Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-01-26
Division Of Pioken,, 5.

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+ Division Of Piokens. !.
The reader will find, on the first page o
this paper, the report of tho judiciary Com
mittee, through Mr.. BARKER, on the diyis
ion of Pickenss District and kindred measures
Emanating from q high source, it deserves t.
be read with oare
The Committee meet the bill for tho diyis
ion of Pickens, with the remark, that it "dis
turbs" the present political equilibrium o.
the State, and is, therefore, neither just MOI
fair. Tho Committee likewise recommend
specific changes in the present Constitution,
of the State, if tho division is to become
fixed fact. That the whole State is to agree
that the word "whito shall be struck out Of
the present Constitution, which viii enable
those in moro favored e? regions to count Aa
noses to increase their representation.
For one, wo are not disposed to RADICAL,
g disturb the present constitution (of 1865,
Nor was it with that intention or purpose
that the division Of Pickcns was asked. I'll,
division was sought as a matter Of convenience
and accommodation to tho people Of the Dis
trict, and not with view to s'd.turb the no
litical power Of the State" if any really OK
lists. Moreover, we cannot SEQ how tho diyis
ion of Hickcns and Berkeley, and the creation O
a new District around Aiken could "disturb'
the present political power of the State unfa
vorably for the salt water people They woull
gain Senator each in Calhoun and Berkeley
when the up.country could only gain one il
Pickens-an arrangement, we think, which
could not work harm or political dlslocation t
any ono or any section.
We trust our friends below will reconsider
this matter. Their representation is nov
based on population and tnrdtion In 1879
when another census is taken, representation
will be based on WHITE population and taxa
tion-thc negro will neither be counted By
number nor valued by dollars. The! !"poltica
power Of tho State" will then exist, in reality
in the country, and wo will not be com
PEELED to ask fayors even of our {" so. callod .
friends. We trust, however, that NIr BAR
KER and his friends will conclude to be gra
cious whilst they " run the machino." =5
GD- at recent public sale, in this dis.
trict corn sold about as we'll for cash as credit
say ST 4Opcr bushcl AT this time last year year
the samc article sold at SO and 50 .25.
1eG~ DR.. PARKER requests It's to sny that
nc will Gct, os no Intended, remove from this
place. See his card.
EH-H Fort: Hili,'' the homestead of the
late Hon. J Ohm e. CALHOUN, will be sold a,
public auction soon.
IS asg Change of name and " lay representa-
tion !" are both about to fail, in the !" Method
ist Episcopal Church, South" for want Of q
maj ority Of three!fourths.s 3 8. ]. Fl
GEN. SIcKLEs' TESTIMONY. "A specia]
despatch to tho New Y ork g Evening post''
says that Gen. .Sickles' testimony before the
Congressional Committee, in relation, to tho ne
faifs ii. South Carolina, is very strong. IIe
declared that many Districts in South Caron
ma required constant military control, to Sc
cure 70 .t tho freedmen any Of their rights.
Esv We learn from the l4dvcytissr thai
Col. Steedman, formerly of the 9th South
Carolina Volunteers, was killed on his ow1
piazza by two negroes. They were oyerhauled
at a iken and confessed to the killing. s. None,
and Other booty were the motives of the ne
;groess (. /.