Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-31

blow upon the life Of the Republic, swoariue
them to falsehood They are to beyin thei,
political life by perjury to accom- plish treason
l would not visit the penalty upon them. =
They are neither legally nor morally rcsponsl
BILE, it is yoa-educated, designing hite mcs
who thus devote yourselves to the unhots
work---who are the guilty partios Yol
Prate about your loyalty l look you in tue
eye aud deuounee you! CApplause YoN
are morally and legally perjurcd traitors l-s
You perjnrc yourselves and pcriure the pod
negro, to hclp your treuson mmense ,ap!
plause.l You can't escape It! You mas mas
boast of it now, while passion is rifc, but tlia
time will come when the very thought viii
wither your soul and make you hide from tie
face of mankind 4,
shall discharge the obligation Of the AM.
nosty oath 1t required me to support the
Constitution and the emancipation of the nd.
gro, and do | will not bind my soul to
new slavery, to hell, by violating i. ! talk
plainly, but | simply want to strike through
the lncrustaton Of the hardened conscience,
and make men feel aud realize their true Sit
uation
have proved that these military bills VIC.
late the Constitution, and that you, in csrrvS
ing them out, violate it and your amnesty oath
and your registry oath. And what is your
purpose! 1t must be great good you seek
to induce you to commit 80 much crime and
folly. 80 GEs "
Sometimes men wink at what is BY striss
techhlcalltlcs wrong in tue individual, to So
compIish some great good to the public. RI
40 not recognize the correctness of such ae-
t'oh; but what do you propose by tramplibg
upon the Constitution and violating Jour own
solemn oathsI Is it to save the 'Stute aud
preserve liberty? This is uot the object, bit
| the purpose is as Infamous as the measure re.
sorted to to effect it, You first propose to aa6
rogate your State governments by aathuritv
of the so.called Congress--a mere concaye 1f
a portion of the members of that body. By
whom is this dictated The principle .hsS
whoever for,us government shottld form It
for Memsciccs as well as for others, is correct
one but the mcn who propose for us do not
live In any OF the ten States to be affected bW
their legislation. 1t is not made to suit az,
ther black or white, or any other class of our.
! people, but to suit Memsctues, while they are
net. a. .h rs,.--g.." ~ -Issvs--vs5t<
| proposition, in u manner to auit youyselteY,
You will not be accepted by them; nay, you
| OtOlotc the Constitution to snbrert Me Govern
ment. And by carrying out these measures
you disfranchisc your own people Suppose
Esho conccde, for argument, that it is right to
enfranchisc all the negroes if this be right,
| by what principle of law or morals do we dis
| franchise the white people 2 I" O. but" you
say, +" the whites have been rebels" Then
they should all be disfranchiscd, and not n
part of them. Besides, the government you
are to frame is to be civil government, and
last for all time, and for peace, when there
on 1,o rnholy 7 - ofnf hot 10
Sickles has advised that the DISTINGUISHING
feature be repealed or modified, and for the
reason that the cnfranchised class are not fit
to fill the Offices WE'LL if he has done so, he
has acted wisely, and has shown himself ca
pablo Of appreciating one truth. And it isa
great truth--one that will hide multitude of
sins; and it might be we'll for his fame if this
recommendation alone could DO remembered
Of his administration. In the face of the fact
that republican government can rest upon
and be perpotuatcd only by tho 7irtue and in
tclligcnce of the people, you propose to ex-
cludc the most intelligent from participating
in the Government forever
You will by these measures inauguratc a
war of races A people who will abrogate
their own governments aod disfranchisc the
most intelligent of them at the dictation of
those who arc not to DC affected thereby, and
| 1.-Two under the dictation of foreign power,
have no conscience; but if you have con.
science I hope to reach it. BY all you hold
dear warn you that by accepting. these mill.
tary bills you inaugurate measure TINT will
extcrminate tho African raoe. Some of you
who have come among lis are taking the no
gro by tho arm--teIlinS him that you are his
friend, and that you gave him his liberty III
;h.ypocritest 4 YE wIITED sEpULpHREs i!
Ye mean in your hearts to deceive and buy
up the negro vote for your own benefit. [Ap.
plause., The negroes know no bettcr; but
| will ask them If these men are fathless to
i the Constitution Of the country, how can they
be faithful to you? Yot these men admit in
tho very act that thoy are disregardng the
i Constitution! They take an oath to support
\ it with tho purpose and intent formed befora
hand to violate it, and vote for measures con.
4, trary to it'll They are not fit 10 be trusted by
any animal, dog orman! CApplause.1 Suoh
i man would betray his pointer, aud such
woman sell her pordlel They are not capa.
Bile Of being the friends Of anybody but them
Z selves I don't pity the whites SO much who
are to suffer by these measures. You knew
your duty and did it not" and if you are beat,
! en- withmany stripes we havo the authority Of
Scripture for saying that your punishment is
4 Just; but to see the Africans led off by CLAP
! trap which thoy don 6 nndefstand, aud used
d. because they don understand it, and thus let
Il to tile slaughter by mon who ;aro faithlcss Il
}, every principle under the belief that they