Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-13

laws nndcr the Constitution of this country" :"
l Know there Is widespread apprehension at
the North, that with the reorganization and
reconstruction of the Southcrn States thcv
would ut once fall into the arms of their former
! allies and associates, the Democratic party. |
should give no such pledge. was identified
during the ten years Of my public career, as II
Representative in Congress- from one of the
DIstgnts of South Carolina with thst party,
a'idlsiny distinguished friend, the Comnlnnd.
lnpGcncral of this District, will testify, not
only enjoyed its confidence, but its highest
honors. | have, therefore, reason to respect
it, and | have ycarned for many weeks aud
years, almost, to see it rcinstatcd in rowrr.
and rcposscss the Government But the
dream is past. We have accounts to settle
with 1t before | fur one, at least, will ever
again consent 10 a!li!iatc with it,
Governor Orr then proceeded to recount the
treachery OF the Democratic party. first in in
duclng the South to believe that if war fol-
lowed the secession nr ,hr Southcr, States that
on" n"r'" would h' supported Nv rhe Demo
crnts at the North, and rcn,-,k,d that he was
o. the d'tihrrat" opinion that, bu or this
hope. no state except South Carolina would
have ;onc out Of the Union.
) cond, in that the Democrats who had par
ticipatrd in the Convention held in Philadcl-
phia IN August last, upon broad National
basis capable OF embracing every conservative
man North and South, cndcavorcd, as soon as
they discovered that they possessed that OPP
rortunity, to characterize it as the Democratic
party and thus defeated It's object and useful.
ness.
Third, that when tho constitutional amend.
nc't was presented for The acceptancc of the
South, that nearly every Democratic paper
and orator used their best cxcrfinns to per.
Suadc the South to reject its provisions as
huhlIl"ting, and said that they would soon re-
possess the Government and do away with the
necessity for such legislation. The result of
their teachings in part said he, may be found
III the passage Of the Shcrman and Supple.
mental Bills the most odous features in which
were Incorporated BY the votes of the Demo.
cra.s in connection with the extreme Radi-
va e. beaded by 1had. Stevens, under the pre-.
teHVthat IL Wus P~rlic... o..I..,. ,inS,a.p ,dont
cd for the purpose of procuring the defeat Of
these Bills in the Senate. This said hc
might have been inadm,ssihle as parliamcnta
ry strategy If the Democrats had felt assured
that it would accomplish that end. The Sen
ate, however, passed the Bills in the main,
and on their return to the IIonse for its con-
cnrrcncc, they were adopted by that body
forty five Democrats voting aye upon their
passage. To cap tie ci,,nnx as soon as these
measures became laws, every orc of these Dem
"cr"'ic papers and members arc found urei.. g
the South to accept the terms which they
have so zcalously striven to make odous and
to rcorganize under them.
1t WAS time, said he, for the South to seek
new friends and new alliances, and that he
was opposed to any party that would seek to
affiliate with the democratic or any other party
now, anil particularly with any party that
would place a tax of two and n half cents a
pound upon cotton without taxing the corn
and wheat of Indiana or any other Northern
States. Our representatives should 60 to
Washington nntnttcrcd and say hat they were
prepared to Join only that party that was ready
to do justice to us. Every effort to organize
any party in South Carolina at this time with
the view of hitching it on to the Democratic,
Republican or any otlcr party, was. if not un-
patriotic, at least very short,sightcd policy.
After referring to the fact that he was one
of the distrnchiscd, he said that he hoped
that his remarks would be accepted as those
Of one uninnucnccd by selfish considerations.
and again earnestly and cloqucntly appealed
for the energetic cooperation OF his auditors
in the work of reconstruction under the Shcr-
man and Supplemental Bills.
MERIDIAN, Or, March 20.-A coIorcd man
was today admitted to registry as a freeman
by the Republican Board of Registers of this
| town, and declared to be entitled to vote
There is much CONSIDERATION in consequence
among the Republicans
RALtIGu. n c., March 20.--Thc Union
Convention met on Wednesday, at which fif-
tytwo Counties wcr'. represented half white
aud half black which adjourned after a ses
sibn of two days. II adop.rd'thc Republican
as party, IN name and zone. The resolutions
were radical
ST. Louis, April 1.-The Linden Hotel
was burned o.day. Loss sl,5Oo,o0O.
New YoRK, April l.--Thc iron war steam
| er Gen. McCulom, designed for the Liberals,
sailed yesterday for Tampico, Mexico with full
batteries of artillery, 10000 stands of small
arms, four tons of powder, aud quantity of
fxed,ammunition. She ourricd several Liberal
officers,
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