Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-13


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is gfati
te ation Of this
you The Declaration, Of Tn
Saslepg ste9ce5 had as peeali las sigaifoance. 10
81 81 slq1 aS broug but to. YOU sit
saaIsll q oods true enough, yaur
! teGps shas wpttey r. y fsr
y v tlie pledge made 70 'ciyiH,
Slntln9Ttal authors of the Dec
etierson and his
taltl IN humanity than
y Illei sttesmen
ot the Reyolution desired TO
erinanen niUp OF States to cstabs
to, insure domestic ranGNiitH,
s@na slibctty to all the
os To-day the .nt'tsia:
ssnalS Shelis az Nllclael,s celebrate in fitting
sliies eafspso in he@ork, begun a,cen
pys tile OF tho Republic. To-.
y Saays the ftag hicil hoatslnc challenged through.
SSpHts the .the symbol Of Justice
saaa, assgsl ll9erty to gil. Eiioud- cheersl
d y our pld masters and you begin to know
( ssaoi othes b better t:isawith you and them
with the NORTH nptt South better acquain.
spromote, good understanding. Every
H gay more kindly feelings hros expressed to.
y sards you as freehien, as.free laborers, and as
{ citizens. Erross and Illusions arc passing
\ away In M i s5559,66, I ,wasadmonishcl not to
permit saaJ you to celebrate yotrholidays in mul-
sststpdes, With, processons;a and burners, and
8Mhsss 7aa Mafsila's and bohfires, aud fire.
! arms AID 'hreworks Why? Because it ia,
5Ssaid would rise in insurrcction. AGAINST
whom Z for YhatR I Idcmanacd, Not against
tlle, authority Of the United States forlthnt
adthotity sbas made sheo, free. n Nor! against
4 thelrstormer masters; for rs. slaves they did
mob rebel. ~Notsagainst me; for T. am here to
protect. them from sinjnstec. No.; | was
told the colored people would have land, and
J, they would seize.it and dttye awav the law.
.::fCE owl ners Of tho SOIL Times hnvc chan5ed
iasirtection is only. remembered as a nioht,.
{mares s5 w WiiepeSer a c6lored nan waits lanl
it is seon% %that,he buys itsfrom anyone w;ll;ns,
sto, sell; or hires land, if ho can iind',nv nn
willing to lend Il to him, EChecw.
IS sss Hero IwiliSoifera suggestion. ,l'hcrc orc
Ssplantations ia these States not ou)tiva.
%Sted at IL or sonly slls,lf cultivated If the
ners ,swho Y afl;neither. plant nor afford TO
ykeepStheir 10 ds5idle, would divide their use
\ aesslands into mail farms efstwcnty acres each
4 .;Iana I sen ohem: Vt TAR prices to honest, indus
4 'trous. and thri ~ laborcrs tlecry.of couf;s
:oationg gEWonla soon be losb in.thc cleo of busy
tsaaber7sth noiso of flandless agtators would
,s;beshushod initho reposc of a. contented hnp.
:py: peasantry. Ghocrs ~, 81
II When; lhsas, scnt toSSthe Cnrolinps, in the
4 natumn:of 1865, Z WAS. told that. .thcy could.
nnotthe made etoand deYstand whatt was to work
ttor; e wages Now, I hear different com pl&int
d tiat the freed people will not work without
wages: Loud Cheprs5and Iaughters]
Ia sltold also, that it would never do to
s colored people to the Courts Of Justicc
rights by suits at law; sor to
sIgs 1 IN cop troSorsies between man
aa mans for Z Z was said could not COM
a et g & q! and abligatio of an
& forms. f;judicial procaedngs y
Ale3fstilat e3si t unless colorcd man has a
anq aylaW suit nc docs not consider
psotapLe citizen. I4angf teri
that ,t would be useless to
.sonoo!s Tor fhe nstructiomsof the
Is isswas loslsted they were not capable
az M heads were too thick and
4 Sgs praus Loud laughter. j.
\ = that SO manyiree ehools for col
otsi,oiillarep are i'tlcd with coored pupils,
Hsn. Dy eoloreu teachers; that public opinion
4 a.ouseu 20 Inc m importance OF providing for
euucaIlol =; OF tne poor whites Nay, more;
2h (suue places. the school houses for the col.