Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-03-09
Truth Crushed to Earth"


sin, one of the oldest and most fearless adyo-
Gates of conservatism, in Congress, delivered
a powerful spe ch before the House OF Rep
resentatlvcs on Monday last upon the bill for
the government Of the i,lsurrcctionar
States And thus he stigmatizud aud most
truthfnlly dcnounccd it:
1t was well said by my friend from Ohio (Mr.
l4e Bion'D that this bill starts ont with false.
hood. 1t does, indeed |: declares that there
are no legal Governments in these States. 1t
not only st rts nut with a lie, but every pro-
vision OF the bill is IL iic it is one consunmat,.
unmtiyatcd lie from beginning to end. |,
Will, If it shall become ii law. subject ti,c pco
pie of ten States of this Union to the unwrit.
ten, undefincd and undetnable will of !. brig
adler general of the army 1t will substitute
for our written Constitutions and the laws
aade in pursuance thereof, the arbitrary, I'm
controlled aud unlimited will of military
-i"@f'--, IL '""t.~-s ',ps '-h" Ire my 30 no.
pure, how upright; | care not it he BE- tn.
commander n.chief of The army, h. will he
he can be-. nothing less than military ,4cs
pot Gchtle'nan may sug.r.cnat the pill, if
they can, on th,t side or this side Of IN.
tiouse. by saying that it is all to be under tn,
control of the President oi the lnitcd States
SIr. respect the President of the United
States, hon" him in his position and of.c
tor III n thiags he has done but sir, tiod
meyer ll'ide the nan or the angel whom
wnnId trust with the liberties of tie pconlp
unlimited and unrestrainrd by IA written con
'ueu'loh. No man Is so pure, SO Just. so gen
cr"us so unlmbitious. that [ would trust the
ives anu Liberties of great people in his
hands without having his pnwcr controlled or
restrained by some written constitution or
law.
MILITARY GovEnSMENr AT THE Souru.
The CINCINNATI Enquirer" conmcntino
'pon the passage of the Sherman bill, s.ys:
Inc Southern people are to be- placed un.
Ter military vnssalagc. Can it be that the
Northern and Western men. when thcv cav,
fhelr votes to place such n,rn as we see holiipg
majority In Congress, contemplated tllat they
would so abuse their power? Do thcy renlizc
Inc TACT that to keep the South subjected. n
standing army Of 100000 men will not be
Are they prepared to endure
perpetual system of taxntion, under which
that OF England even appears light? Bythis
net. they have converted the South into a yi.
g'htic Ireland, and m Ireland that will bc
more tron bl"some in case Of any foreign i'm.
1rDgl'o than the " Green Isle" is to ENGLAND
for Its hate will be solid, compact and unaiyi.
ded. Here is a precious .fna'e to the {" war
Tor the uaieh," as hyp"critical a motto as ey.
or was invented by lin and sncaks lind
snch a conslmntion as ais been forcseen. wc
are satisfied that not one in ten of tho hr,vo
men who shon|dnred n muskct for the presrrva.
tlon OF an undivided country. hut would have
Dccn content to embrace the alternative of
certain black journals, and let the Union slide
me cnslavenent of a brave, gallant and Inn.
pulslve people, however they NAV have crrcd
will be recorded as one of the moustros;t;o,
or tue age. The question is not alone wbctb.
er the South will endure it, for we orr If ,ho
manly heart of the North is not indonant a,
the outrage upon its old associate, of tho ear. ~
ly Revolution" '''
ARRESTED. Sheriff Pnysgner arrested n
man, Monday last who gave several o/;oxes
that Of Burkhcad and Brown
and assumed that Of Captain G. V. Hamilton
or Edgefir.d. We learn that he threatenoi
several citizens of our District recently and
shot at others. He is under the custody rs
the sher'tf.-Ne'oterry Hcrald.
), 3. DeBow, editor Of DeBow'. Rew.u
u deSd' lie was forty.ssven years old =