Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-27

pic has been adopted in most OF the Northern
States, and is wise aud just. BUTT is wicked
to put ballots into the hands Of those who will
be the passive tools of their employers, or the
mischeyous agents Of Black Republican en-
issaries
Nothing can be more unjust and iniquit JUS
than the discriminating dis:ranchiscmcnt Of
the military bill. A Union man, whose life
has been spout in trying to maintain the in
tcgrity uf the Union, but who was member
Of the Legislature or Judge ten or twenty
years ago, and WHO, after his State seeded,
! fed or clothed n son in the Confederate army,
| is dsfranchiscd But the man whose whole
life may have been spent in reasonable efforts
to destroy the Union, involve the country in
bloody civil war, who was leading mcnbcr
of the Secession Convention, aud afterwards
distinguished General in the Confederate mr.
my, hnrling his command against the United
States forces ia hundred bloody fields uf bat
tie, is not ,lis!ranchscd, unless he had pre-
viously taken an oath to support the Constl-
tuition Of the United States! There are many
Instances of this character which might DO
mentioned. showing the injustice aud folly
of this disfrunchsemcnt. 1t is believed that
neither Generals l}caurcgard, Hill, Magruder
nor General Lee himself, the illustrious com
nandcr.in- chief of the Confederate forces, is
DISTINGUISHED. But the humble Union mag.
iStrate, who relieved tlc distrcsscs OF n son
or friend in the Confederate amy is disfran-
| chscd
| There is not the rcnotcst no, c or rrobabi-
| ity Of the Southern States being rrstn, Il to
| the Union till after the ncAt Presidential cltc.
ton. Why, then, shall we Voluntarily de-
grade ourselves, and rive up our dearcst pol
cal rights Tor 'irlusi"n ! If dishnnur must
| 4
manaclrs, lrt hcm he put on by our ;yrants.
you, self respect would forbid your exposing
you at cncc aud be donc with it. We have
lived already two years under military rule,
in great poverty aud distress, aud have been
chccrcd all the time by tn, consciousness that
we are not degraded, though conquered,
people. We can continue to live in the same
way two years longer, or, if need hr. ten
years; and feel pride IN knowing that We
have maintained our honor, and made every
effort possible to preserve our freedom and
constitutional rights a man who feels that
he hns diS!onorcd hin,sclf, is lost and 50 it
is with people
llct us live quietly and pcaccab|y, attend
ing diligently to our various vocatinns in lif
- obcying patiently the powers that he; but
never think OF voluntarily voting away our
rights as II State or our honor and freedom as
men. Let us trust in returning sense nf jus
ticc on the part of our npprcssors, which soon
or or later must come. Have patience, for.
bcarancn and long suffering. The Southern
S atcs fought four long bloody years for what
they believed to be a sacred right proclaimed
hy ali the American people in their DcclHra
ton Of In epcndencc. Can they not now nf
ford to live iuur years longer mt of thnt l7n
ion, rather than sncrifce their lunor. Their
rights. as States. aild tie great republican
principles OF Freedom?
NH: Il. +. PERRY.
nsls" JouN Il. .AMHs. u! Atlanta, Ga., hn>
hrcn appointed by the general managers o
the Peabody educational lund travelling agent
for the South. Communications should be
addressed to him st .Atlnnta. The trustee.
have decided for the present to conine as>is
tance to the languisling common schools, o,
those which cannot be organized where need
ed without aid; in few instances moderate
appropriations will be made for genuine norma
schools, or for the encouragement of inluStria
arts all aid temporary; no agencies to be
established.
assy" 1t is estimated that the loss to tn,
United States of internal reverue, on accoun,
Of the dcstruption Of this years crop Of cot
ton, sngar aud lnolasscs, in the State Of Lou
i~ia,a. by the overflow, is between eight and
ten million dollars.
COLUMBIA, April lS-Govcrnor Orr csti
mates that 100000 people in South Caroln'
have not .aatea ineai for thirty days. The
destitution is fcarfully great, and several case,
Of starvation urc reported.
Tue TABLES TURNED.-A few days ago
" the local. and two or three friends " hap
pened" in thestore of Alcssrs. Il. & G. D. Hope
and while discussing the merits of some fine
ale presented by the hospitable proprietors
several customers entered. The first was II
:" colorcd citizen" and his bride, who made
special inquiry as to the various brands oI
of champagne, and finally purchased II bottls
Of lleidsick. together viii, jar or two o
branded fruits. Just as The champagne par
ty left, an eminent fudge aud his lady >i"p
ped i'm and bOnuht n sDu e. H'Fhc lOttOn