idea of restoration, so hid
eous +" to Mr.. Stevens and his coadjutors, has
it's approval in the judgment OLA large major
ity of the whole people, and that when the
contest comes, that the>P President and those
who sustain his measures will be ovcrwlicl-
mincly endorsed by the country at large.
tn speech which President johnson made
on the 18th of April, 1865, he said: "My
opinions as to the nature of popular govern
mcnt have long been cherished, and, consti-
tutcd as am, it is now too late in life for me
to change them. believe that government
was made for man, not man for government"
About these words there is no mystery or
doubt. They are the affirmance of his here
tofore views, and resolution to stand by tho
record of his past
lie was always opposed to the radical senti
timents in relation to, and plans for, the con
troll of the Government of the country. He
differed from the seeding States in this, that
he dcrficd the doctrine of secession, and
thought the battle ought to have been fought
ont in the Union. But yet he had no sym5a
thy with the sentimental and disorganizing
theories WHICH seek their practical develop,
ncnt in the subversion Of every element Of
right and Justice. We thus find that in his
memorable speech of December, 1861 after
declaring that the Federal Government pos
scssod no sovcrcign power, that all its powers
were dcrivativc and limited, and those that
were not expressly granted were reserved to
the States respectively, he says: tell our
I"Northern friends that the constitutional guar
antecs must be carried out; for the time may
como when, after We have exhausted all hon
ornble and fair means, if this Government
still fails to execute the laws and protect us
in our rights it will be at an end. Gentle
men at the North need not deceive themselves
in that particular; but we intend to act in
the Union, and under the Constitution, and
not out of 1t. We do not intend that you
shall drive us out of this house that was reared
bv our fathers. 1t is our house 1t is the
constitutional house We have right here,
and because you come forward and violate the
ordinances of this house we intend to eject
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