Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-03
Northern Public Opinion.


\; vn Has Congress required the ratification of
q constitutional amendment Z? So did the
President. Has Congress established ties I
oatht2 So did the President. Our crime is.
/ Isupposc. thut we provided that those whom
the nation hus made FREQ should have the
freeman's ballot for their protection, while the
President did not. But the results Of his
policy strikingly contrast with tho results of
ours. The nation looked on to see what fruits
would result from his action, and what were
they? In nearly every State the rebel power
resumed its authority and became dominant
in their executive, Legislative und Judicial de-
partmcnts. The vagrant and labor laws, vir.
tually rc-enslaving the tmancipatcd followed,
and murders, outragcs, r:,ts and imssacrcs
crowned tho whole. Loyal men were under
foot, and the reviv6cd spirit Of rebellion was
triumphant
With our duty to our country, and on our
oath, VIC could not affirm aud legalizo this pol
ICY; aud hence the Legislative actioa we have
sincetaken Approved in the past as we have
been, I cannot doubt oven more triumphant
Endorsement hereafter. TApplausc.1
The President appoals'to the .ballot.box !;
and sosdo we, and by its decision we are viii
ling to stand or fall. In 1862, in the dark
est hour of the war, amid disaster and reverse,
the ballotbox sustained us, and returned a
Republican majority in Congress In 1864
wc'wero compelled to accept all the odium Of
conscription, the heavy burdens of taxation
necessary for our national credit, and to keep
our flag flying in the field, the charges of our
enemies that men were being drafted from their
homes to free negroes, and the denunciations
against the war as q failure but with tho
simple motto of {" our country" under the
lead of our noble President (would to God he
were living to-day y we won a magnificent
triumph. [Applausc
In 1865, when President johnson turned
his back on the party which elected him,
travcrscd tho country making speeches, to be
read by millions, denouncing us-with his
whole Cabinet against us, with but onc hon
orablo exception applause and cries of
stanton !" with thc'wholo power and pa
tronagc of tho government thrown in the
scale OF our enemies, wea ppealed again to the
ballot-box, winning the most magnificent vic
tory ever known in our political history. TAp.
plausc.] But this will be ecIipscd by the
coming victory in, 1868, when we shall place
in the Offices of the government these who
will be faithful to liberty. justice and loyalty.
Wc ask no more, and will accept no less
And this victory will be swelled by the votes
of reconstructed South. When they return,
as they will, in accordance with the terms
prescribed in our legislation, they will return
with magnificent majoritcs for the right
[Applause.] They will come back, led as
they must be, by those who have been faithful
to the Union in its darkest hours. Thcy viii
Join with us Of the North, under the inspir--
ing influence of free labor and free men, in
the march of power prosperity and progress
and we will join with thom in so lcgislating
that hereafter, in this noble land, there shall
he no mat so poor, 30 humble, or 80 obscure
lot, which shall vindcato his rights, in hi his
own right hand. [Applause.l And all the
loyal people STALL say amen and amen Loud
applause.
At the conclusion of Speaker Colifax',
sspeech three cheers were given by the Assem-.
pied crowd which then proceeded to the resi-
ldence. OF Senator Sumner. Several airs we're
played, but the Senator did not resnond. The
party next called upon Senator Yates, at vii
lard's Hotel.
Senator Yates was introduced to the assem-.
; olage, andafter few preliminary remarks sta
tea that he presumed the screnade was not ten
dered to him as an individual, but as an .advo
cate of Republican principles and member
of that body,which has been true to its priu.
ciples and its country.
The nation has just passed through ci
gantlc war, but through the aid Of Divine
Provdencc, the Star Spangled Banner again
waves over thesland from Maine to California
The South has accepted the situation What
!. Is that situation? 1t is that no rebel sha oc.
scupy a place in the administration of our, ma.
tional affairs. The speaker did not hesitate
to.say that greater rebel than Jefferson Da.
Wis or Beaurcgard is to-day sheltered in the
walls OF the White House. Being Senator
he could, not say the President ought to be
l!npeached, but would say that there was suf-
hclent evidence in possession Of the House
Judiciary Committee to justify impeachment
The Republicans party must accept the sit
uation in another respect. There has been a
war in Mexico. Maxfmlian has been cxccu..
ted and the e'Democratic party is expressing its
disapprobation of the act The Republicans
should stand by Juarez and the Liberal Gov.
eminent 1t is tho duty Of our government
% declare that no foreign prince or poteutate
shall establish government Oh American soil
If necessary, let war be declared against apy
country that attempts to supplaut liberty
in America. The Republican party has de.
olared that equal suffrage shall exist in the
District Of Columbia, aud the Southern States.
Now they must do for the North as thcy
had done for the South and cptetpose suffrage
upon every State. Thus it is that Republi-
cans must accent tho situation Jot ~, ,,, ~,