Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-08-11
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!: EoRTnE KEowEE COURIER.
-as Public Meeting.

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ttbe meetpg5to order by. calling Gen. GARvIN
to the Chair, aud requesting DR.. JonN r.
PARKER to net as Secretary.
Con. GARvlN addressed the meeting brief
ly, stating the crops all ovor the country we're
I bad in many places tho seed that had. been
planted you'd hardly be Reproduced. CAD.
toned the meeting to act with care and pru-,
dence, whilc thorc was time, |s
Nlaj,3ADAMs made n motion that commit
tde Of fourteen be appointed to prepare bust
ness for the meeting. Tho Chairman appoint
cd Messrs! JOS. NJ, Adams, Dr. Thos. i.
Lewis, jim. Arnold, Esq, Captain, Robert
Il. Morgan, JAS. Il Hagood, Esq, d. II.
Lawrence, Iso6t. Knox, Col NJ. +. Mitchell,
W. N. ,Gnig, w. L. Keith, Isaac Wickliffc,
lIssq., Htes. Bryce sen, Esq, J. w. Cobb,
| d. Weu,ann.
| Dnringthe absence Of tho committee, Judge
CAN'T read letter from Maj JosEpn An.
NEY, relative to mode of, relief from our
troubles, to wit The emancipation of our
slaves, loss Of our money, reduction of labor,
devastation Of our country, &c.-rcsuts of the
war-relld dcrng us unable to pay our debts to
the full extent; sugycstinga repeal Of the law
tD imprison for non payment Of debts calling
for general bankrupt law, &c.
Maj. ADAMS; as chairman Of the commit
tce,rcportcd prcamblcand resolutions, which,
after soric changes md notifications, were uc-
cepted. They arc.as follows:
lYhpras, We have read with the deepest
interest the proceedings of large assemblies of
the People Of EdgcGcld, Lexington, aud var-
Gus other. Districts, on the deplorahlc condi-
hton of the country III consequence of it's in
debtedncss; And achercus, we heartily and
most cordially sympath&e with said meetings
in their honolTlblc efforts to saYc our people
from tho abyss of distress and wrotchcdness
into which they arc destined to be cast by the
general precipitation Of suits at law Ami
9chGrcds, we not only recognize as q duty, but
regard itas high privilege to stand forth
shoulder to shoulder with our fellow. citizcus
in their humane and patriotic cxertions to re-
deem aua.save our people from the terrible
c'lamities; which arc inevitable unless timely
relief i sgSi g,ialra?nteca q? by legislation.
Of this meeting, that the Legislature, whe.i
convened in. extra session, should if compat;.
bic with its authority, grant the relief which
the condition of the people requires.
I'd. Rrsoluca, That if necessary, VIC most
respectfully yet most earnestly, entrcat the
members of the Legislature to call a convcn
ton of the people as promptly as possible, so
that in its plenary powers it may provide nm
appropriate remedy. a Convention having
destroyed the basis on which our credit main
ly rested, by tho emancipation Of our slaves,
and thereby producing general insolvency, it
is unTueStionably within the scope of its au
thority and manifcstly its duty, to relieve our
citizens from tho awful consequences of its
own legislation.
ID. RcsDl0cd, That creditors had at least
an equal agency with debtors in the inaueu
ration of war, and should now bear equally
the onus of subiugation
eth. R"S21rt0, AS the sense of this meet
ipg, that all debts existing ut the timo of the
surrender OF the Confederate armies, should
DC sealed. or assumed by the State in the pro.
portion OF the Losses and present property Of
the debtors, according to tho proceedings of
the late Convention, aud by the cnactmcnts of
the Legislature
9th. Resoluca, That the Constitution and
the Laws were made for the people, and for
the purpose of securing their true interests.
and that'if in tho course of events, they be.
acomo destructive of those ends, they should
DC sosatcrcd Or modified as to secure the pur
poses for which they were originally made
The samo power which adopted the Constitu-
ton has the .unquestionablc right to alter it,
Or cyen'to abolish it, if the interests of the
people require such action.
9TH RcsatSci, That we have noticed with as
t6nlshment, and with the most profound regret,
th,e'apathy and indifference of our distinguish
cd men! !and.othcrs who formand control pub:
no opinion, on tho agonizing subject Of our
Indebtedness, and the appalling results which
VII certainly follow in tho wake of the gen
eral suelng Of our people.
| tn ,l1fesoloea, That We have right to look
to our men of place and position, whose iuAu-