Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-09-04

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In demanding thoso measures and reforms
wo a,raigu the radical party for its disregard
OF right, and the unparalleled oppression and
tyranny which havo marked its career. Alto,
tho most solemn and unanimous plcdse Of
both Houses of Congress to prosecute tho war
exclusively for the maintenance Of the Gov.
crnment and tho preservation Of the Union
undor the Constitution, il has repeatedly vi
dated that tmo*A sacred pledge, under which
alone was rallied tha& noble volunteer army,
which carried oar flag to victory
Instead Of restoring the Union, it has,
SO :ar as is in its power, dissolved it, and
subjected ten States, in times Of profound
peace, to military dcspotism aud negro su.
prcmacy.
1t has null;ficd there the right of trial by
jury; it has abolished the hodeos so,p,ts, that
most sacred writ of liberty; it has ovcrtlrown
the freedom Of speech and press; it has sub
stituted arbitrary seizures and arrests, and
military trials and secret ar-chambcr iuuui.
s'tlons for the constitutional tribunals F; It has
d'sregar''ca, IN time of poaco, tire right Of
the people to be free from searches aud soiz-
ures; it has entered the post ai,d tolcgvapi,
Offices, and even the private rooms Of indivI-
ua's, ond sized their private papers aud lot
'ers, without any specific charge OF notice Of
affidavit, as required by the organic law; it
has Converted the American cspitol iuto a
bostilo; it has established system Of spies
and official espionage to which 10 oonstisu.
,ional monarchy Of Europe would now dare TO
resort; it has abolished tho right ofappesl on
important constitutional questions to tho su.
premc jadicial tribunals, aud threatens to
curtail or destroy its original jurisdition,
which is irrevocnbly vested by tho Constitu-
tion, which tho learned Chief Justice has
boon subjected to The most at,ooious calum.
nies, mcTcly because hc would not prostitute
his high Office 70 thc support Of The false and
partin;so charges prnterrad, against the Ppesi-
dent. Its colrpption and extravaganco have
exceeded anything known in history, and bv
its frauds and monopoiics it has nearly doub.
led tho burden Of tho debt created by the
war 1t has stripped the President Of his
constitutional power of appointment even of
his own Cabinet. Under it's repeated assaults,
the pillars of the Government are rocking on
their base, aud should it succeed in Novcm-
Der ne2s, and iuaugurate its President we will
meet, as q subjected and conquered people,
amid the ruins Of liberty and the yoattcrcd
Fragments ofthe Constitution, aud We do de-
clare aud resolve that, even since the people
of the Unitol States threw Of I'll subjcction
10 tllc British Crown, she privilege and trust
ofsulfragc have belonged to tho several States,
and have bccn granted, regulated aud oon.
trollcd exclusively by tho political power of
eaoh State respectively, and Chat any attempt
by Congress, on any prc.ext whatover to de.
priyeany State of this right, Or to interfere
with its exercise, is fragrant usurpat;on of
power which can find no warrant in tho Con-
stitusiou and, II sanctioned w ttfe people,
will subvort our form Of Government, andoan
only ond in single centralized and consoli.
dated Government, in which The separate ex.
istcncc Of tho State will be entirely absorbed,
and an unqualified despotism bc established
m place of n Fedora! Union Of 90 cqual States;
and that We regard the reconstruction Acts
(so-callcD Of Congress as such are usurpa.
tlons, and unconstitutional, revolutionary,
and void; that our soldiers and sailors, who
carried the flag Of our country to victory
against a most gallant and determined foe,
must ever be gratefully ren,omborred, aud all
the guarantees given in tncir favor muat be
faithfully carried into execution.
That the public lands should NC NC distributed
as widely as possible among tho people, and
should be disposed Of either under the pro.
emption ofhomestead lands, I'd sold in rea.
sonablo quantities, aud TO mono but actual CO.
cupants, ct tho minimum price established by
the Government. When grants Of the pub
lie lands may bo lowed, necessary for the en-
couragement Of important public improve
mcnts, the proceeds Of tho sale of suoh lands,
and not the lands themselves, should be SO
applied.
That tho President Of the United States,
Andrew Johnson, in exercising the poyer Of
his high Office in resisting the tsgresslons Of
Congress upon the constitutional rights 81 The
States and tho people, is entitled TO the gra'
titude Of tho whole Amerioan people, and in