Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-01
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Root, Hog, or Die!
Such is the classical heading to leading
article in a late number of the I" Now York
Tribune" Gre elcy admits the distress which
exists throughout the South-that in some
portionsJat least, the people are threatened
with actual starvation; but he consoles him
sof with the reflection that it is only the
demon Of slagerSs srending his;victim, prepa-
ratory to going out Of him." and calling his
own peculiar philosophy to his aid, ho ex,
claims Justly, "Root, hog or dicr' It is
true that gratuitics, indiscriminatcly and un
wisely distributed among apcopc, are calcu-
lated to do more injury than good. They de-
stroy that, spirit Of independence and self-re-
lance which licssat the very foundation of in.
dividual, as we'll as national prosperity, and
afford at best but temporary relief. The hog
that will not root should die, and the man who
will not help himself when he has an oppor.
tunity of doing so, is neither deserving of the
great boon Of life nor the respect of his fo!-
lowmcn. But the position of the Southern
people is not that of the. scheming mcndi.
can't who wishes to cxtort aims from the more
industrious, that he may live ON in idlencss
for is its rights, according to the traditions
and representative institutions Of republican,
ISM 1t is simply demanded that the taxes
which have been cxtortcd from our people, in
defiance of constitutional usagcs, at least,
should be returned. Nothing is asked as aims
and nothing is required beyond our proper
proportion of the taxes, which, though ul-
represented in the National Legislature, VIC
are obliged to pay. 1t is true, that the ne
groes, who have been utterly dcmoralizel by
radical interference, makea special appeal for
relief, as tho. nations wards" but tho viii 9
people do no not join in this demand Re-
lievc them from the depressing effects of rad
cal usurpation, and. they could and would fnd
means to help themselves Let the people
manage their own affairs, political as well MS
industrial, and, as the New Orleans Times"
remarks, the regenerating effects Of such u
course would be felt at once. by both the ne
groes and the whites. 1t is a bitter mockcry
to put ring in the nose of a hog, or grind.
ing despotism over q section of our common
country, and say to other ss.Roc., ho:s, or
ulpe Vet, notwithstanding Pharsaical pre-.
tehslons 70 the higher laws of humanity and
christianity, and the cruel impositions i'm.
posed upon our people, in tho eacred though
.prostituted name of liberty, the PHILOSOPHER
OF the "Tribunc" excaims, in the excess of
his benevolencc: "The best that the nation
can do is to say promptly, pcrcmptori1y, con-
clusivcly to the South to whites and blacks
alike Root, hog, or die bind man
hand and foot, and then tell him to help him.
sell Consistency, thou art jewel"
C0lumGia IH0niu
GY" By $4,000 majority, tho people Of
Ohio decided at the late election that no ne.
gro shall have tho rghS of suffrage in that
State. Steps arc being taken in the Lcgisa-
ture to carry out this determination Of tho
people. Mr.. Pennistcr, Of Pike County, has
introduced a bill making it penal offence for
any judge of the election to receive a vote
from any person who has ga visible admix-
turo of African blood" 4
'f BeO- Mr.. John Henry, of Charlotte, Vir.,
ginia, the last survivor, save. one, Of the
children Of Patrick Henry, and tho owner Of,
the old family cat,andS bulial place of tho
great orator, diod at his residence at Red I,s
on the 7th inst, in the I'D year Of his ago,
of paralysis. ss !,
INcENDIARIsMs ON THE TNoREAsE.---On
last Friday night, the gin. house Of Capt. J,fI
H,sMcKnight, containing Ifs cropyof cotton
for 1867, was destroyed by fire. Tho cause
Of the fire isattributcd to the agency ofaono
or moro of the fcnds whose ineondiary fires
have so frequently Of late lit up tho darkness
Of night in our District. Again on last Mon.
day night about o'clock, the largo and hand
some store of Mcssrs. Ingrahnm & Oliver,
with tho post Office and revenue Office at
tachcd, woro entirely destroyed
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