Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-12


Charleston, s. c., Sept 81 1867.
General orders ". 92.]
| /. Numerous ana well f<fu1cS represents,
tioEs having been made that illegal and Oh.
prcssive taxes have been imposed in different
! scctious Of the States of North aud South
| Carolina; it is ordered that the coIlcc,ion of
taxes be suspended IN the following casrs:
ffrSf Whenever any tax is, or shall be.
imposed otherwise than under The authority
of the Government Of the United States
which, the terms Of the act imposing the
same, or by the action of the public authori.
tiles hereunder, Shall apply 70 any property
or right parted with, or any transaction mad.
and completed prior to the al~r ,.Yn Of the
act authorizing the snuc
.Second. Whenever the power Of Congress
to regulate commerce with foreign nations.
and alnong the several States, is nlpugncd by
the imposition Of taxes discriminating in COM.
mcrcial transactions, in favor Of resident citi-
zcns, and against the citizens Of fjrei.n ma
tions or of the United States
Third Whenever any tax is or shall here
after be imposed, for the purpose of d;scharg-
ing any obligation contracted in aid and fur
thcranca of the rebellion against the govern
mcnt and authority of the Unitcd States.
or to reimburse the public treasury Or rny
local body, or public officer, or other person.
or any expenditure on account Of any such
obligation or pretended obligation
il. Commanding Officers of Posts are au-
tho'ized to suspend the collection Of any tax
embraced IN paragraph |, reporting their ac
tIon, and the grounds. aud aIl proofs relating
thereto, to these headquarters
Hy Command of Brevct Nnjnr,Gcncru! I'D
II. S. CANnr:
LOUIS v. CAXIARc.
Act.. Asst Adj, Goul.
The second section Of paragraph |, Of the
above order would appear to apply furins!ance
TO the tax imposed by the State Legislature
of South Carolina in December, 1866, on tic
gross sales Of merchants for that YEAR the
third to all special taxes on prdars and other
transient traders; and the fourth to the taxes
imposed to pay the interest on the debt cf
this city incurred during the 4Ncrru,y.
Negro su1Erilgo 4 itiltssi,zast tIegro Supremacy
pure and simple. This is the direct testrass.r
ny of the registration returns. Radical era
tors appeal to popular sympathy and say TINT
1t means only justice to the down-troddcn
and. again. tlcy appeal to sectional prejudice
and say that it means balance Of power
against the still disoyn white mon of the
South. But the clear testimony Of the fig
urcs is that niggcr suffrage means nothing
more nor less than absolute nirger supremacy
in the settlement Of the political dcsinics Of
this nation. Returns from ten States are suf-
ficiently full to show that the whole vu'c will
run very near to 100000 On this vote,
dividing il strictly accuIiir. to colur Tie mis-,
ger will have close Is t0Q,n&G majority The
niegcr supremacy party wcuiI have this uhn-
jority, then, il every white uou in the South
crn States voted against it, 1t is estimated,
however, that more than 100, Geo oltile white
voters viii act wish thatp party mo t,u- its ma.
jor;ty will be run up to 2G0,O 600 votes. Moth
ing can prevent this, so f;,ras can Now he fore
seen; for even if the President could give am.
nesty to every possible man tia; stands in need
of it, the number of vote. thus secured could |
not change the result. Thus the radicals
have, in all probability every Southern State
out Of the ten. In Virginia, the white vote |
prcdominates to a larger figure than in any
other; but the Republican white vote is large
enough to more than balance the l3.0G0 by |
which the white voters Of the O!d Dominion
outnumher tic nigGcr votes. These figures
settle the question of reconstruction. for the !
States will be admitted at once, now that it is
clear the radica, leaders can control their ac.
tlOH. iEcy VIII Uc Iushcu IN carry enough |
to participate in the choice for the next Pres
ident. Into that election, therefore, The rad. |
ical leaders will 90 With ten States nailed to
their platform. Then, if they can make any
decent division Of the Northern vote, though |
a distinct majority Of the Northern people
who carriel on The war and saved i,a country
should decide against them, yet, with North
crn minority, this rggcr vote of the ten
Stntrs will turn thc balance in their favor
Thus tho men or: l,'e south who were slaves
four years ago will forcoa n.,.;,sant md .
policy on the people Of tho North. The Ia.
blcs will then have been strangely turned by /
folly and fanaticism. Seven years ago, the
South rose in arm, against President clcc
ted by Northern white votes. Northern men
put down that rebellion, and have carried their
putting down so far that they may now have
TO accept a President elected BY Southern
niggers. All this may happCn, unless trc-
mendons majority. against tho fanatics in the /
elections this fall in New York and Pennsyl. |
vania shall frightcn thcm to an abandonment,
of their programme. .-Nc'o iorh Ucrn3, |
24M.
SENATOR WADE ON THE MoRMoNs.--A |
Washington despatch says: Senator Wade |
writes to a friend in this city that he will in.
troducc, tho first day of the next session, a bill
to repeal the net organizing Utah as a Terri
tory. He says, tho action of the Mormons in
the Government as tymnnicul and
uniust, .must, be punished by a prompt sup