Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-13
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Letter; from -Ex,Gov. Perry.
70 tAe4lsaitorS o/.the Golumlia IMonic


dead in the 4Auicrieal, Government. He las
demolished the absolute. desputism Of the mil
'tary commanders in the Southern States,
!, They arc no longer to make laws for us, and.
romoye,, at will, our public Office s. The
State Governments arcto be recognized and
continued as provisional governments, with
all their poiticalmachncry; This isa bright
gcmn Of sunshine breaking through the black
clouds Of tyranny ard absolntisn which how
cred over tho Southern States during the past
year. lmay yet be well, ,'if We do not vol
UNFAIRLY dishonor' ourselves hy riycting the
chains which have been thrown over Ia III vo-
ting for eonvcntioi,. Nc liuSt havs ndu.
rance, patiencc;amds long suffering under our.
oppression and .tyrapny, Brave men, who
cpolly and. deliberately undertook to conquer
. four to ono, and fought sallanty.l through
4 hundred bloody fields Of hattie should not
now, in tile hour of peace, take cnancil from,
basc fearand be panic.strickcn with their own
apprchensons. There must be a rcaction at
the North. The Democratic party is daily
Increasing in numbers and strength Their
cause is,iust teforc. Heaven. EheTare fight.
irg for constitutional liberty aud self:goveril-,
mont aud thciryneSt elections will sweep tic
Black, Republican, party cute existence.
We must never forget that tlis is G" Nhitc
annU s. eGoUcTuntcut" 1t was soi,rits origin,
md shas so continued up to tho present. time
Independence. aud framed the Government
for white. mon solely aud exclusively Ne
gro equality.anl negro suffrage were never
thought of.by our revolutionary, ancestors,
North or South, Massachusetts nnlfall New
d ,l1h@uDd sMr- cas-, "Qsitiveain this matter as
), s, s, i;..i, 4 was acknowledged that
( ti.c -Atr,enn was of'hD inferior race, incapable
ras %SoS Aiss t"ia Gsy ws;s @ II
I slaves, mud recognized MS chnttlcs by the F,,.
ritans themselves. They wtre bought aud
stolcn. in Africn BY tho New EnglanIcrs, nntl
brought to America ur.salc MS slaves. This
hqrriblo,tratic has bcen. grcat source of
= wealth and prosperity to New England. For
four .thousaud years, the history ofsthe ne
gro, in Africa, shows no sign OF, Improvement.
IT is only by lon. and cdptinurI association
with the whiteSlnall lila, his imitation has en-
ab!cd hiurto adopt a.Iow degree ,f ft.civiiiza-
ton. Professor Agnssz has rccG,itly nude
manifest th;,tthe ncgrb is Of Il totally different
race from that Of white man, grcally inferior,
md Ind u different ofinin. +
..,s$ II the rup,p Congress, had pursued the or
dnary cilirsc Of u hnlf-civilzpd aud blood
thirsty people, aftcTSthe war was over, aud
hung two or three l,uudrcd Of MS, or many
thousands, ,in.cach one Of the Southern, Statcs,
1t would haVe been an net Of great mercy aud
wisdom to the Snutlcrmpcoplc, insttaIuf!hc
cunllingahd niairioilssciicnco OF hutiilatiul,.
DEGRADATION a,idtcrroish With mhchthcy have
punished the wh6lc ,SSonth men, women and
children, U,liouistsnnd scccssio,ists, inpoceut
aud guiltyequaly. fThe tarbasis'nefa Negro
sgogernmrnt, gradually growing worse and
more cruel. entilrd on 'on,scvs and postcri,
ty fore, cr,Eis iptocrablq and di"bodicnl. The
radicals wero deferred, by the@'opinin,, Of The
world, from their death yc,ins in this civil.
Eizcd.ands Christian age, But: by rcf,leanrnt
interuGlty peculiarly their own. they hascin
tflicfGd aincmtul. punishment Of conscious dis
fhoii6r'on allabkt, aud, ntlic sllnc ,tilio, have
provided FIR strcng, lcpip&.mia..s' s',h ipciuitin9
"tlfeir petiepl lg@cfsassa. party. This pun
iShmcnt. sso, iftlietod tnr Il 6,dpy ur.a wear.
Observation-Disclosures lis wiped out aS il ull;
in,ilely'@i4ly i,r;tt, the blood of hot raccs:-
glte liopfiih., sc,Sns Of Sah Domingo prc dcs
stlmI to, LcIr. euaetc.l'in S,n,tl,!CAcolila.,
Negro shliragr las hcen f:irly. fully md Of
fctiMlly tri. ii J;>iiiuicu, ,4ubhti the lHrstfa
.yorably auspices. It was, established there
some. years .sinccs and has been ,fostcrcd and
siistained by;a fapatieism.iiu England, agaiDst
. 'contibued riots, instructions and rebellions,
Which il has. atdll times, Produced. At
lehgthfn hsta to be taken away, for tho pence.
aud quiet 81 tho island. rha.faime is ac.
(. Rno@lGdged s. The .nogto, has shown Himself
incapublo;o Of. cScejsing the right of%s{iftrapc
. peaooablyandswscly: fills hts occurred 10
Jamuica, justraSit rs about I'd bo thrust on
tho people of the. Soutli. dsa punish md
for rthe4adyancopieht ofsthe political power Of
tho radical party. The. history ST The negro
eovernment.in, San Domingo ought to show
the impraetioabilty of its existetice anywhere
without thomost horrible consequences. If
we tnm to a fricn, ,.pna look at ilio negro there,
.wesha1l have still stronger evidence ofg5his.
incppacity fort heexeycise- Of political power,
Z With at these. terrible and danning facts
staring us'ils the face, and with our pcffcct
kno&lodgc Of the. negro .ehaEaosor, we are
aboutto confer OF nshmyolun the, right
efsutfrags aud ,social equality With ourselves 1
Aethe'sajhd time, i5Re ofegoingl . to tolubtarily
<aIsffa6ch hiise and aegrede NIL those 'apongstus
SFboshayef boeas distipguished tof. psop.ipe9t 10
,politisa| life iith deep paip aud dstcgset I
|waIla ask !peopl slie world, .firGteps,
l3aGd hiistidpitS
,s9 afid suicidal ssa
fsSap leas bio: position
A,p ,dratofs aud sboS pfoted,.