Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-06
GENERAL LoNGsrREETs VIEws-Gcn


| 10 tie E|itm Of Mc Ncw Oricons Times:
| DEAR Sir In your paper Of yesterday
you have expressed desire to hear the views
of several gentlemen upon the political condi-
ton Of the country. find my name men
toned npon your list, and proceed, without
, hcSitation to respond.
AS | have never applied myself to politics,
| cannot claim to speak to the wise statesmen
of the country, who are devotng thcir ener-
gics to the solution of the problem which ap-
itntcs the public mind. can only speak the
plain, honest convictions of a soldier.
1t can hardly be necessary at this late day,
to enter into Il discussion Of the matter that
is usually brought up in arguing upon the
proposed plan for rrcoustructng Tic Govern
mcnt. Indeed, think that many of them
are not pertinent tn tie question.
The striking ic"turc, and the one that onr
people should keep in view, is, that we are
conquered people. Rccognizing this fact fair
ly and sQuare!y, there is but one course left
for wise to pursue. leccpa shc terma
that are offered " by tic cnnpucrors ! There
can be no discrcdit to ii conquered people for
accepting the conditions offered by their con-
Iucrors Nor is there any ,ccasion for Il feel
in. Of humiliation. We have made an hon
est, and hope that might say. crcdi'ablc
'!s'"'' ",' VIZ h'Ec 'oS'; '''' W. come '"r"ar"
'ne" '''' 'cc'P' t'S H""" f'''o'Veo lh 'he S'rnS
s't.
w p,I.' earnestly ,'"I,re 'h'S 'nH ,"n
Sh''' "c re- cS'ho''Sh'o
'''" Wv "H'y means 20 accomplish th's IS I"
rm"P'V win ~" requirements OF the recent
Congressional legislation
IL Is SAID by some that Congress Will not
receive Us even after we have complied with
thpr cnnttinpS fut | rrp Eut] ~, III, liant
reason tor entertaining tins pr"pos'fion for I"
'."" '''''', "''"'' '"'' ','' 'oE''S''''a
,lc1.rr ~ h,I Elm ,,l,,;,I;r, h,wo,or
that there is such 4 mental reservation can
that bc any excuse for us in failing to dis
charge our duty Let "> accept the terms as
we are IN duty bound to 90, aud it there is a
lacN of Sood f"uh let It be upon others.
am, very respectfully your most nscdlent
servant. JNMrS iONGSIREET
HREEl'Hf DESIRES NO MAN TO RE DIS.
rRANcnIsEp.-Th last number of the New
York "Tribune" saws. MS TO the persons vi O
,ro fisf,,,ch;.c1.
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not lon. he DELAYED The South clearly I'm
derStands, MS we 40. that the way to this lies
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TnHSurFGKrNG IN TUE SOUTHERN STATES,
dina Tins refers I, tbo off, If - 6Do h,sh,l.
| 90 ,,, -. ~, N v., n,re
- w." '''V - Wv ~" o'N i''''e' N'''-
mission to TINS State
"Thc donation is very timely, and will re-
lcve hundreds FROM he pnchines of actual
want il not of absolute starvation Never
was charity more wonhily conceived or be-
| slowed than yours, in feeding Il destitute pco
press MS, and can only be relieved by the gen
eronI ana pcncV",eh' nom abroad "nt't the