Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-12-07
Strong Protest.
DVf viz TTUCeBC.
The following is from the C Nntional

n 10y the unconstitutional votes Of an Afr;c.n
,He' south 1t Africans, or their oaltry num
o oGf q = base white allies, get into Congress b,
t;onal ~ ~ some ot'sr way than y cnnst;tn
s'ona' one tho white people Of the North vii
.nelr expulsion. The mass Of North
? sfn whito mon have sternly d.cl,re,, 49,,
Southern Afrieanized eoatrol Of the (.sSan.' (ns'
nens by acting in oonj unct ton with vbat ,n.,.
~ Possi oility, still continue GLASS n.onon, i,
Seasss or :ho North. The people of H.
L'or'" VINO have sterniy dccreed a,lips. nc,,ro
oen,'Se tneTc, Will never submit to :, contp,l
,"e Hpheral Government by TIC African.
"cu 0outhe:u States. rhs .yra,t, ,nl Lnn,
Soaauos III Congress who are forwardinp tbo
anpo9tu!o ana uaufpation, may as we'll under.
slanu this now as to recklessly risk What n,o,,
Detail them in popular wrath at another dav'
~ oo not hesitate to say that ono and ,'ll
OF the usurping military chiefs Of the South
tnaS nave passed beyond the express letter ~
81 tho unconstitutional and dcspotc edicts of
congress, should have been rcmoyc,l-.bo,ld
nv" DC removed, and their places sunplrd
~ So"cfals who regard the Constitution m.
,I ,t''''' ia"' common law and statutes, cnu;.a.
o'S construed. There is no line of ,lutv flat
uul.'P':'os VAIN That OF administering govern
,;: o": 'i coiislStencc with equal and exact ius
tice III The eye OF the law and in tlc f,r,,n 20
conscience This should bo done rn,r,rJ,aoa
OF threats and Of personal conscoucnccs MS
oouth Is pcrmcatcd by officials Of tho Frood
men $ bureau and other military subordnntos
hiostof whom owe their Official cyistcn.n ~
' ."1 ''oi.r"ry' corrupt, prohigato and unscru-
pu'ous stanton They are what he used 70
.o''' MS oarons, or order Of nobility" that
''o.co at us beck. These have iutim,],tnd
""'o men ifom registering undor tho Recon
"'.uo,''h Acts by threats of prosecution, or
"o'u''' persecutlono of sDmo sort. Thcv have
endless negro frauds upon tho
registry and in the elections. Thev bouo
connlved at the ar,ung of negroes and lila
dlsarming of whites. They have oyorIoolcJ
niItSfnyi r Gtspots suoufu nasu bcet,.te,ss "a.
countablo, punished and removed. Tho chief
satraps should have reported concerning thcm
to Gen. Grant, wGo h:.s the only power in the
premises to cniorcc justice. BY tho force
aud fraud Of thh1s petty military myrmidons
the whites Of the South havo been put under
the political bondage Of tho blacks.
The LEGALITY OF THE EMANCIPATION
AMENDMENr.-- An important question has
been referred to the Attorney General for de-
csion, by tho Secretary Of State touching the
legality OF tho enlnnci patton amendment to
the Constitution. 1t appears that a captain
port of Key West, Fla, three black sailors,
whcrcupon tho local authorities indicted him
under the State Laws which prohibit the in
troduction or emigration Of free negrocs.-
The captain has appealed to Mr. Ford, charge |
daiaircs of Great Britain here, who has ad |
dressed note to Secretary Seward on the |
subject. Pending the action Of tie Attor-
noy.H oucral, action against the English cap
tain has been suspended.
Tho constitution provides that the migra-
tiou or importation of such persons as tho
States tbiuk proper to admit shall not be pro-
hibitcd prior 10 the yoar 1898. That Is, the
slave trade should uot DO prohibited before
that dnte. as is well kuown, az soon as that
date arrived Congress, in strolg and clabo-
rate Acts, wl.ioh have remained ever succ in
force, prohibited tho slave trade The Ian.
guagc OF one OF tho principal of these Acts is
T" Shall import or bring any negro, mu(atto,
or other person Of color, not being y native, ~
citizcn, or registered seaman Of the United
States, or scanicn, natives OF countries beyond
tho Cupo Of Good Hope, into any port or place
of tho United States which shall be situated
in any State whioh by law has prohibited, or
shall prohibit the admission or importation of
suoh negro, mulatto and other persons Of col
or, 60" In most OF the States in the South
| tIco PcisoiA' VI Soioi oAo PiohiO'oo 'tVhA Copi-
ing or being brought into the State. or
course, no person is slave in any legal sense
until after he has been brought into the State
aud sold The question now is, whether the
abolition Of slavery by amendment Of the con
stitution, and the passage, too, of tho famous
civil rights biil DO not repeal all laws now in
force prohibiting what is known as the slavo
trade, by removing all restriction to free i'm
migration Washington Star.
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IMPORTANT DECISION IN BANKRuprcY.--
1t has been recently decided in New York
that any property that bankrupt may have
acquired after the filing of his petition, and
anteccdcnt to his discharges is not Liable for
his debts contracted before proceedings wero
commenced. That is to say, John Doe having
| filed his petition for adjudication in bank
ruptcy yesterday, becomes by way Of legacy,
!. or by speculation, rich man tomorrow but
though he may not be discharged from his
abilities for twelve months, the fruit Of his
legacy or speculation cannot be touched for
} his old debts. Doubtless this is the law
and it can be defended on just tho grounds
that We choose when we defend the discharge
: .of debtors at all. Tho evident intention Of
Z the enactment was to fix sonlo point at which
! tic debtors Liability should cease, else tholaa
lie of no avail: ltisnow wauthoritativcly deter