Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-11

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fair to conclude that no arrangement of the
judicial power would be suffered to remain
that seriously incommoded the enforcement
Of these measures. Nor AIN allie to perceive
tnat the judicial power under its present or.
Ranlsation is adequate to afford substantial re.
lief in the existing emergency, even il the
opinion of the courts were US favorable o,
might be desired
regard 1T as ali inexorablc fact, thut
there ls no constitutional opposition that can
be uiade to the military bills, that will have
any other operation than to increasc the exist.
ing anarchy.
"Th"sc military bills afford to the people
of the States, with large exceptions, the means
OF restoring the supremacy of civil order, and
terminate the domination of military rule. |
may grant that the conditions are harsh md
riSorcns; that they ,lute the fundamental
law of the United States and that they rrom.
'Sc for the future much Of insecurity aud in
stability. But these admissions do no, chance
the aspect of the question, as now presented,
nor do they lessen the obligations of our pco
pie, to take the measures open to them tha.
VIII best promote the common veal"
| There Is wisdom as we'll as patriotism in the
| above extrnct aud we again recommend its
| suggestions to Governor Perry and to the
careful consideration Of all eur readers. judge
campbell, IN continuation, ccuusels the pco.
pie to exercise every right, exercise every fac
uIty, and employ every power that these mil
'tary bllis allow, With an undaunted courage,
unweared in duty, and al undisturbcd tran,
| Gh,'i'y OF soul, TO terminate the existing con
dItlon cf disorder. lie says our peoplc have
shown magnanimity. heroism, capabili,y
for self-sacrilice, under the demands of duty
that will be recognized and rewarded "and
Submission to unforar1 etrnts does not IN
| ply a surrender cf these great prtnctpies. 81
Now, people Of South Carolina, which il the
| right course to pursuc-tlnt indicated by
| Governor ThrockmortoD and Judge Campbell
or that advised and urged by Ex-Governor
Perry! Which exhibits the most manhood
and noble endurance, to say nothing of mere
policy or interest, that of coming up to the
work OF reconstruction like men, and making
| the best OF bad business, or that Of sullcn
= r =: .gil be rsgaEdcd az contr.
macy by those who had, and still have the
power to dictate terms, and by giving heed to
very inappropriate and illtimcd adjurations
not to sacrifice our honor as a people, sulkily
but surely invite evils Of greater magnitude
than those you have yet experienced Are
| the people Of South Carolina prepared for an
act OF sclf-immolation, by taking counsel from
passionate appeals to mere srntimont-verv
'njndiciously, if not mischicvously, put forth
to helpless people, suffering from want. de.
privation OF means, and cut off from all sources
OF rccuperation-and not only sclf.immolntion
at the present but the entainent of all these
dire evils upon those who come after them
Let them reflect, and come to o decision, be.
fore, like the madman quoted by Gov Perry
they butt out their brains against wall, aud
hasten their doom, and irrcvocably f,sten their
own fate uEon their postcrity.
There ls one more argument advanced by
Governor Perry, which, in our humble judg-
| mcnt, with all the lights before Ms is the mere
vision OF a disordcrcd Imagination and that
Is sort OF black agrarisnsm lie quotes tho
cry of few stupid negroes in Virginia, under
the teachings Of such vile dcmagorucs and
charatans az Hunnicutt, as the watclword of
him to all the public meetings Of the colored
people in this State, she speeches of the intel.
llgent among them, the resolutions that have
been adopted at all such meetings, and to meet.
lngs elsewhere, reference to which we made
in an editorial in yesterdays issue, and respect
fully ask him where is " the shade of Il shod
| ow" of foundation for these visionary . .rprc-
tensions, and we must add, unjust allegations,
against the race alluded to? Political rights
and privileges have been conferred upon the
late slaves Of the South, but at the most, it
has been in very few cxceptionablc cnscs they
have ntimated, by word or declared intent
any action of the kind, so injudiciously brought
| to their notice in this letter. On the contra
ry. as nll we have published in this journal
goes to prove, the freedmen understand their
true position, appreciate their newly acquired
political rights, but in almost every instance,
have declined to step beyond the line of de.
marcation, either in political or social point
If view, which their own good sense has dis
tnctly defined. Nor will they ever trans
grcss in this respect, unless such teachings as
that Of Hunnicutt and men of that stripe arc
allowed TO have full sway or unless unwise
suggestions and the expression of unfounded
apprchehsions may instil different feeling,
and evoke the very action which these sug-
gestions would naturally awaken and lead to
in the minds of the class referred to- But
this dreaded result, rs we have already init
mated we believe to be only the mere shndow
of fanccd COMING evil xhich will never bf