Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-03-27
..MALHALLA, s. c.:
sf ridley Morning, March S7, 1868,
1S.-;:S Read 1t by all Means.

Read 1t by all Means
q 70 do most earnestly invite the attention
B of our readers, especially the members of tho
81 Methodist Church, to an article on the fourth
q Page Of to.day's issue, under the caption
2Sat ttSPfRIT OF THE RADICAL PnEss AND Pun
SsPIT.D'
sEsTho article exhibits in striking light tho
'y5saelGsh and .don,iuecring spirit Of that viii
hing, canting, sniflliug,. g,.sanctimonious Puri-
g3tanism that has ever characterized the New
4 England Yankee,.an which has caused him
Il to be fruitful source Of annoyance in every
quarter of the world whlthcr his restless GU
e riosty and Unsuitable acqusitivcncss have led
3thim. 1t is the same spirit that long ago,
practically induoed their ancestors to adopt
two resolutions, to which amid all the muta.
Ftions Of time, Ithoy have steadily adhered, to
witt aj.t Mf't,a itt
Ssa Resozoea, frst That the earth and the full
ness thereof bolong to tho Lords saints. /.
Sl8 Resoz0c1, I'd, That we arc the saints.
zz.-lOf course it would be wasting our sweet
ness on The desert air to handy words with
the Reure,enz gentleman who cooly penncd
the atrocious sentiments and vile ISLANDERS set
forth in the;articlc to which reference is made.
We want our people to read and see the tenn
per and tone of tho "Powcrs that be';"--to
note for themselves whot treatment VIC may
9yexpect if the Radical Party succeeds in
-thrusting aside all the constitutional obstacles
which now mcasurahly protect us from the
full effect Of their hate and,rapacity When
we see a man sunkcn so lowalin vice and de-
bauchery as to, be einsensblc to tho voice Of.
praise or oensure, wc'say Of him that his
Gonseiepoeis is scared witha hot iron" that
hes Rbndnbe and morally torpidizcd into
50 , state that is;ftly described in the phrase
Ssspast feeling0 Thasit is with tho Radical
sPartys They commenced their career with
fair and deceptive professions of jealous de-
yotion TO the. interests Of tho people" aud
whatever departures from timc-honorcd pre-
cedent they saw fit to mako, were CLOSED
soYerWith. specious please of !" National lGnlcr-
sgchcy,"3of Z" The demands of the hour" and
such like convenient phrases.
~ HaYing once secured an entering wedge,
they have added, little by little, to the length
of their lever, until today they are ready to
upturn from, It's deep foundations the grand
temple of Civil and Religious freedom cree
ted by the wisdom and consccratcd by tho
blood Of patriot sires /" Tho inappositencss
of ordinary legislation to tho hour of ma
ltion, agony" was the gildcd bait first hung
out, and this, a crcdulous people, blinded by
sectional hate and hoodwinked by blatant
profession of eager desire for tho recstablish-
ment of " the Union, the constitution and
4the laws," cheorfully and gladly swallowed.
but on the attainment of their purpose
(Which the people, "good, easy folk" thought
,in thoir simplicity wasthc suppression Of the
- Rebellion" Cd instead Of returning to tho
landmarks which our fathcrss have set, they
professod to have discovered the real meaning
& of athat instrument Of which Webster was
once considered Tho Great Expounder. The
sickly stream of Radical legislation, Sinking
ifoarfully from popular sight, and crawling
iabashed and timorous into the full glarc of
spublicinycstigation has swollen into a hoarse,
rough torrent, and now foams on in mad ca
ffeery sweeping away every obstruction to its
headlong course, exciting CONSERVATION, Gre
ntiDg havoc, and threatening to engulf in one
wide and indiscriminato ruin tho peaceful
/. JEWELLERS on either hand
a55" Put a boggar on horseback and ho will
ride to tho devil, says the Italion proycrb,
and how well the political history Of tho past
So four years illnstratcsthe saying our readers
do;Dot need to .bc informed. The section
which Furnished tlircof fourths Of the states
I. manship that guided the infant Union to a
ss.robgst maturity,a now lies fcttcrcd and bound
at tho fect of a pitilessa foo. The section dis
tingaished for poverty yof State craft, and only
.femaSkable for d material prosperity which
Indicated notso much d superior ability as al
entire devotedhess to, and l5ifcation Of gain
e full pursuits, now sits asride the high horse o
power and is rapidly making tracks fo
81 T aIifax or osher seaport town"
Is5SSf cry littls3do they noY eare for the "deal
Il people,, ~ Nov and then some one little
slfir,ors inpfudont lets the cat out Of the bag
catch glimpse Of scenes in the future
4 Pablo Of omboa iihont. at q fitting tim
Would eolipsgs, stl,e dark ds and and lblopd,