Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-03-30
pIcKESs c. H., s. C., SATURDAY, MARCH, 80, is
For Vice. President,
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The nomination Of this ticket in the South
would operate SO powerfully upon tho North
ern public mind, in behalf of a general am
nesty, that this Fortieth Congress, by a two
thirds vote in each House, would proclaim
it, IN order to rstify this Southern proposed
treaty of peace, harmony, fraternity aud re-
uniou, in the names Of Gran. and Lee. Aud
what splendid cotlsummation this would be
universal harmony supcraddcd to universal
liberty, universal equality aud universal suff.
rage, excepting Indians not taxed" Grant
for President and Lee for Vice President. and
Union and rebel soldiers from all our battle
fields, from the Bull Run to Arrnnattox
Court House, walking, like South Carolina
and Massachusetts, arm in arm, and voting
the same ticket of Grant and Ice Let the
Southern newspaper press proclaim this tick
CT ana 1t Will curry everything before it--re.
construction, the negro vote II general umucs,
ty, the nolt Congress and the next Pnsidcn.
cy.
BESNETT on REcoNsTnucr1oN-M DA.
Ils. The n. Y. +" IIcrald,' IF Saturday, has
the following characteristic article:
The tendency of public feeling all over the
South is manitrstly in favor Of being what we
call reconstructed; that is. accepting the
terms proposed by Congress as means OF
coming into the Union, takiug their place as
States in Congress, and exercising such innu,
erce as their numerical representation may
command. We learn from Virginia that the
Legislature of that State, for example, has re.
ccivcd with general satisfaction the order o!
General Scho!,eid assuming command under
the new military bill From Georgia, North
and South Cnr"!ism, Mississippi Florida, and
Alabama, we also lear tha, the late secession
lists arc becoming convinced that the vote Of
the negroes will lie rather favorable tLa, hos
tic to their particular views of reconstruction.
The papers generally throughout the South
appear to adopt our plan for the Presidential
candidacy in 1868, with the uamcs of Gene
raj Grant and General Lee on the ticket for
President and Nicc-lrcsdcnt. i 1lnt is the
most sensible thing they could do There is
spell in such continuation which will unite
both North and South. and bring our compi
tcnce there's more to ass uro foreign nations that
the end of our cxistin. inharmonious condi-
tlon and the solutions Of our troubles can be
reached than in the most logical arguments
that could be used
And now that the question of rrconstruo-
ton is approaching settlement, when slave
ry, the primary cause of the rebellion, is
abolished, aud the rebellion has gone with it
to the tomb Of the Capulcts, and the South
"rn States are on the road to accept the iney
liable necessities of the hour, what is the use
of retaining the leader of tic rebellion in Gus
toay amy longer? JEFF Davis il perfectly
harmless lie can do no mischief if set at
Iarg" on his parole to answer any charges that
"aY i" brught against him. Congress
'i'Vt"'.. therefore. pass resolution requesting
;!ie ir-a'ri Il. s"'t"sc hin,. Such meas
urc could d 40 E"aiRla l:;rHn. On The con.
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