Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-31
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BY REQUEST
HON. B. II HILLS SPEECH
ON TIE K.
CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
.Deliverea al Atlanta Oh the le,h Ja1y, 1867

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e>eseoe'ea reg 90 At'dnto Q" the loth Jats, 1867
i1'V'Is W.; "'.u ~, uHe"o".Cii2ens. Human Roy
,ii"on.s, ,i'.'a, .No eyc.yehtmg e'so human, hatu
'Inu ~ upe"ySa lucy can ohiy DC pre-
+ servau oy constant watohtulness, courage, aet
'noe saasl.a, ~ Go,tec' Pr'nc,Ples. Ihe@ re
As aeP'y WIN uhusq"i lorco 70 Tree gov
.t. WHICH arc INC most difhcult OF al
- "e''','u'"' e'.' II We the people tof the Uni
S.u o.a'es' were INC ilrst IN history who had
nv Is''Pteu 'i'c HSPeriMeht OF living under a
penoc'a'lc OF hepoo''c"n form OF govern
.':su', "o "lent DC excused II we failed tc
u'ssoN't VIC sy'nPto"ls OF approaching death
"nu ~ uFP'y t,o Iemed'cs 70 preserve our lib
crty anu Cne DRESSINGS we nave heretofore eli.
Joyea' Put we are not the first who have
Naee 'h.s experiment. Other peoples and
n"slous' LOT tholsauds OF years, have had Com
noa"ea'l's' ,.'" hepuo',cs, ana Dcmocrnclcs,
"nich nave ''seh ana tailen times almost with'
5 out number ! Dut assert great truth-onc
Tnich mas no contradiction or exception in
III h'story-when say that tue great leading
a"u suos,antial 81, causes OF the decay OF free
9p' az ~ ali countries nave ever been the same.
iipw 'ncAc"sap'e must we Deit we fail to dis
.ovs' 'ae y" y"'Wons' ana now coWardly and
oo'oano :. "e 'at' 20 Apply tue proper remedy
~ prevent 80 'oul death
f.oo ~" .,o peop,o @ eyer con'menccd to build ur a
tleo government zen, under such favorable auspi.
tes as We. "hat climate, soil, variety of
p'ouuc''o''S p'oc''o ""a n'"terl"' resources do we pos,
sess; hnu "has an ancestry and what com
.non h,'assss,e TOT lioeffy qua our fathers pass
Il'ough Dio any people ever before coin
'nence WIN socn =, advantages Kome com
.ue''ceu 40 s'ns'' c'ty' ana WIS despssod ~
. t"e o',o'''mans m around IL. one extended her
!p".' ~ 'cf arms and Increased az ut last
s''e peeulho "'lsttess OF the world. We com-
."easu n'.'.: WI su'" people, country ana pro
uuI',oo' 40 no P'oP'c ever had before, and we
nav 1--WE u'SSepS'"''s ana elements OF discord
.n"n snS peoEs ever Hnnsrf" trN'" s'' troy Iovs
.uo"oo' 40 :" nt " '.u. ~, o"1 ~, ,1
""u w o.s '" ~" ou "o'.u'
sp.esI ouS .'.s s's"v oo"',noeo o''.e "S' VIZ.
ny "aue ~ sr , l"'a'L =" ',o', ."oni, w."
Nv "nuooo .,'. ~ """"'oy '"u oFp''s=no S'ne
e"'s ~ .;u ~ " '"Sss wa. s'P' "f"" uS nv, -
80 - ~ ~ ny '"' ~" = ''''! ''
800 .,,,I 10, - ~ ~ p:.,' =. ~ W. ~ ~
'nI ~, -. WI ',I w. 49,. :o'''.s
,,ors,, ~ th;s oon,;nantY IA ",,r raoo Ill,
pns hea .no v sonaaa, r w, w." % 49, w." ~.
EasS oontmry ~ ~ - hnt .ovon, e;,ht aov W., ~ 80
ncntho Constitution w.s G,rn,od on3 h,,
ninety ono years since ;nJc,emdcnco VAS de.
c,,ycd nv onr fathers wbilc tbr Comm m wo,l,h
of Rome Iyod fonr hundred Years hefore ,bn
mossnrcs wh;ch nroan .ed her decsv var ssero nro, no
rnsod Wl,at snoc,ac,. Tbo Lcst n.orp,o
tba richest soil. the most valuable nrodmo' ]
t;ona estaiI;sbed as If hv tho nrovidonc, 81
God ~ n now ora in tbo 6istorp of tbc wor,d
and bidding fair to be- the shortest lived ol
nny fyoc ,onvernn,cnt il ,bo history of nat;ons
'"There ia m d;fIicnjtv 70 wb,tcver-s.and I 90
scrt';t without. fnor of contradiction n d;s
cover;no wbon and how nation is divine
cannot now 90 into an ana|vsis If olI tIc svmn
toms Of national decay and death. Il is nnE,
imnortant to nreaont the LEADING. ono which
oontrols oll otbere--wb;cb cxi.tino nroducc,
sl,1others. and which being rcmcdicd. curc,
~ nthsrs' Then hear Il: tho great aymp
Aon iof the decay and death Of a rovernmen,
;s The aisynoori of Me ruNDAMsNrAL LAW
nf that eovcrnmc Mhcncvcra people conc
to front lightly their own fundamental law
tI,cy have arrived at the most dangerous point
:thst 4 nossible. short. Of entire destruction.
Renublcs, above ali other kind Of govern
fmenta. are maintained by res pect for law. Il
&tbe reonie ,afs the United States fail to hayc.,
aac,sd Ir ,rrrpard for their own law which is po
\ ,;ks thaf sofother nat;ons tobe aso oeYtainel b,
I .dec;son ian or by seorebina. bit il. . nis;n ane
wiseIv ,orilten CONSTITUTES they will descrs'
.tha III ri fato Tint awnifs them !: and he who
disrerards 1its ploin language has no excust