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


bio with the acknowledged duties and oblga.
tions of American oitizens wo proclaim Iris
n public organization, open to thc pSble,
whose interests wo desire to subscrpo, lbnd
whose liberties we desire to protect aud deffd,
in common with our own.
That the thrco coordinate department. of
the Federal Government tho legislatiYs, e&,
ccutivc, and judieial must be maintaiaeA ip
their several spheres, in all thoir righ9Sat
ties, and prcrogativcs under tho ConstiS.NispI
and that any and MI attemptsJof citheftif5AA
| oroach upon tho province of tho othors aSe ip
their nature dangerous and destructive ofthB
balance Of power essential to tho peace at,l
pcrmanenoo Of our Government. ,>---l,
That tho Radical majority in Congress, BY
their indecent haste, and donial of timo for
dclibcration and debate i'll the passage Of in
portant measures of vital interest. acknoyl-
edge tho consciousness of wrong aid Of tl1ir
purpose to accomplish their partisan o6fsSfs>
in disregard Of the rights and interests ol the
people.
/. That wo arc opposed to the suspcneion
or destruction Of the political soyoreigntx of
ten States of our Union by the arbtrarySi,l
| unconstitutional action of Radical Congress-.
2. That wo arc opposed to tho establish
! mont of military despotism in these SaAtes,
by which tho lives and property Of ths;RRco.
| pic arc attic option aud unaes tho ftsol
of military commander
3, That wo aro opposed to that aesp6tiOm
for other reasons, and because productive Of
| discomfort, fear, suspicion, and insecurity
the energies, the cntcrpriao and productiye-in-
dustry of the country arc paralyzcd, aud tho
people impoverished.
4. That wo arc opposed to the qualification
| of inhumanc, sectional, and partzan inalig-
nancy against the people Of the Southern
| States, at the cost and expense of the pro
ductivc industry and daily toll Of our laboring
classes, who arc thus compelled to pay their
own and the taxes Of the exhausted South
5. That VIC arc opposed to negro suprcma-
cy and the domination Of All inferior, dcgra-
dcd race in these States, by which oncthird
of our States arc to bo ruthlcssly abandoned
to the mismanagcmcnt and control Of barba-
rism; and that it is not in the heart Of Amer-
lean citizenship to brook the REIMBURSEMENT
of that vast Southern domain to negro suwr-
crship, whilst rovcrcd memories Of the he.
tlcGods of the American Revolution, ahl
the tombs Of Washington, Madison Jefferson,
Marion, and the patriots and sagos Of that no.
bic era hold place i'll our hearts.
6. That we arc opposed to the cxtravagant
and criminally corrupt expenditures Of the
Radical administration of the Government.
7. That VIC arc opposed to all monopolics
and class legislation, by which tho rich are
made richer at the sacrifice and expense of the
agricultural, ,ncchanica, and aboring mass
8. That VIC arc opposed to that frcnziod
madness of partisan ranoor which places loyc
Of country, devotion to the public good, an6
| t1,,, ~
nobloSt impulses Of true patriotism) as sccon.
dary and inferior to the dictatoral bohosts q,
"party fcalty;" and ,yc hold that honesty
capacity, aud fidelity to tho Constitution iasf,
y aYbryqe#~ slll 9saaisItss fox a0iita "a
| 0. Thas tto,o2 xa1orem principle Of d
scssmcnt by which the property of the eass'
try, i'll whatever form, is made subject to III
I equal and just ration of taxation, is tho osil
Just and equitable mode of supplying NE
needed revenues Of the Government, and tyo
arc opposed to all nyidious discrimina ticus
rendering public securities exempt from tax
alton, and by which the laloring classes arc
thus forced . the payment Of their own and
taxes Of tho bondAollcrs
~. That VIC arc opposed to tho Freedmen 5
Bureau, maintained at tie cost of million. OF
the peoples money, harboring in vicious idle.
ness and rroflgacy hordos of uDthrifty and
indolcnt negroes
ii. That the pretended education Of tho
negroes Mt the South under the lErccdl,cn's $
Bureau system, at tic costand expense of the
| people, while our own systom ID no'oTiUeslY Y
inadequate to rho proper education of waits
children, presents the glaring aud atroc;ous
inconsistency of our paying for twelve months
| schools for Southern negroes while our school
funds arc insufficient for tho maintenance Of
| public schools in Indiana for period equal
to one fourth Of that enjoyed by negro chill.
| drcn of tho South. !,
| The organization Of the State shall be ms
| follows: One major general, one adiutant
general, and one quartcrmastcr-g general The
above named officers shall constitute tho exc.
cutivc committee, with headquarters at In,
| dianapolis
One brigadcr general for each Consrcssiona
al district who shall appoint his own staff
For each regiment, the army rcgimcntal or
CARNATIONS For each company, the compa.
| ny organization of the army. ~,
| Tho companies Of one or mo,o countics'
shall constitute regiment, and tho clubs of
| one or moro townships or wards company,
Each company and regiment shall mako its,
! own BY laws for its government.
1t shall be tho duty of the co,nmandineI
general to preside at all meetings OF tho cxo,i
cutivo committee, and to give all orders touch.
ing the welfare of the organization.