Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-05
Radical Profligacy.


The Radical Party has proven itself to be
The most corrupt and thievsh organization
ttat ever existed. It was founded on the
principle that tho " Constitution of the Uni
ted States is o covenant with Death and
league with He'll" Their leading men open
" sneer at that instrument, and boldly avow
nhigher law With a frightful disregard
Of the SOLEMN oaths they took to "prcscryc,
protect and defend it," they do not hesitate
10 acknowledge that much of their Recon
struction policy and measure is abovc and
outside Of the provisions Of the Organic Law.
When the lcadors are thus unmindful of the
4 ssanctity of an oath, can We expect tho lesser
lights, tho office holders of high and low de-
gree, who look up to them for guidance and
snatruaiion O aoAicy utrd
fn oHcc which the people have
eight to expect from public servants No
man can be trusted with an Office which af
fords him chance to pluck tho people if he
hates the Constitution of his country Espc-
cially is this true, when the malgnancy is so
excessigo,as to lead him to unblushingly con-
fess his violation of it and to glory in it. I'm
dor every Administration since the formation
of our Government somo fcw rascals have un-
'aoubtcdly crept into Office and pockctcd the
public money. But it was reserved frl the
Radical party to reduce stealing to a science,
Ito elevate it to the position Of a fno art
Even bitter Radicals, like Halo, of New
y Hampshire, in the Senate, and Dawes Of
Massachusetts, in the House, have boen forced
admit that MORE STEALING ,oas done
e the first gear Of Lincoln's Administration
Ian the ENTIRE EXPENSES Of con-
tho government during TIE WHOLE
YEARS Of Mr. Blchanan's term an,oun-
his Is strong assertion, but on examining
Vthe figures, which, when rightly used, cannot
lie, we found it even so. The Secretary of
tho Treasury asked for appropriations for this
year as follows:
For the War Department, exclusive of boun-
lies and pensions, e95,OO0,OOO
FOR the Navy Department, 36,0oo,00o
For civil service, 51,OO0,OO0
81S2o00,OOO
The whole expenditures of tho Government
for the same service in 1860 (ho last year of
Mr. Buchanan's Administration were:
For OWL list, $6,O77, 900
gFor the war Department, 1868, 900
Navy Department, 11,514,O0o
Sssf s34154,0oo
Difference between the estimates for 1868 and
q aotual expenditures for tho
same items in 1860, S147,847 900 |
Mr. Buohanan's Administrations Swassfude. |
3ly sssailed for it's extravaganza by this very
party (of Great Moral Idoas) which was then
aat Of power
5ss aWo most heartily endorse the following cl-
Ssanent extract from speech delivered by
Hon Samuel s Marshall, Of Illinois, in tho
Us 81. House Of Representative Is, Jan. 8, 1868.
He calls sttention to an undeniablo, a crying
Ayif, and suggests, in our opinion the only
xemedy for the disorder. But to the extract
No wonder, Mr.. Speaker, that all sense
ST moral obligation has beou destroyed among
their followers No wonder that the flood
tsates have been broken down and dcluge of
csiins, dobapchery, and prostitution
sal, moral, and social --has swept over tho
laba n hon the chosen and select prophets