Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-04
Reconstruction in Alabama

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gain, and unintincnccd by fear"
Reconstruction in Alabama
The " Mobile Tines, Of the 18th, says:
We never saw, in the course of our polti.
cal life, more harmonious aud orderly uidft.
ing than that which WAS hold last night in The
very heart of onr city
Judge Bustccd presided Will. mixture Of
dignity, energy and good humor, which Ind
much to do with the general good feeling
which prevailed.
On the stand and among the Vice Presi
dents were found men Of all classes and color.
who united in strong earnest. effort to har
monizc the heretofore rontcpdug elements Of
our new pnlitical organization.
Our cnlurcd friends, so little accustomcdto
the exciting scenes of the hustinas, b,re
themselves up with act aud Intelligence, aid
the crowd of attentive listeners fully and tn.
Enthusiastically greeted them in the expression
of their honest opinions. ~
The audience was as-woll--it was what
Southern anljcnesS al always @ are CAV; oheecsk IS,
the fact that for the first time, two races.
though, so different in feelings, could have
met III such harmonious accord The or, at.
est order prevailed, no noisy demonstration,
no display Of arms, no threatening of disor.
ders could be witnessed, and the many freed
men who crowded around the speakers stand
were the first to give the signal of approval
when II happy hit WIS made.
a new era has opencd-an cm Of pcnca
and conc"rd-one which viii strengthen the
bonds OF Union, not only between thu State,
hut between the races of this great continent.
and this, without either rclnunishine their
just rights. social civil aud political
Major Tracy, the chief Of tic Fr.edmen's
Bureau WAS M the stand, modest and unas.
suming rs usua!. and tounse'ior Andrews. Of
New York. read thc original resolutions in
that fine. rich rF,inr;cal vuic. so yreatly IN.
preciatcd at the bar
RHcoHsTrcrioS IN GEORGIA. A.--Thc " At
lanta Opinion OF the 2lst says:
The meeting ut the i'ity il,l last evening
Was well attended. 1t was even larger than
the one held at the game place several weeks
since. and which inaly divided itself into two
meetings This sonc was large, respectable and
harmonious. II represented much Of the cap
ital and intelligence nf tic city. The speech.
cs were temperate and vel received and the
preamble and resolutions were adopted with.
out dissenting voice.
Among those present, we noticed persons
representing nll former parties aud shn,l,s If
OF opinion--Old Line Wings. Democrats,
Scccssionists, Anti Slavery and Pro. Slavery
men, 1t seems IN have been n meeting fthe
people. irrespective of past differences and
tormcf party lines
Ii additional evidences had bocn waminp
tnnt Gov. Jenkins is not sustained by the oco.
P'e OF TINS section in his issue with tho Gov
erhment, this popular demonstration on the
part OF tho voters and tax payers of Futon
can leave no one in doubt as to the course tho
tide is taking. ''''''' ''''
E:sS- subscriber desires us to change tho
direction OF his paper. Adding postscript
thereto he says /: "The ruling staples of this
country are snow Qong stuplc) in winter: :
rattlesnakcs of the largest size, milk sick
Irish potatoes, cabbage and apples in summer.
Mountains so high that you have to look
straight up to see the sky in somo places : vet.
strange to say, people live here and do we'll .
AS this is in " BIZ Irp's territoyy," we houo
to hear that reconstruction is prosressinr.fino.
ly there '''"0'
GD" Details Of fresh horrors come from, tho
west coast of Africa. A war has broken out
between two opposing tribes of savages, in
which several Of the New Calabar tribes were
made prisoners by their enemies, and, shock.
ing to relate, were roasted and eaten by the
other side
GY' a rogue unknown stole from tho Ma.
tlonai bank, at Selma, Ala, on the 18th ult..
100000! ''"'