Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-20

cHTlStIanflaitn anu ueNOtlOn. as can DC fOunQ
in the Republican party. No party has ever
accepted doctrines 50 broad and comprebcn.
sive of liberty, justice, humanity and patriot
ism. Actuatcd by these principles it has tri-
umphcd-in go, in '64-when war was upon
us, and blood, and children, and treasures
were voted to carry it on, and will triumph in
'6S brighter than in 81. because their prn-
ciplcs have become established. 1t has the
most glorious history which any party ever
made in seven years. 1t put more than 1000.
0Ol soldiers in the field, bull, up the the arr.
est navy in the world. established a inancial
peace, and has SLOT 900 900 ir gold in the
Treasury. The protector of labor and toll,
and the champion Of education it fought the
battle of human equality and elevation, and
triumphed, and is now perfect and complete,
with Grant, Thomas, Sheridan and statesmen,
and with the great masses of the middle class
OF the intelligc OF the country.
The Republican party are masters of the
continent, and any one who supposcs that there
is party which can cope with them, is very
much mistaken. This Radical organization
is to extend until it shall reach into Mexico,
it will pass over Virginia and the Carolnas,
and hundreds Of thousands of men in these
States will not only fight under the old flag,
but will give heart and votes for men who have
ever been faithful to their country.
hope you all, whether Republican or Dem.
ocrat, Radical or Conservative, will examine
these questions. think, speak aud act for your
selves and will follow wherever right liberty,
justice and humanity may lead you
see before INC body Of colored mcn ]
would like to say word to them. | shall
speak frankly to them and kindly, hut not
patrcnizingly. for the day for that has paascd.
Before the law you arc my equal and my peers,
you have the same rights, privileges and i'm
munitics that possess. Let say to you,
in good faith, that more blood hns been shed
for yonr emancipation than ever was shed be-
fore, FOR the freedom of 1000 600 men any
where OH earth +; for Christian men and wn-
men have been praying for you for more than
thirty years, and you arc not forgotten now
Thousands OF good men and women ar. noN.
contributing for Jour improvement and cdui:4
atom
ncwS'v IA you that ynu ;acr got vour
i'cr'y--yoH ,r" as free rs ! ans. aud are en-
titled to vote. and want you TO remember
!t' u" ballot is sacred, neither tn be hnnght
nor sold. but TO be given for Justice, liberty
and humanity. You should forget that ynu
were ever bondnrn-yon should have no
prcJudlccS on account nf the memories Of old
tines-you should love all, md be Just to all
walk with your forehead to the skies, and call
No one master but God Look down upon
no one, but think, act, speak, and vote so as
to do good to all. Go for liberty and the men
who will be true to liberty. Go fnr the pres.
rrvation Of the Lallot box, and the men who
will freely conccdc the ballot to YOU Go for
education aud the Church Get homes and
lands, however humble they may be- Bring
up your children to be better than you were
Educate them, and let the world see that the
friends who fought for you were not mistaken
in what they did in your belrnlf
L, you all, let me say that your fortune is
in y"nr own hands, and above all things, as
the LAST Of Gods blessings which have to
give yau, 1T me entrcat you TO give up the
use Of Intoxicating liquors. Touch not the
bowl whose contents degrade humanity.
We have been told that there would be q
war "f races If you were set free; see that you
take M part in any such contest, and that you
are free from any conduct tending to produce
it. This is the prayer of your friends.
will say to those who did me the honor to
ask me to address them, in the presence of
my God, that | never in this struggle of thir
ty years had sentiment of hostility TO any of
my countrymcn. ] have always acted as al
ahnlitionist am content with the result,
and wish not to put any burden on the South
and have so acted since the close of the war
believe am right in this policy and will
fight it out for the balance Of the year on this
line.
In parting with you, will say you have
been involved in contest with us, in which
yon were urged on by ideas which believe
to have been wicked You fought worthy of
a better cause, and failed, and you ought to
thank God for it. We will yet see our banner
dearer aud dearcr, and if war should come we
will march side by side in lbs defence. The
cause of our separation is gone. II has been
sunk SO deep that plumnet will never reach it.
Let me advise you to elect a Convention of
tried and true men, who will amend your Con-
stitution in accordance with the provisions of
the Reconstruction Act. Send men TO Con-
gress who can tako the oatli, recognize the |
new rights of the negro, concede them as more
worthy of respect and confidence. men who
God made, and Christ died for, develop the
resources Of old Virginia, ,sbuild up manufac
tories, cut up your great plantations into good
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