Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-11
[vo1.. 2--Eo. So.

hope OF its r"pudiating the indebtedness of the
State, is equally uhfoundcd as the apprehen.
sion we lave just alluded to- Gov. Perry
may have better means Of information tllan
we possess, but our sincere conviction is, that
| not one out of ten Of the white people of Soutl,
! Carolina ever thought of such disgracefu
measure, aud we do not believe that one-tenth
Of this tcnth--if there be so many would ls
tempt to "inluencc the negro vote to unite
with them . in cirrying out such project
and still less do we believe that any portion oi
the white citizens Of this State would, i'm re.
turn for this action, unit@ with tho ~.
in pare cling out the lands of the Stato W.
speak plainly when we say that this intnida.
ting counsel to induce the people to vote ssno
convention,' is only a scare-crow but, at tho
same time, we conceive it to be slanderous
| allegation against The citizens of South Card
| !na which is unwarrartod in fact, and tA
pubicatipn of which is to be deeply regretta5
We might pursue the subject n,atteHs
| Governor Pery's letter still further, but
limited space forbids it, We entertainM
ther personal nor political hostility to ~
Perry; but we felt it TO be our duty to e.
press our dissent to the views he has cxpressedzS
and the issue which these views suggest and
prompt TO our people lis unwisc in conceptioitl
and dangerous to our future welfare as peoE
pie. Our limits today preclude much fur j
ther comment upon this extraordinary letter,
and we may refer to il again but if our fee
bic voice could reach every household and ey.,
cry voter in South Carolina, We would say co.
each and to all, tint our only lone for safet$
our only tangible reliance for restoration t&|
our rights aud the rctricval of our shattere&
forunes-is in a prompt compliance with th@
laws Of Congress The people of South Car
ol'na are peculiarly liable to the elanders Oh
those who are opposed to them, when thesX
denounce them rs impcnitcnt rebels; l0&&
not, therefore, bya foolish contumacy, strepY
en- their hands or give any cause for W
false allegations. The whole purport and & g.
or of Ex-Governor Perry's letter we deem
warranted in fact, and does not reflect the 3
ings or sentiments Of the people of South CHS,
olna at the present crisis in their affairs sS'
KAsnl' --:. May L. :,
attorney. Mr.. O'Connor, are in this city, forI
the purpose of consulting Attorney Genera,l
Stanberry regarding habcas corpus for Mrs
Davis, If the government obeys the writ s
which is probable, bail will be rendered and
the prisoner discharged. M
llnn K. i Walker addressed the SuprcnU
Court in behalf Of the INDUCTION prayed for IA
the state OF Mississippi, to prevent the exeod8
ton Of the reconstruction acts. His speech wlG
"A mastery effort He said constitutional lib8
crty and sell government are now on fnaU
trial. ard that it is about to be decided fodS
r"stcrity and all the world whether written
constitutions were parchment scrolls words
written in sand to be swept away by the first
angry surge Of popular passion; whether they
can be eyadcd by technical issues or plea Of
want Of jurisdiction \ broader bill of at,
tainder and pains and penalties had nevers
been passed, reducing ten millions of loyalY
and disl"yul people to territorial bondage, and
substituting the cleaning sword and bristling
bayonet for constitutional guards and courts
Of law. The case is to be continued to Mon.
day, when Attorney General Stanbcrry will
Augusta, May 3-Foster Blodgett has
been appointed Mayor by Gen. Pope Tho
Mayor and new council were inaugurated to-
day, in the presence Of large number of cit.
iztns. The appointments are satisfactory.
FROM THE NORTH lie editor of tho
+" Fredericksburg (Ya.) Recorder has just
returned from visit to the North He snys:
"Thc sentiment which everywhere greeted
us was to the effect that the Northern masses
regard tho Reconstruction Act as finality,
and that upon the acceptance of it's proyis..
ions by the South, re-adnisson to Congressl
would follow. Business men said to us that
confscation would not be resortcd to, but that
the North earnestly desired the building up
of the South, and our consequent prosperity.
Assurances were freely offered, that upon the
rehabilitation of the States, capital and immi.
grafton would flow in upon US, if We would
take some pains to open channels for both. -
| In word, we felt satisfied that the temper of
the Northern mind, which, on cur visit in
November last, we found at white heat, had
now cooled to degree which assures us that
reconstruction under tho Military Act is meant
in good faith by the people however it may
have been intended by the party leaders,"
| LAwLEssNEss IN EDGEFIELD. Tie aAn.
gusta Copstitutionolist says owe learned,
yesterday, that tw6 United States soldiers had
been hung in Edgofcld District, 8, G., by a
posse Of citizens Our informant could not
| ascertain on What prctcxt thia oufra ~ ~ a,