Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-05
VOL. III,""""NO. 35.-
Radical Ruflianism.


!, oyer one hundred mombers. The services
wore held IN the court house, the Radical
! wing 81 the Methodist Church having takon
s torclpio possession of tho Church South. Az
pl'shs DO anticipated, thoItalicals were arols.
60 aho, IN keeping With thor tactics, cont.
mchccd furious crusade against those who
were laborinyTso earnestly for the oonver.
$40" ot souls Nsh indignant, ''loyalistp
burning with rage at what was going on.
mus vents his ragcin communication to TIM
Jonesboro " Union Flag" boldly urging mob
Ia" to put stop to the revival Juse listen
to the loyal" gush
! EDITOR FhAa: am sorry 60 SEQ
there has bccn progressing in orr m;dsf,G1s
rooel revival Of religion for the past few days 81
headed by men whose hearts arc as black - M
'he mudsllls of the eternal world, and whosd,
arm,p'ts arc dripping with the purcst blood
OF hast Iennesscc's loyal sons, shed in tho
accurscd rebellion. Such characters or 4,
othor wo is, such demons, arc id. not on,v
with contempt of every true citizen. but tho
oSccrat'on and scorn Of every living being
lt"ere they who turned the cogwlrcciis Of
scoelllon and brought about the dreadful 90.
lamlty of four years carnage and devnstot;on
Are these pusillaniraous usurpcrs to occnnv
our court housc-thc temple Of iusiioe-.;n
the very teeth of loyal men who offered tbe;r
nv nves as a sacrifice for liberty? God forbid,
Then lot the loyal people take hold Of this
matter ana c(ean item out. Certainly our
county court, composed as it is Of true and
soou loyal men, arc not going to suffer such
Stalh upon tho fair cscutchcon of Washinp-
ton county as to allow these rebel scalawacs
10 desccrato our house of justice. If so. thew
are not the mon tho loyal men of Wasbinoton
county take them to be. Lot thom resoind
''e iliagi5a5 osaa,iir'top.tho occupancy Of tho :
court house at once, aud thus show unon
which side they stand"
iommnnting on this. tho nTfnion I,oo. 81
ita "a hferistia liboraitY, mEKha
infamous proposition: "
Let tho members Of our county court, who
have a drop Of loyal blnod in their veins.
come up like men at tho next torn Of the
court and drive these rcbc! ,missarios from
the temple of Justice. Let them beware Of
the pressure brought against them bv robcls
and coppcrhcads, and allow no "pcrsuasivc
eloqucncc" to turn them from tho path of
duty, and they will receive tho combined aid
OF every loyalist in the land. We trust every
Union soldier throughout tile country will be
in Joncsboro on the first Monday in May.
lie Test OArI.-ln the order directing
tho asscmbage Of the South Carolina J.cgis.
laturc, General Candy prescribed that the
members elect should subscribe to tho " test {
oath" The following paragraph, which ap !.
pears in the Northern papers, indicates THAI,
Gen. Candy has made mistake and that. .as&ai
oath will not be required d bM1alHtiY9 S1lH
" According to a Washington tclting tho
General Grant has instructed General Mopent,
that the oath prescribed by the Rcconstruu-,
ton Acts to be taken by all persons elected
or appointed to Office in tho socaled States
of the South is not to be taken by those cleo
ted under any new Constitution which NAV
be adopted, unless the Constitution itselfso
provides"
Some time ago General Meade expressed
the opinion that tho members cf the Georgia
Legislature would be required to take tho
test oath Recent advices from Georgia.
however, state that he has arrived at O diffor.
ont conclusion, and that the mcmbors elect
will beaiiowed to take their coats on subscrib-
ing to tho oath required by tho Constitution
recently adopted. j We iaolisa to the opinions 1
that tho test oath : will not be required Of
any officer in this State, as, after the Consti-
tuition shall bo accepted by Congress, there
will be an end Of tho " so ,callcd" States, and
the Reconstruction Acts, at present in exis.
tsppoo, ss.... KorhOilte EaQsssay-ssy. Il,
NSa, The New York I,tbuuc declares that,
nothing now prevents the President from
ann"liing every law passed by Congress rela.
tive to reconstruction. He has only to de- !
claro void the military bnl recall tho depart.
mcnt commanders, dissolve and disperse tho
Southern State Legislatures, and summon
new Legislatures to be elected by tho white
vote only. If Gan. Grant refuses 20 itaae or
transmit such orders, the President NAV an.
nul the bills placing the control of the army
under Grant, and order him to report for
duty at Galona, Illinois Having had new
State Governments elected in the South on
the white vote only, he may cell q special