Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-08-14
Still Hammoring Awav.

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Still Hammoring Away.
Tho American people aro great on sonsa-
tions, almost as much 80 as tho French
But beneath this there is doep and sober
current which is rcsistlcss when aroused
+" Tho pride, pomp and circumstance of glori-
GUS war; they have had, and enough of it,
We hope. Gala-day soldicrism is we'll enough
and the patriotic heart. throbbings elicitcd
by "gcncral mustcrs" arc not to be despiscd,
but tho government of soldier straps has
proved to be serious affair. We thought
that tho new State governments wcro to be
administered on peace footing, that civil
law was to resume its mild and bcncfioent
sway with the newly inaugurated /" Bogus"
officials. GRANT, too, says "let us havo
pcocc" and all the little pups are barking af-
ter the big dog Of the pack "Jet us have
peace" And behold the answer, Congress
on tho Bird July passed bill authorizing the
Secretary of war to furnish each "Governor' "
of tho Afrioanizcd States with 1000 Spring
field rifles, and one battery, for each congress
sional District in his "satrapy" formerly
called "STArE.") This allows $4,000 "loy-
al'' militia to tho State Of North Carolina, at
an expense of over one million per annum-
so it is estimated and for our own State a
number and an exponsc not much less Oh,
tho beauty and consistency of Radioalism
What a "pcaco" party Good Lord, hos
long can and will the people Of the United
States be miserable patchwork concern of
magnificent promises and fragrant dcrelictions.
The very man who cried "Pcaco" and who
wishes to be considered humane, rejected all
Confederate overturcs for exchange of priso-
ncrs soldiers in tho field, much less its priso-
ncrs at Andorsonvillc and elsewhere. IIc
committed elclibcratc nsurtlcr IN this course
aud God will require the blood of every starv-
ed prisoner at his hands. Hc has an imper.
turble will that nothing can shake, and if
elected will assurcdly proclaim himself die
tator and try to prop his throne with the bay
oncts of the Regular army. " Forcwarnod,
let US be forcarmed." let every man do his
whole duty. The Amnesty proclamation OK
tends the franchise privilege. Lot all the
available strongth be pollcd The Democrat
ic Party will see that those votes are counted
in November next Tho Radical Party would
set up the guillotinc to-day if it dared. It
has tho cry of lamb, but the glaring eyes,
the shining teeth, tho rcd and fosming chops
of ferooious wolf Is there any need of q
militia7 Why, threo months after tho sur
render Of Leo tho United States Marshals
over tho States, unarmed, too, at that with
out a complete, unconditional surrender to
the will Of the Nation. Of course love could
| not be expected at ncc,-that sentiment is
not, usually tho growth Of an hour, or the
| fruit of blows. But thero was a profound
submission, REIMBURSEMENT inai and unro-
served of all that had constituted tho CAUSE
Of war, and, had magnanimity marked tho
course of tho conqucror, respect would have
soon supplanted tho humiliation Of defeat, and
attachment for tho government would have
inevitably followed. But while crying "peaco"
tho Radical Party, unwilling to trust its dos
tiny, afraid to commit it's fortuic.es to tho mo-
raj prestige gained by successful prosesccu-
tion of the war, has invented and fastened
upon tho Southern people series of moas-
ures calculated and intended to throttle all
Southern manhood and to convert ten fair
States into moro pillars to support the gloomy
and bloody structure Of Radicaism. The
people to-day are as law-abiding as any at the
North. Tho crimes that arc ocoasionly com
mitted can be traced in their instigation to
the Vaccinations of northern scum, or to tho
unbridled passions Of tho negro The pros.
trate commerce, the ruined credit, the gene
raj decadence Of morals, the insecurity Of
life and property in certain sections are all
the bitter fruits Of the g Peace" party, God
may have mercy on such party, but man
should not. In November, tho American
people will hang 1t on high for the wonder and
scorn of posperity. In future times even
fools will wag their heads aud wonder ct tho
fatuity that led great people to commit their
sdestinies for seven years to such Party.
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