Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-11

thosc OF manhood, courageous enJurance md
we W., may add, under our present political con-
dition, OF craftsmanship; whilst the other
course-truitlcss carping, cnyiling and snpr,.
ihg' and the policy urged, fnuciiyn--leud IN
out one inevitable result the utter anpibils.
ti"n OF the status of South Carolirla AS y St.ts
tx c'';iro d!sfranchis"ment Of her people, and
IT may he and probably will bc-not the Gou.
r'tive spectre OF :" tho raw head and bloody
homes of confiscation introduced by the Gov.
osnor-bat the actunl fact, brought. in tho
most tndlsputnble mode, to the homestead and
plantation or farm of every man in the State
| \ calm review Of the legislation of the major
'ty IN Congress, for the past two years, will
sustain us in this conviction, it the people re-
lnsc, or negatively reject, by naction, the
terms OF reconstruction proposed to them.
nnt we pass on to the So-callcd arguments
n' 'hr writer ot this extraordinary letter. which
ne a'dnccs to sustain his position The spe-
c'ous ana, ut one time, very popular appeals
to the State pride, etc, of Caroluians-a
th't time, however, very much dccried by
Governor Perry and his few followers in this
o'atc-are not arguments, and urc acarccly
worthy of attention. When Gov. Perry tells
the citizens of this State that, by COMPLYING
with the requirements Of law they have no
power to resist, "they are going to sacrifice
their honor as people," when he asks this
question ct the people, while acting uudcr
these requirements, can it be, that the pride
OF Carolina has sunk SO low and been so dc.
graded! e and when he tells thom that, by SO
d''ng' trey are voting away tlcir honor rs
"'h anf Carolnlans,' we are bcwidcrcd, if
','. "Stoundcd. for the moment, aud begin to
lhink We are wrong, and that our counsel and
,frt.I .If
+" he State. But when we turn to the con.
hnrf OF snch man as Robert f.. Lee, when
he surrendered his gallant army and when
we rehcct on hls course and the authenticated
expression OF his opinions on the political sit
uat'on since; when we read the deliberate and
statcSlnan-likc views of such tried men as
Hen'rals Eearrc=ard, Hampton, Longstrce
and many other of the military lenders of the
Southern people, who have been tried and not
: 'nund wanting" aud when, in addition to
7dcsc iese tpe peif NJ :. .,s
sci of large number of distinguished leaders
in the field Of Southern politics, men Of talent
and experience. we are consolcd by the refcc
ton that we are in good company. and that.
IT We arc " counseling the people to their own
DEGRADATION and ruin" Uhc Governors words
ngain,) we are doing so in concert with some
OF the bravest and purcst men, whom not only
the South, but the whole country can boast OF.
But, before we leave this flipmnt talk-wc
nse the word with due rcspcct-about sacrifice
OF honor, voluntary degradation and all that,
which the "no. convention men so elibly in
dulge IN, we beg leave to call the attention of
Gov. Perry, and all those who think with him,
to single paragraph from letter lust writ.
ten hv Coy. Throckmorton, of Texas 1t is
this:
F" 1t Is neither wisr nor patriotic to he sui.
i,n and Indifferent, to invite additional troub.
't, 'nd {" Contribute hy such acts ns to in
"n"e Ia" further confusion and disaster that
will surely follow hy delay. On the other
band, there is every incentive to action
Peace, with her many attendants of prospcri
ty happiness and good will invite it, Frater-
nal accord, with the renewal Of respect and
esteem among countrymcn. suggest it The
rcrpeuity of the Government of our fathers,
d'srnthrailcd from sectional animositiea. and
hnrnbarrasscd by fanaticisni, demand it.
he gcnins nf the founders of American lib
crty. imp!orcs it. The renewal of national
greatness upon IN enduring basis, requires it
The sad condition of thousands of our suffer
lng, starving country women and orphan chill
drcn and disabled heroes. plead for it. Our
own powc,less and helpless condition do
tates it. Then let us not hesitate, but march
boldly to the work before us. BY compliance
with the terms Of Congress, We no more cx.
press our approval of the law than wc did
when we complied with the terms of the
Presidents proclamation by aboishing slavery
and repudiating our public debt We had
lost the prize for which we fought. Wenadt
that sacrifice as an earnest for our desire to be
restored to our rights in the Union. there
WAS no sacrifice Of honor involved thcn-there
is none now"
There is more forciblc truth in this para
graph, brief as it is. and more real sound ar
gument which should weigh with the South
ern people at this time, than in al the vapid
defamation about, and ill.timcd appeals to
State pride, honor, &C..
| And now for another point. Gov PER-,
may consider it a source Of proud satisfaction
that Governors Sharkcy, jenkins and Others
Original Uninn mcn) stand firmly " in breast
ing the storm Of tyranny and degradation tina
has been hurled at them by this, we pre-
sumc. meaning the appeal to the Supreme
| Court, hut on this point, we again take lcay,