Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-27
Jefferson Davis.

interviews with ex-Prcsidenf Davis, but tn
following, from George d. aPrentice, edito
of the " Louisville Journal (which he pub
fishes in his paper, of the 5sh inst, will b
found highly interesting, jusss this time
| In the course Of un interi4d,ys },ls swa Ia,
| with jeff. Davis, in january 1Sng IA Ia svs
! OF the terms Of peace was iStro6ut;Gi. Mr
! Davis asked us what was tbsoliief Sobicctio
of the North to the recosnifionSof Souther,
independence. We answoreHs Tint the Nortl
knew perfectly well, ms unqliestionably he did
that if she would lay down War arms and con
sent to n division of the Unjon into two con
fcdcracics, she herself wouldScry soon be dis
solv i; that State after Stato- States sir n,
and States combincdly- ly-woSM scccdc, and tn,
whole North be split up intUpetty powers, O
no powers, all OF thcn s;nptblo in tn,
eyes of mankind. and not gEsof them wilint
or able to contribute to tRSpayment Of tn,
national debt. Mr.. DavisSTcplied, with Iii
characteristic calmncss, tReSthis was certain
y true, but that the sameSf Hing would hap
ren and probably happen all tbe sooner, if til,
North should continue toasfsosecutc the war
We thought, at tho titie, ,W Mr. Davis wa
grcatly mistaken, and oIdabieiso. We Still
trust that we were correet ~ soar estimate O
the character of his opinios hut just now W,
can indulge no ovcr-confdSs lSe that we were
The North continued toss fpsecutc the war
and the South, after the brayest and mos
desperate resistance know wars annals
YVES conquered. But n6#s s6nscs the North
trials. Now VIC arc to seS se;test of her in
! tcrnal strength. If ont0C the dreadful wal
between the North and South, a Northcr,
civil war arises; if NoftkSgn armies marcl
against each other, VENGEANCE before them
and blood and death and ssert behind, man,
Northern States will very o6n weary and sick
en- of the horrid work ,=siSsssfs!l probably adop
poris Of the Federal ss&sit sUD,rs IS perrae fec,
sccnrty against coercion. Most likely thu
Northwestern States will go off first, rcpu
dating, of course, their proportion of tn,
public debt, and thus piing higher til,
monstrous financial burden upon tho shoul
dcrs of the remaining States. These vii
have neither the will nor the ability tt
bear up under the crushing weight, and SC
others will scccde, and then others, till tho
whole North shall be divided up into sucl
poor, little, non-dcbt paying, feeble mockna
tionalitics, as citizen of one of the Mexica,
States, or Of the South American Rcpub
lies, or of one of the petty, miserable Ger
man princiralitcs, might look upon with con
tempt aud scorn. JaF. Davis declaration te
| us MS to the consequences Of the war to tho
North, it prosecuted, will be amply vindica
ted, and whatever rcsentmcnts, if any he
chcrishcs against the North, will be abun
dainty satisfied. We tell the Northern fanat
lcs-as lover of our whole country, VIC sol
cmnly tell thcm-tlat, unless madness has
seized upon their hearts and brains, they vii
not insist on pushing the disscnsi ons between
the President and Congress to tho fighting
point. They may rest assured that if tkt
tight comes, it will be to them such an one a.
| they have no account Of i'm either history O,
tradition. They will find it an infinitely dif
fcrcnt thing from the war of the rebellion
crcadsu! MS that wa9 throughout ali its annals
They will fird themselves divided peoplc
divided almost equally, divided and mutual,
hostile, whilst tho whole population of tn.
South will be unit, able to strike for thci
friends, or stand afar from tho flash, the cracl
and the roar of war, as may seem best to them
The thick cloud now cnvcloping the South
may be partially lifted but night and storm
surcharged with bloody ruin, will close owe,
the North
EUROPEAN papers are publishing most fear
ful pictures of suffering in India caused by
the famine and cholera. Enancipatcd mer
| and women living skeletons seen in ever,
road. Heads of families are struck down b,
cholera, and the children flee to tho countr,
only to be ovcrtnken by the famine and die b,
degreese. Beneath the shade trccs of ever,
highway arc seen the dead and dying lying
side by side. Old and young, father son
mother and daughter, are takcn by tho de
stroying angel of the pcstilencc, or cut dowr
by the slow and terrible agones of hunger
Dogs and iackals hold high carnival over thu
helpless living as well as the skeleton dead.-
Mothers are found dead with living childrer
at their cold breasts, and tho rapacious vul
lures lowering over waiting for their prey