Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-07-03
Questions for the Industrial Glasses

who is at present keeping white mcchan-
les and laborcrs from seeking employment i'll
the South?
Who is making barren waste of the most
fertile. and productive section of the Ropub
lie?
Why is the burden Of taxation so opprcs.
sivc and employment scarce?
Why arc there to day hundreds of thous.
and Of white men and women in the North
living in dread Of starvation within the pres.
cnt year?
Why are Che commerce of the North and
the ship building interests almost totally par
alyxcd?
Why is the South threatened with war Of
races, and civil law tramplcd uudor foot in
that section?
Why arc millions of whitc men not repre-.
scntcd in Congress?
Why have all the guarantees Of tho Consti-
tuition been broken down, and their rights of
free born Americans subjected to the arbitra
ry will of irresponsible satraps?
Why arc thirty millions of white men taxed
for the special benefit of class Who pay no
taxes ON the great bulk Of their property?
Why should there be over two thousand
millions Of dollars exempt from taxation?
Why should there be special legislation for
ono class of the population, to the serious in
jury of the interests Of c7ory other?
Why should the great agricultural popula.
tion of the new West be made tributary to tho
manufacturing lords Of Yankceland?
If tho national bankcrs arc enabled to mako
twenty millions of dollars year out Of the
industrial class by their speculation in tho
ncccssarics of lifo, why are they tolerated?
If negroes are lit for Freedom, why has
great poor house system for their support to
be kept up at the expense of Northern indus
try? ST
Why is it that the products of the South
have fallen Off 10 great extent?
Why arc murders and outragcs, and rob-
berries so fcarfully frequent all ovor tho South
1t the war was prosecuted for tho prcsorva-
tion of tho Union, why are ton States kept
out Of it2
IF tho South is permitted to fall under no.
gro domination, will it be fit for tho habitation
Of white men?
The industrial classes of the North Will find
an answer to all these questions in dcstruo-
tives. 1t is to them We are indebted for the
evils by which the country is threatened. =
And tho worst is yet to come. The negroes
refuse to work, and the great productivcncss
of the South is lost to the country. The
white men Of tho free States arc oppressed
with taxation, that they may be supported in
idleness. OF tho four or five hundred mil
lions of dollars which arc raised upon the in.
dustry of this section every year, a largo pro-
portion is used in tho dcvlish work Of rover.
sing tho natural order of tho races
Workingmcn of tho North, will you, can
you endure this infamous work? Do yot not
sec that the pcrjurcd, plundering, Constitu-
tion breaking, law dcfying gang called Con-
gress, is striking at your rights, at your free
dom, at your dearest interests, through rccon-
struction? There has not boon single act
of legislation, single measure passed. in Con
gross that has not boon aimed at you.
It is you that tho National Banks arc
foocing
Tt is your families who aro mado to suffer
that tho South maybe Africanizcd and con-
yersed into a wilderness.
It is out Of your pockets chat tho taxes to-
pay tho interest on untaxcd bonds is paid.
Noarly oRo.half your labor is mortgagcd for