Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-02
A Capital Speech.

speech at Cincinnati the other day, of whicl
the following was the conclusion. 1t is ON
OF the hravcst Northern soldiers who sncuk
and thus pleads for mercy to the conoueret
and peace to the country
but Is no one to be punished? ? Punished
Does that question emanatc from humur
noart' or ls 1t an Inspiration from fond o
neil pun she'd! Why, my countrymcn
never in the history of civilized warfare wa,
such DIRE punishment inflicted upon con
Gncrcd people MS that cnnrcd by our conn
trymen OF the South Towns and cities sacked
aud burned Whole districts ciarrcd and
dcsolatcd as if by tho demon of destruction
and millions who were reared in ai!iucpcc re-
duccd by the shock of war 10 pcnury and
want. i5nt ls no Que to die f? Is no blood
to DC shed Almighty God No ouo to
dle let the five hundred thousand So, n,
'rn graves, around which the mcancl.oly cy.
| press stands us spectral scntincls mourninr
| over tue victims OF fallen cause answer the
hycna cry for blood. Five hundred tbous-
auo graves, the sad monuments of the err
r"r OF heroic but defeated people. Five
bundled thousand Southern h mes arc
drnped IN mourning for the loved ones villa
slumber in defeat beneath the crimson sod -
rive hundred thousand Southern h.mcs arc
dcSolatr, and the night wind. as it swccns
across an hundred ensanguined battle fields
is still hurthcncd with the groans Of anouish
and the sighs of despair Which come rro,,, tho
graves OF those who died in lost and mista.
Ken causc Five hundred thousand Southern
mothers, widows. orphans, are the living man.
nhrntS OF the blight of lratricidal war And
VINO asks tor vengeance more than this p
w hat demon in human shape cries for blood
ny cn""trvmrn the very earth is still rcd
with brothers blood by brothers shed. Oh,
then, let us Staunch the gaping wound of war,
ana check ne crl"s"n tide as it Gibbs away
Aht our own dead heroes. what of them p
nc laurel blooms upon The gravcs--hc star
~ h"2n"r, under which they noby died
waves over them. Their bodies arc dead, hut
their names and glorious deeds will live for.
ever. They died for the Union ,hcy loved
Tor the fla@ they adorcd Oh, NV countrv.
men, let it not be said that they died in vain
l5nt npon their tnombs. to consccratc their
deeds, let the temple of the Union be restored.
/ .--- !, >.--.h ->--->--.-l C-.,tl, MAJ, III;
hands n over their graves and sys''' syso.a. 9oln
'reo Constitution shah cndrr~ 'o'cVe''
JEFFERSON DAVIS pays the following clo-
Hncnt tribute to Southern women: of asked
'"r NY snhiimcst idea of what woman should
be III time "E war. would point to the dear
women Of NY people as lave seen them lu-
ring the rrr"nt struggle. The Spartan moth
er sent forth her hey. bidding him return
with 'lun"r--ritlcr carrying his sword, or on
it. The wnnrn oF the South sent forth their
sons, directing them to return with victory
to return with wounds disabling them from
further service, or never return ut all All
they had was flung into the conflict beauty,
grace, passion refinement the exquisite fri
voiltics so dear to the sex. were cast aside
their Songs, if they had any hcart to sing,
were patriotic; their trinkcts were n,lng into
the public crmciblc; the carpets from their
floors were porioned out MS blankets to the
suffering soldiers of their country. Women
bred to every refinement of luxury wore home
spun made by their own hands. AS nurses of
the sick, as angels of charity, as patient and
beautiful household deities, accepting every
sacrifice with unconcern, and lightning the
burden of war by their art aud blaudishment,
and labor proper to their sphere, the dear wo-
men of the South deserve to take rank with
the highest heroes of the grandcst days of the
greatest countries"
tn" PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION. - Accor-
ding to tho returns received by the Secretary
"t State nt Harrisburg, the result of the re-
cent election in Pennsylvania is officially re.
I''''>" w ~ ''''' i'' oui't'ht ouuSc. ttOlSc
Sha,swood Democrat, received 26S, ,02G votes,
and Henry w. Williams, Republican, 2GG,-
S24 votcs--a Democratic majority of .2O2.
Last year the Republican vote was 307 ,27.l,
and the Democratic vote 200 O9G-a Rcpub
lcan majority of l7,16S. Comparing this
wear with last the total vote has fallen off 81.
$40, Of which 30,450 are on the Republican
side, and 22,O70 on the Democratic side
This filling off is largest in counties that 90
strongly for one or the other purity, such as
Allegheny, Lancaster, Berks, Monroe, Luz
ern and others, but there il also IL moderate
falling off noticed in nearly all othor l.,rts Of
tho State.
GENERAL SlcKLEs The Washington
correspondent of the "New York Times"
says The President hns returned General
Sicklcs' application fcra court of inquiry to
the War Department with his disapproval and
his reasons therefor, the principal one of
| which is that Gen. Scklcs has already appeal.
cd for redress to the bar of public opinion,
and il was to order court of inquiry, it
would simply be giving him another hearing.
If not satisfied with the verdict of the pr bic,
the President intimates he may demand q
Court Martial. As the public pretty general
y sustained Gen. SicElcs, it is not likely that
lie viii ask any further vindication at the
hands of the President"