Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-03
VOL, II.'""""NO. 45.
The Veto Messag ge.

The combativcncss of the President might
DC considered amusing if the interests affect.
ed by his championship were not vital in their
character. If it were merely display of dia.
lectics, or trial of relative degrees Of tcnaci-
W, or n contest to determine whether tho Pres.
Ident or Congress could use esIlarp est words.
the country might look on with sublime IN.
difference. Whether Congress disposed Of
Mr., johnson, or Mr., Johnson bulIied Con.
gress into roltc behavior would be an issue
calculated TO keep alive curiosity if nothing
else We could afford to watch and wait
confident that. even on that ground. Congress
would come off best, but meanwhile applaud
ing the pluck of its ndomitablc adversary.
Unfortunately, more is at stake than the
prowess of the President or the power of Con-
grcss. Though Mr.. johnson wages battle in
h's own name. the people of ten States ara
the victims of his rashncss Whatever pleas.
ure he may derive from the maintenance Of \
tone of defiance, on their heads the storm he
pFovoRes must eventually fall Tn this re.
spcct the South has md, and to this hour has.
no worse enemy than the President, who ncy
er loses chance of quarrcling in its behalf. :
At one moment. inspiring them with false
hopes ut another, hc is the means of infiict.
ing upon them the deepest humiliation. But
ceivcd into the rejection of the constitutional
amendment. But for him, there had beer
no occasion for an extra session, or the lcpis
ation which forms the subject Of his latest
veto
In its matter, the message we print this
morning is a repetition of thrce-tod tale.
1t is thrcad-b bare argument against the poli.
cy OF Congress in regard to reconstruction.
The assumption underlying the whole, that
the existing Stnto organizations are illegal
the anomalies and Inconsistencies of lceisla-
ton during and since the war-tbc unconsti-
tut'onaIlty OF investing military officers with
supreme authority. and Of stripping the Ex-'
ernt've OF functions with which it was spe.
ciiically, endowed and lastly, the harshness
OF the desspot'sm temporarily established over
the Southern people; these arc the points
saccesslveiy presented, as they have heon
ngain and again, from the same source. within
th's . VI what nso IS y 10 appear uvury
step to Constitution which has no binding
force or efficacy in the cxigcncy which Con-
grcss is required to meet? What can posi-
bly, be gained by Il retcration Of an argument
WHICH circumstances. growing out of the re-
bcllion render inarpicablc, or by appeals
which tho country has pronounced inadmissi.
bic? A% d:st ucstionahIy, the argument
correct, its conclusions appeared logical and
Just. Now, that its novelty has gone, how
ever, the effort is no longer worth the making.
As an argument it is untenablc-m made SO in
part by the Presidents own acts. AS an ex-
preston Of hostility to Congress, it has proved
Intellectual, and now fails to command either
attention or respect from the country
Ss------ -
ARREST FOR DisrILLING.-Capt. Frank
Amin WIS recently arrested in Hamburg, s.
g., and brought before James Birnie, Esq,
United States Commissioner at this place; on
charge of violation Of the Iaernal Revenue
Laws in distiing sprituous liquors withouta
license at Vinegar Distilleoy near Hamburg :.
After preliminary examination before tue
Co nmissioner, an crdtr was issued requiring
the Defendant (Arnim) to give bond, with
good suretics. for his appearance at the next
Term of the U. District Court, to be held
in Grccnville. Hc was unable to 10 so. and
was committed to Jail to await, his trial.-
Mcssrs Crump K DAWSON, o. the house Of
Crump, Dawson & Co., of augusta. Ga, were
also arrested OH the shmp warrant. and carried
before the Commissi ,ncr at Augusta when
they gave bond for their appearance at the
same term Of the Court
IGrceneiAc Monntatncer
--e
iNoros'hD DISPOSITION TO BE MADE or
TIE iPABonS FUND "A teachers conycn
non or thr State of Virginia. was ip session
AZ AZ Aynct :onrg last week. The session was a
very interesting one. Rev DR.. Sears, Gen.
tr9ii Agent of the Peabody Fund, was present
an, addressed the convention i1 a very enter
aiming speech iii the. course of which he Sta.
ted his intention IN visiting the South was
for tho purpose Of fthoronghly examining into
the educational wants Of the country, with q
view to decide how tho cnuso would ,,e best
subscrvcd in the distribution 0? the Peabody
fund whether in its appropriation to prina-
fy or normal schools, or to academies and col.
egcs. This statement is of interest to all.
Now that the prospect of immediate starva-
tion hns passed, wc can think of educational
matters. 7
QUEER BAaGAGE-Among the toilet art;.
cics which tho Sultan has brought with him
into the countries Of the inldcls is an immense
tank of Milo water. His highness is forbid.
den to bathc in any less sacred water. The
transportation Of this tank from Eeypt to Par.
's must have cost somcoody We, y prct;ysum
OF money. Another OF the Sultan's acccsso
ries is kind of screen, which hc uses at meals.
1t enables him to see the other people q i tablo
without being seen himself Tradition al.
rccts that pro'ane eyes shall not be able to