Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-16


inglls, Townrs, Reynolds, Aldrich. Bland
ing. Wallacc, Hamilton, Hampton, Pope nm,
others. The sentiments expressed bv judy
lnglls touched the hearts nf all his hcarc,..
and the words of advice and caution riven b,
the +" old man eloquent" will long be rrmc,r
bcrcd. The report on principles, &c, was lai,
on the table, AID the following unaninousl,
adopted:
Fellow. Citizens In tinrs of great rnhIi,
danger, the instinct selfrrrsrrvatinn pr,,,n,t.
people to assemble aud confer together upo,
the issues that the stern logic of events iorcc.
upon their attention. The citizens of Soull
Carolina stand to-day in this position 1t he
comes our duty, therefore to take connse
| together. and I" announces u,.r conclusion ,rn
pcrntry. hut firmly aud frnrlcSSlv. to the pnh
lie. In pcrformin. this dn,v we shall avoid
all tcrms Of nnimadvcrSon upnn mcn. parties
or sections The vice of instrumentation
and acroctini, las hrcouc the order Of the
day. and both North dTSnu,h hay" su!'vr, d
frnn the evils w!ic" l,;,l tlcir origin in tl>
! fruitful s,urc" nf mischief The Northern
people flushed with victory have not Ecrn s...
icit"nS t" ascertain the temper of the South.
| crn mind; and tlc Southern people. crushed
| hy the loss uf their cause and their most
cherished hopes. have been alike Indifferent
to events Tor which they do not feel thrn,sclv.
cs reSpnnSihlr and over which they have not
tic power Of control. Ia The meantime. wick
cd designing ncn, both at the North and at
the South. have rot ttcn wanting to keen
alive the fires nj sectional hate, until now they
thrcaten to involve the whole country in mis-
rule and ANARCHY.
vi the late war, it is not our rurnnsc nov
to speah-tlc san.uinnry fact will stand for,i,
forever III the history Of these American
states. Our duty now. is with pre-. II,
evils, and their future consequences. Thr
emancipation policy of the Government was
and is the great fountain hc,d trum wi.i-,.
springs. and will continue tn spring the thn,l>-
ands evils hy which vc.r "nvi.,ca
What but disaster could follow in tho fno:.
steps Of the hasty tnd imconSi.lcrnte bailey
by which 1000 900 of slaves. without edit
cation, and without the least preparation i;r
the .ehanmr. were turpn ,~is. Z - i.,i'rr, II"
provide for themselves ? Must it not be self.
evident to any thinkin" 'nnn. no matter what
his prnindcrs that nntlinc l,r can now ;.r".
pose will he able to convert "m idle. rowing.
t'rifllcss. .ii~c mcgro p"rulati"n int" the
steady. health, lnlnrino ~ ru' tn hat ""
frmcrly c,nplnycl in our fields 1T ,h" S"uIh.
But. Glonmy as the rrrr"" 10y l'r tie l""-
rl- he .,lr' must cgarl '.;s disastrous
result as nav ike and >rttrd hrvn, j recall
Slavery is 1T m end "" do not pr"ln
that whit has been done should lr um"cn":
but we do propose to slow that, with ti,c pres
cnt iirr ncyro labor. tho Industrial rcam,,,.s
Ut the South ar in no cunit n To con 'il',
to the prosperity "f T. I" e,"t.t,>. IL Is to"
pat ui w>,!,,n tn look nnr ;ni>'.r;u,ns in H."
4 A., Ia, il,rr
at the Nn,tl, or ~ tie south Three years
If experience. ..v both Northern and South,
crn men, attest the fact that the cultivation
ns hnt!, rice. n,d tnttnn-thr great staples ''
the, South = is under tie present sys,cn "f
free negro lassor, the nost uncertain the least
rc,unncrntivc, ard the nest l:arrassiug en-
plovmcnt in the world. Had gradual sys.
tenn Of emancipation been adoptcd. men would.
l,y degrees have accommodated Themselves
to the sr,lual chnngc aud the industry nf
the .ontrv would have received no such
shock ny n0w p,ostr:;tcs ,lc South aud over.
whclms her in spair Upon The agriculture
Of the country mainy depends the wealth
and prosperity OF lie country.
But Il few years agn. the cotton exported
trnm the United States controlled foreign rx.
change, an i,ld SIC monopoly in i"rcign
n.urkcls How is it to-day. and low viii il
hn in tie future? Instead of 5,0DU ,GU0 at
hrlcs sent forward to exercise tho f"r,icr in
Hucncr n,nn trade. we have not more iilan
nuc.thi,d of the crop of 1860, cunning into
market, ard that al price per pound, Z" c"r
, yrnrY--the revenue tax cnhsidrrrd--vcry III
tie, if ANYTHING. in advance Of what WIS re,
allied ncr pound for the large crops nf inr.
MGR wears. paid in gold WHY is this it
| ,n,y No asked The nnt1S nrc tho S,mc-th,