Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09
New Mode o, 3 construction.

mode of reconstruction has been coin rhehccd
in thesNtrth, and we trust this one thay sue
ceea.
A large aud enthusiastic meeting has been.
held in New York, to organize 4" Southern
Relief Assdcation," to devise means to as
sist the destitute and suffering poor of the
South. Hon. PETER COOPER presided as
sisted by one hundred and thirty eight Vice
Presidents, and eighteen Secretaries
The Southern Relief Commission con-.
sists of 'shrty energetic men, who have gone
to work in earnest.
Speeches were made by Rev Henry WARD
BEEcuEn, HORACE GnEEIY and other prom
inent mon We give the substance of Mr.
GREELy's speech
HORACE GnEELY addressed tho meeting
saving that he did not deem it advisable to
bring in the subject Of politics in question
which was simply one of human suffering,
lest it might be supposed t-rightcousness
and bitterness were blendid in with what
ought to BE- mere kindness. There was
quarter of million of widows in the South
who were not accustomed to earn a livelihood.
and there was quarter of millon more OF
manned soldiers who could not work and who
had families depending on their excrtions.
These were now in dcstitution and required
all the assistance that could be given them
Our soldiers had pensions which mitigatcd
the sulfcrngs of their families; we had great
charitable funds during the war; but these
were more scanty in the South, and they had
nothing to represent nur pensions. Then tho
war passed oyer the homes of the South. 1t
| made great difference whether waf tramplcd
down your fields Or the fields of those thnus-
and miles away All the movements Of AZ.
mics and their requirements, camp fires, &c,
greatly destroyed and swept away the material
Of country. In this case there WAS unusual
desolation in the South All the factories and
boundaries were contributing to the support Of
these people, and these were burned rs II
means of weakening the South. Cotton,
too, was burned, and when not turncd was
stolen laughter in some way or other. Be
sides chc South stood Jut so long against hope
that nearly every foot Of the country was trod-
den hy hostile armies except Texas. The pos
sibility Of largely producing food was destroy
ed IN the South after the war was over; ahd
millions Of dollars we're lost last year because
the seed they planted was so old it would not
grow. Had they had fresh sccd alone much
of the dcstitution of the South would have
been avoided.
Besides shs tAs ,ssiSya;ed e%as Pp1 I'd othfr ac
the recent drought. The people there were
all alike suffering except in perhaps Texas
There was an almost universal cry of distress
ihoy had not Seed to plant, nor food to give
them the strength to plough; and, even in a
spirit of scf.intescst, $40, 900 900 Spread over
the South now in the way of seed, implements,
&c., would add Sl0.000,O00 to the wealth Of
the country next year Besides, there could
be no real, hearty prosperity in the North while
| there was prostration in the South We were
one people. Their crop would be small enough
at the best IN 1867, for all that could be Io..c
was to help thctii to make just half CROP this
year
There must be a complete reconstruction of
industry in the South, which was much more
important than any political rcconstructon.-
Applause They needed now the imple.
mcnts OF labor. The manifestation of helm
to the South would revive our own prosperi,v
to twenty times the value of what is given
The wheat crop would soon come in the South
manufactures would be re established and
the energies of the North ought to be devo-
ted to her help. He thought New York citv
ought to give 81 600, 900 alone. The South
ought to b" chccred and encouraged, that tho.
suiierlngs OF the past are to be removed and
he begged them to speak to their friends and
neighbors: and make good beginning in this
work [Appluusc.]
Agricultural and Mechanical Collage.
we publish on our first page this week the
timely letter of Col CLEMSON on this impor.
tant subject.
Donations are being made to further the
purposes Of the gentlemen engaged in the
education of the farmer-all classes-in the
sciences. Mr.. JAS. EDWARD CALuouN. of
Abbeville, gives 500 or 1000 acres of land
in plokens district, for this purpose.