Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-08-07

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oIIy alone promises no,hocratic majority os
10000 votes. Pennsylvania and .nai..n.
seemed confident of giving Seymour aud Blair
handsome majority. The States Of Nj, =
land, New jersey, Kentucky, California uul
oregon Hso oostai., beyond al. contingency. -.
! Iho delegates from Mississippi, Al.b,,ma,
| Georgia aud Louisiana wore confident OF v,.v.
| ryIag those States. There can be no doubt
! of Virginia nnd .i'cxa&, i 5ucy e,c alowc,l 10
9oa A.l:t'!.s:.s and Tclue&scc arc equals
ce,.".., hc clcc ions yc 20 lu,,gA raie.v
and honestly. There YVES great confidence
expressed, 100, on The pory Of North Carolina
And we VIII not dospair Of South Carolina
and Florida. ;'hctc IS hope, Loo, IN Maine
and illinois, Hnd several oLllov Nor.,-wc tcs.
st.tcs. Indeed, it did seem, from III ,;.u
we '.carl and could learn in Tho Now York
Convention, that The emmy, oppression and
mlsrulo Of tho radical party t,ad thorough,
disguised Tho thinking and refcc;ns ma.cs
everywhere all over the icpublic.
Ii there is ono fceliug in The American
heart stronger than that of all others, il IS a
lovo Of constitutional liberty al,l Republican
principles. They love The Federal Uuion in
the North, East and West, because they sir-
ooroiy believe, with Washington, that it is
The nalladium oflibc,ty and independence. -
It was this feeling which made thon fight for
the Uu'on, and tlc same feeling VII prompt
them 10 dive Tho radicals from powc. and
Office in Tho ensuing Presidential election
1AoSe y no hope OF any change with tho rad.
icai leaders, but the radical masses arc bc.
Sina,n3 to compare the condition 0. the couu-
try, oSprc2cn,, with whist it w,s ycl.a ago. -
They are bcs;nn;ny to feel The o., hand OF
!hc'r pity Al tho enormous taxes which ,!,cy ?
':..vo to pay, and in thc pro .traiou O. hex
commerce and manuGac,arcs
No coanoy was cvcrao h.ppy and prosper.
ons rs i',c%c Unitcd Sta;ca, fos tlc hist thi. =
o:".c' y sn.rs. ,lotic.io 1859, wrtn Ac3 Were
under Democratic rr(c. The radicals same
into power eight yc, IS since, by IN unfoslu.
nste division Of the Democratic p:;riy, aud
how Changed bas beer ovei hing since. By
shcr determination to make no compromise
with thc South, bloody war onsued IL
which 100000 Of American lives were SIC.
riiicod and $4,000, 100000 or 1000, 900, 900
o. money madly spent. When the war wac
ove|, astcad of rca;orias >:,c Unon, they
nave kept it disunitcd, and excluded I'll thc
So';hcrn S.a.os from tho couac;'s OF the 10
ton. hey have kept up sanding army,
~ hne Of peace, at Oil expense of Sl00,000,-
oo0, % elevate tho negro above tho white
m~u. They hayo incrc. sod hc batlcA o.
taxa. lou until it h.; bccomo into!crablc Thoy
established The Frcedman's Bureau at en OK
pcasc Of many millions, for .he. purpose Of
establishing radical tale throughout tue Sout',-
orn St!tcy. They have established military
dcspotsm ovcr ton States, suspontling thc
writ of habcas corpus, and suspent;iag The
civil court, with m;Iita.y commissions for the
trl OF civil and criminal laws They have
nsArpcd The power Of the Executive Dcpa,,-
mont and stripped the President of his mort
important constitutional prcrog.,ivcs They
nave encroachcd on The rights of the Ju;li,i,-
r,y, and manifested a determination TO aiyc
oo'co' 1o' OIL VIZ I'oNeiS VI MI .Hc Quiet Nc-
partmcns Of the Government
Undcr this system Of i.Yrnny and opnrcs.
sion, usuipa:ioa and dcsposism, they hayo &c.
s;"oycd The prosperity, tllc peace and hapoi.
noss Of Inc country, civil l:borty, ali cooat:,u u
t'on2' CHS I'D Republic. i principles. They
have boldly sol iho Fodcr,! Constitution,
Nhio;' they wcrc ;asoro 10 support, pIo.cc
i'5@! defend; It aol.'nc"l and ois'm . oc oo1.
-a. ops,iu d tnat G.%.c. oj' cMaiier Il o.dcT
20 pc pciut lie tlci, pay aud shor tyrnnly,
ii.cy have nominated for tho Presidency The
general commanding thoir armies. in order
70 sccurc tho election Of This military rom.
mandcr, they have passed an Aci Of Congress,
authorizing that body to rciisc the electoral
vote Of any Southean S.ats, unless the vo,o is
given for tho radical candidate for tho Prcsi.
dency Because the prcsont vir,t!ous anl
patriotic Chief magistrate would not sanction
their gross and palpablo violations Of the Fod-
eIal Constitution, they have imposohed him
of high crimes aud misdemcanos. In ordor
to prevent The Judiciary from declaring their
Illegal md unconstitutional legislation null
md void they lave passedlaws ropealing tho
hearing Of casos bofoie tho Supreme CouYtof
sthe United States. Thoy have expollod mems,