Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-26

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ton, c'SlIt coorcd to four whites: in Colum
pa nlnc colorc1 to three whites, and in Green
viiie, tight white to four cuorcd iurors -
these are the three points where the Unite,
2tateS Court sits in South Curolina.
Can these colorcd people discharge the du
Tics ot jurors either to the United States o
% the state, to the litigants or to public ius
sisso 5NFithsuch instrnmdtlts,. will ilotr th,
sS0T ~ administer justice be a mockcrv -
VOW II inc order had provided that no pcrso,
81 s,'a'' po ''iowed to SIT upon a jury who is una
olo TO read or write, or if properly ouuIji
cation flad been annexed, Or If in ease a; v;l
Or cr'u.'na', !" which coIorcd pcrso,s nav be
interested, a certain proportion Of tho iury
shoush consist CT their color. il miolt mo,
have teon objected to seriously; L,t in is
present bearing, the order is calculated - nx.
cite tie gravest apprchcusions, and to !, nd r.
| results which must be universally denlnrcd
~ These who desire to see even and cx,n,
! lust!ce meted out to all men. Nearly .ll If
| thc litigation, certainly, all Of the mnort,nt
litigation, on the civil side of the cont * hn.
Tween white citizens, and involves intricate
issues OF law and fact. as well as sums ure,t
apd spall. What protection can tho whitr or
even she colored man hinsclr have, if his cusc
90 t" DC decided BY II jury made M Of persons
possessing SO lirle intelligence that thew nre
Nnatayf, t. read, write. or cphcrY z" Win
"hai satisfaction would Northern claimant
<FcgafJ an adverse decision made bv - inrv :,
majority or whom were colorcd. when tho
same case measured by intelligence and snh
h'ltten 10 the Judgment Of men OF exuurience
ana Saucat'on, would perhaps have been do
.c'ded ~ his favor? Suppose that he is u mi.
'e s,u'',. ""ooc i'Sh's nave been nfringcd, aud
All III: 'es's ,voIvtd to the amount OF
-" ~" l''''.o" o' dollars are dependent up
DISCRIMINATION of an intelligent
.Iuny .In? o'''cu upon 70 determine some material
p','"tcn machinery or processes Of
:, IL not prrpostcrous to sup
i sposo :n"s co'or'd jury constituted as have
,p'e''u'o' possess tiie requisite qualifications
~ ~ 'c'"'A' JUST ana intclig,nt verdict? Yet
MI: Sn: y ""' Que oi t'ic many classes of cases,
4" ~ .m ',p -N"''hern rs well as the Southern
.s' W. W c"'i'Pc'ied 10 submit to the judg-
II l4s S,Gs ,iGsHtUa1Nltn U1ln' n2'd ApwIse lnllor ,Grca
&nu,h Crrol,.a, | have no reason to beiyc
that since e,,lorcd persons have been admit.
ted 30 give evidence in all our courts, any in.
justice has been done colurcd people hy White
jurors On tnc contrary, / ,hin; it viii be
established by the concurrent testimony Of
the various prosecuting .,ilicers in the State
that in criminal proceedings iurics have dealt
more mcrciully with the culored than with
tho white persons tried before them. Again
the exclusion of the Intelligent classes refer.
red to, is based solely upon their political an
tcccdcnts. But where is the prorrirty Of ma
king the poil cs Of ii citizen, especially the
politics which ruled his action wears npo, the
lt,nd ,rd of Lis ol;oih;l;tv tn ncrrnr,, ~ A.,
IvY u ia vow, rarn ;ndo.d H., oaSo 'o;n;,
nv criminal i nr,.sr,t,d d i,,r ,h,. d,.,,.'nn
;ury ;nvnly;n" ,nv n,,l;,i,.L ;s.nn ,,ha,.var.
,,nl / ann NOT uw,re th,,t ,nvwh"r. nlss i !,
,,,.,,,,nd +, nx,.,n1n ;,,,lj;nn,oo f,'n' H.
iurv Snx. bec,nse Of opv rcal or sn,noscd M oh.
nos.;nns nol;t;c,l scnt;worts rnter,n;ned hv
the ntrtirs whose dnty if s Tins IN servo
,rf,'' H. t,,' t.i, ";'';:9 - ~, go ~ oo'
os ,i,;, Co., I'LL, :; ~ n..',I ~; w.
e.lon ' oi', e'svS 81 ''.o'V,"e "'''ou"'s "pove
and some misdcmcunnrs commence thc;y
terms on the first Monday in October. The