Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-18
The Negro Element Under the Political
Reorganization Of the South.

The news from tie South with regard to the
status of the negroes and their ideas and aspi
ratlons under the new order of things becomes
every day more interesting. 1.-The co!orcd
people" one of our special correspondents
says, wherever have been, seem to bc thor
onghly organized in the matter of rotice -
Their preachers, their schoolmasters, the few
Norhern men living in the cities aud towns
and very generally the officers and assistants
connected with the Frccdmans Bureau, keep
them up to the work" 1t is probable, how.
over, TINT on the plantations and in those parts
remote from the towns, where the negroes rc
not 50 subject to these inGu.nces, they are
less Organized and more under the influence
OF their old masters. Still it seems that
wherever the Northern republican influence
extends they are disposed to support that par.
ty But they exhibit a good deal of shrewd.
ness and may not be so plant in tho hands of
The w''tc politicians, They consider them
selves" our correspondent remarks, "cnti
titled to their Share of public and representa-
i've positions, and are not disposed to forcgo the
cla'm FIR the benefit Of those who want the
Offices themselves" From all this We sec that
the negroes arc becoming educated as to their
new position. Under Tie rivalry Of polit-
claus and political parties to obtain their votes.
and through the lators of the white orators
who are spreading themselves over the South,
they will learn quickly to value their newborn
privileges They may become confused by
the r"hl!lctm" representations and misrcpre-
Srntatlons Of those who want to control their
votes, and they may not be able to comprehend
fully nolticaI questions but they will have
no difficulty in understanding that they arc on
an equality with the whites as regards their
rights. and equally entitled to hold Office
Such ''c'ng the case, il is reasonable to expect
they VIII want some of their own race to rep
resent them in both State and federal Offices
lin both the Legislatures and Congress. ~
This We sagy, is only reasonable and the nat.
ura' result O. the extraordinary political and
social revolution the country is passing
through
But tie problem which cxcitcs the greatest
+Htercst Just now, particularly among polili-
clans, is what party ~ L,e ablc to get the
negro vote. The republicans arc moving hease
cn and earth to secure it, Ills is the ohjec4
OF the missionary ahors of Senator Wilson
and other Northern orators. At present they
seem to have the best chance. The old dem.
ocrats are nowhere in the struggle. In fact,
they appear to have given it up. We do not
hear OF single Northern Democrat entering
the list against Wilson and the other repub,
llcans Tie old Southern Democrats equally
ap@thetic They appear to have no idea of
rcsu*c!ta'ing their party in the Sonth. In
deed, one Of their leading men. Governor Orr,
OF South Carolina, advised the coorcd people,
in a speech at Columbia, not to attach them
selves either to the democratic or republican
party at present, but to wait and array
themselves upon the platform of national
| MI a. b,
mon By both races South and the people of
the North" 4 colorcd speaker who followed,
the Rev. i!cnry NJ. Turner, said that "hc
for he felt satisfied that notwithstanding the
man was the best and truest friend of the ne
gro" From all these signs of the times VIC
conclude that the old democratic party Of the
South is dead that though the republican
party is making great efforts it will find no
lasting elements TO sustain it in that section,
and that the probability is that new party,
based pon the material interests of the South,
will spring up to exercise powerful influence,
in connection with the agricultural West,
over the future policy and destiny of the
country.-Nc,r York Ieruld
.
SEEDS FOR TIE SoUTH.-Gcn. SicRlcs
will Include the agents for the distribution of
seeds in his registration orders. Mr.. T. c.
Peters, who is the general agricultural agent
for distribution throughout the South, has al
ready come to this State for the purpose Of
making arrangements for the establishment of
agencies, of which every election precinct will
have one. An cndcavor will also be made to
establish Agricultural Societies in each Coun-
ty or District, and with the aid Of the Legis-
latures to form State Agricultural Institutes.
The " Iorkvillc Enquirer" says:
"1his is n good idea, and if carried out in
a proper way, vii! add materially to the wealth
of our country. Agricultural societies are
powerful assistants in the work of developing
the resources Of a State or ncighborhood.
The Interchange of ideas between farmers at
such meetings, give an additional interest to
tho pursuit of farming, as we'll as diffuscs
valuable information among tho members.
Wherever fourishing agricultural society is
found, an improved system of farming, high
cultivation and superior intelligence will also
be found. Farming has become a science,
and scientific knowledge is necessary to make