Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-05


to compare the present condition of South
Carolina with that which found ia assuming
command in the Autumn Of 1866
The system of free labour has been sxccess
fully inauguratcd. The emancipatcd blacks
have been invested with civil rights by the
voluntary act nf your Legislature. phr tram
guilty and order winch have been maintained
attest the general desire nf all cl .sses of the
people t, observe the ublig tinr,s of good it,
iZnns. An abundant harvest has rewarded
industry. Grain is now exported from Char
.>t"n. Registration has prrce,lea aln>t Il
completion without cnnlrntinn nr tnMu:i. or
ny serious interruption Of the ordinary ~"
cations "f the people. Since October 1866
the courts of the United st ties ;.ni of tn.
State have executed ncnrly all their pnw. y
without llindrancr
THE jurisdiction uf tn" courts although 4.
permitted jurisdiction has never been r">,ri.
ted except in particular eases nprrntivrly
demanded hs tie exiurnrrs of the sitn .tiun
nd t',r civil authorities IN general h.v. bp.r,
upLeii, nj Evil l~w has hrrn ID .iulst" "rrl
with "n', suci limitations i"-nr.e n,ress
rv in tlr "A.cutn ~ thr sever. acts az Con
.r,%-. ''h' F,,t."ul .nc.,snr' al. .dnin
l.!rS!i"n wlr y"n .,l, .cl to nriit.rn
with srr"is' COS. ""datit'. Geur, | Odd r.
al. i>-ai t,.r 90 ~ l,u .. asst,
described lie ord, y. a. -,," ~ n,l.d %
ruatle tn. people t. mai.. .:.nM rrnp t',,>
year, and r,'hy "b,.u H. ,'.r n~ ~ support
| th,,,t.lv and pay t'...ir 4 l,s.
Ii my r"in"vs had been prnvukrd Nv snl,l,.
act Of op.r'ssi"',. spill tion nr cruelty. it
sould have been matter uf more regret It,
myself As it is | find no reason tn rrproacI.
myself for tnde'v0rnv t" reStnrr in some a..
gree the natur'l prosperity of All impovrrisi-
| 'M p'pulatiOn aud to avert The serious diStur
banres that would have followed the pro>ern
ton OF more than thirty Thousand suits for
debts pending IN South Carolina shcn Gen.
raj Order No 10 wax issued in April last
Although my official rcltirns tn the Depart
| r"nt "f tn" Carolinas has crased. | cannot h.,
indifferent to the welfare Of communities
whose interests were go ln,,g cnntiird To my
Charge. nor is their prosperity matter Of in
difference to the people Of the Unicd States
"r their representatives in Congress
The pnpulation Of the Carolnns have nr.
tri"d to prevent the uresni2sion Of legal cvi,
..nverH H'ncnts in the rrbrI >,t,t,s aud it is nnlv
iust for me t" state that your own prompt and
p,tri"tic acqni"scrnce IN tie requirements a.
the government relieved the people YOU rrp
r"s"t Of many ut the burdens Of milit,rv
y"v"imn"nt md ut the sn,ne tin,e rr,ruvri
s"ne of the mnst serious imrediments tort"
execution u! the Reconstruction nets ia Sun;'
Carolina. trust your people will not suffer
any deir"ent BY reason Of complications for
which they nrc not responsible. 1t only re.
mains for thc'n t" con'ply with the ronh'''"">
prescribed by Congress, and South Caroline,
will snon he restnred TO the Union with ril
her ancient tights aud dignity as a sov.r....
State unimpaiwd.
Th"s" conditions have nn either object tl,aa
t" n.sk,' o"r institutions truly republican in
>"'.-t ucc and f,rm, that justice may h. done.
nd that M ocr:'sion prrtrx: fr rnn,;.'
/ ',rv ',"rt~tt'r be 'ou',d 'ihrrp is n.t n,r,
ud ,c'ncnt. any snHiri"n, r',Ar" t., al','.'' .",:
that 'e enlnrd people "; mt make .no''
, ''t!.rns. Fr. 4 IN AID educ ton arc rspiAiv
o. velupi"g this long dor -'.ut. ;rlJ,i. ~ este
Wit advantages lar nfrrio, tn tnr .th-r r
c.s w'.ich hsv found their a., this "nu'
| IVY the .>.ric hns pr. we'd himself lnysl. in.
| nst,ious. and OH dent tn the la~a.
!Gencrru>l frtcrrd and jus y trat.d, rhr
reed zen will become the hnurln IN ~ u;
Sntcrn pnpnl ton and p"."r. With IT,
'"!ntin" nf t''is pr"hrn, aud lie di. .,y,".r
~" o. tie s>p.'iti"s inridr"t 10 d I'm. ~.
| me F-rpin will c"trr u:,i,n new career ~
nn'sror't.. alik. ttr$e'iv, I" ire piIrnt,o
| ~ W." seeks III" h,rp'"-> "f MS flrs,
X gratifying Ia ia" >tL,s.uan . -"
10, is ratified in the rr..gvc.. If H." ~.
! ';tnnw" It'll
| Rclncnh' rnu with Il,asnr, tn" cnurt..n.
".nsid"r'ti"" aiw'ys shns to ne ty ,nnr"x
n,!lrrc, in II rnr intorronrsc ot,iri.l aud
= rsnn u AID sth the Ivclirst int ,rc.t in tlr
''tppv tcrlnn ti"n o. the sd yr nf strir
witch havr nI'".dy 10" l"pg .tElitri M