Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-07
ssSs sc From. the Charleston Daily Nows. sse
THE cHANGESOF COMMANDERS.

Sfld liz ht around the National Capitol. For
nearly two years an active stri ife has been wag-
ing between the President and the majority Of
Congress. Its to the credit Of tho President,
that from first to last he has strictly adhered
to the, Constitution; and amid all the uncon.
stitutional legislation of Congress, he has pev.
/; sr refused to execute the laws, and has never
Sresorted to unauthorized means to cvade or
snullify their force. 4 AS far, therefore, rs VIC
are able to judge, the President occupies van
4 tage ground in the eyes Of the nation, in that
She has uniforMly and polsistently opposed the
removal of ancient landmarks. And could've
!; be. sure ofwhat is called poetical justice, wo
should not hesitate to;say or believe that the
sspeopl ple--we mean the majority of the NortI..
10 Mr.. johnson for his long, fearless and res,
tolute defence of the Constitution Of the coHn.
d try. ..
But after the most careful survey that VIC
are capable of making of the political situa
tition, we cannot nov see anything approach
!: ing to a. probability of such verdict at the
4 hands of the Northern people. We know that
many ofour friends think differently. They
{ belieYe there has beei a great change in pub.
,lio opinion and focling of late, and chat at the
approaching elections il the several Northern
an. Western States, the party of the Presi-
dent will be victorious. This we should be
tpleased to sec; but we fear our friends are
too sanguihe, aud would have us believe they
sec what really they only wish to see. q
However we may be disposed to conceal the
& fact from ourselves, or listen to the insidous
wilos of partisan press, wo have no doubt of
North are on the side Of the Republican par
ty; and however they may differ from, the cx-
tremists of thoir party, the ultra Iadicals-in
ease of any vital issue the party would of
course stand together We cannot, therefore,
agree with those of our friends, who believe
that. .dcliverance is at hand : and that it is to
I be effected by the ballot box.
fnot, what then2 Why, we must accept
tho2tern,s now offered US, and endeayor under
the organic net, to become rc.instatcd as a
Statein the Union. Until reinsatcd, VIC arc
utterly helpless. 1t should be our constant
aim and endeavor to shorten this probationary
period of our tutelage Our people should he
on their guard, aud do nothing rashly There
is,a disposition amo, many 10 rejoice at the
recent action of the President, in removing
Stanton, Sheridan and Sickles We can SEQ
no cause for congratulation. Tho President
has never failed to declare it as his purpose to
execute the laws; and although Sheridan is
a.
concomitapts under the Reconstruction Acts
still remains. 1t may be that Hancock will
prove more acceptable to the people of Loui
!. siana and Texas than Sheridan has done; it
may be that Canby, our newly appointed Com
mandcr, will prove less Objectionable to the
peopo of the two Garolinos than General
Siokles. We will say this may be. There
can OF course be no certainty on this point
As we said before, the Acts of Congress, by
i6Seber ite tah ts5HtGsapa sEsless
arc still inSforce, and arc upheld by the Presi.
dent HIMSELF and in the order, making these
Fsnew appointments, the President SAYS they
Gems. Candy and Hancock "wil when
necessary to faithful execution of the laws,
exercise any and all powers conferred By the
Acts of Congress upon the District Command
s ers, andany and all authority pertaining to
oiiioers in command Of Military Departments ="
s $50 reads the commission of these new ap-
! tpointecs; and our thoughtful readers will
agree with US, VIC feel sure, when we say that
a change of rulers is of little effect, so long as
Z we are governed by the military code. These
new rulers will do one of three things They
will eithor abrogate the orders of their prede-
cessors, and issue new ones, or they will retain
tho body of military law, developed by cir
cumstances during the past six months, or
what is much more likely, they will retain
some, anu annul others-the only wise course
While good may come of these changes,
the result is at best doubtful The more ex-
,oitement, unrest, and anxiety attendant upon
these changes, is prejudcial in its effect on
the peace, the business aud prosperity of the
country We are not prepared to defend in
d!soriminateiy the administration of General
Sicklcs. We believe that he has issued many
wise orders, and again we believe he has pass
ed others that were both unwise and tyranni.
cal. In the latter category we would place
the notorious flag order of April 81, 1867;
also the order deposing Mr.. Zealy of Colum-
bla, from his office as Magistrate, which we
I believe was hasty, harsh, and altogether un-
just. So also the sentence of the two young
mon engaged in, the late bar-roon, broil in Co.
lumbia. So the recent fning of Mr. McNcl.
ty for not sellinga first. class ticket to col.
ored woman; SO the late order ;anmadvcrting
In severe and altogether unjustifnbly harsh
terms upon gentlemen of unblenished honor
IN the case of the Bank and onfederate Cav
airy fund. Nor must we forget to mention
E the arbitrary decision in the case of the Char
lesion Savings Institution, still fresh in tho
memory of all our readers. There may have
been other orders of General Sicklcs, meriting
csnsures perhaps moro even than those VIC have
.enumefated. But these will suffice for the