Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-25
From tho Chester Standard.
Gov. Perry's Letter, the Second.

| Nc puOlSn III tnlS ISSUE Inc second letter
Of Gov. Perry. 1t is not because Of any good
it may do, for its effect will be exactly tho re.
verse, but because it seems to have great in.
fucnce on the minds of many very good mcn
and is n subject of much discussion. Ii
would therefore not be proper for us to with
hold such publication for We might be charg-
ed with suprressing what we arc unable to
answer.
Upon perusing its contents one is forcibly
struck by the fact, that it is written ly man
thoroughly in a bad humor. We can appre-
ciate the disappointment of its author, and in
this find the motive of his bitter tcnuncia-
ton. Tic spares neither the scccssionst, nor
his former associates of the Union Party
| Perhaps man has a better right to display
his cll,grin. At the conclusion Of the war
from having lived lifetime in a minority, he
was at oncc pushed in the very foremost rlacc
of power. A glorious prospect of n now or
der of things seemed to open to his cnchan
ted view Under the stimulus FROM Wash
inyton, he took his post us the painurus /;
stood godfather to all the humble petitions
presented to the President lie iuauyuratcd
a Convention, and started the machinery of
State. lie had the pleasure of being in at the
death of [" the odipus Parish syst sinm," and had
the exquisite delight of tclr.:raphins the fac,
of its demise to Mr.. Seward, aud probably
surprising that individual vcry much by the
announcement He started the ship of State
undera skililul pilot of his own pcrsuasio;.. and
for his reward, was elected ii SENATOR'S the Uni
ted States from the State of South Carolina
and all this in the space of two or three
mouths. His political career was brilliant 81
long as if lasted, aud to the extent it went =
l5u. alas . it was short. Those pleasant dreams,
in which he must have INDUCED, nf the time
when he should occupy Ills seat in the United
Sttcs Senate, and should thunder against the
orignaors of rebellion, and tho oppoScrs Of
reconstruction were soon dispnlcd. First
came the Frecdnan's Bureau Bill then the
Civil Rights Bill; then the Military Bill and
its supplement; and he finds to his disgust
that the door is as finally closed against him
as against Barnwcll Rhctt, and that Senator
Perry is Just no Senatorial all. We arc all
human beings and have our fra;ltics Of ten
per, and if any one has right to be angry
perhaps Gov. Perry has.
But unfortunately for Gov. Perry he is not
man Of any practical wisdom, orany politi-
cal sagacity. He has never appreciated the
fact, that his devotion to the Union during
the war has never been fully allowed at the
North, by reason Of his having accepted a Judi.
cal office under the Confederate Government.
II does not seem to know that with the dom
lnant power in this Government, from being
the appointcc Of President johnson, and one
OF his political engineers, he is in worse olor
than the fiercest soldier of the war.
but to the arpuIncnt rs Iho nni,o ;f t,,oro
is any argument in it. He says it is terri,
bic future wc have in prospect by organizing
under the Military Bill. ! hat universal Suf
tingc will cnr;nchisc GO 600 blacks, and that
there will be only 10000 white voters to op
pose That the Convention will lie entirely
III the hands of the former, and that our fate
VIII be more terrible that can be told lie de-
clarcs the outrageous unconstiutonaltv Of
the Military Bill, and points to the patriotic
efforts OF Gov. Sharkcy aud jenkins before
tho Supreme Court Of the United States =
NOW many oithcsc statements may be true. and
others may prove to be true. hut one OF them
IS certainly not go. to wit that there is any
thing to hope from the proceedings before the
supreme Court OF the Uuitc1 States IT we
thought 80 Gov. Perry would have no lsscn
ting voice in South Carolina on his proposed
action
But it matters not how black the fnturc NAV
secm--we mnst 60 on with the proposed State
organization nor it will go on without us. 1t is
OF as mnchuS for us to object on the ground
OF the unconstitutionality of the measures, as
1t would be for the Poles to argue VII. the
the Gar of Russia or INC Constitution of the
ancient Kingdom of Poland If all the evil
results from such course, that Gov. Perry
predicts. the horrors of the situation must fail
on the hcads of those who were the oricna-
tors, and not on us. The scheme Of voting
e" No Convention only promises division, and
oilers her nohopc. Let us make an earnest en-
deavor to save some semblancc of our former
Slate Government, and We believe if VIC make
Jealous and conscientious attempt, we shall
succeed.
Gov Perry appeals to the honorable feelings
OF our old State; to our pride as people, to
reject with scorn the degrading PROPOSITIONS of
our masters. And it is Just here that his let.
ter may do injury. He touches what is dear
to every South Carolinian even broken as VIC