Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-12-17
THE PRESIDENTS MGs3akG.

70 lie 'Sc"cfc on@ HouSc q RcprcscI ItaNscs
IN coming before you for the liysttino o.
chirl Naeislrmtc Of Il great nation, i,ia wit,
gratitude to tho Givrr Of All Good rar III,
many bo"e.iis We enjoy. Wcara b!cjcd vii!
peace at home. without cntnngiing i!iancus
abroad TO Gnrebolc trouble with alnrri:ory
unsurpassed in fertility and area, Cd Il to al,
abundant support Of iivc hundred millions OF
people ahounding in every variety ,f fu.nrul
minerals, in quantity sufficient to sp>ly The
world !Or gcncraionf, c&ubrrant cron variety
OF climate, adapted to the ioy,utionof every
species Of the oar!h's riches and suil to t',c
habits and tastes and rcquiromcnts1f cvcyv
living !in@--a population oi' iortyni!ionS
of free people sr";,kin" one l;rgnagraciliies
tor every mortal to acquire education ins. itu.
tons closing to no.c the avenues tu.mc, or
any blessing of fortune t!iat may haovctcl,
ir2edou Of pulpus, press and sc'ocl, rrycn-
| ne flowing into the national TrcaSur,boyond
the requirements Of government. Earpily,
harmony is being rapidly restored wiiin our
cwn borders Manufactures hithto IN.
Ennwn in our conatry are sprincin4 > in III
sections, producing degree of nrtio.lind.
rc"d3n'c nncqN,;lc! hy and otherp9wcr
1l'e"c blessings, an;l countlcss o;!crs.rc en-
trusted to your care and minc Cor s,fa ,cpiar,
iur the hvint period Of our teuurn o!oiiicc.
Ina short iuc We must, each Of usynturu
TO the ranks OF the people who have co,errcd
our i'oaors, and account to them for ouIstcw-
arlsE!p. earnestly desire that nclthl yo,,
nor may be condemned by our free d!igh,
tened constituency, nor By cur o;gn colcen,
cCs.
THE LATE WAR.
Emorginr frou: rebellion of gsantionae
ni'nao, aided as il was By the sYnpatheand
assistance CT ,r.iona, With nich we WEB Mt
peace, eleven States Of the Union wcr,sour
years ago, left without legal State CORN
nlrnts \ national debt had been co.Rac
ted Ancllcan commerce was almost divcn
frcm ;hc seas; the industry oronc.huf the
coNntry bad been taken rom the cont,! Of
the capi;a!iSis, and placed where all lbor
r'gltful!y belongs, in tho keeping Of til la.
torcr The work Of restoring the Satc
Governments loyal to the Union, Of price
ting and fostering free labor, providing mans
for paying the interest on tho public dcbthas
received ample attention from Congrosa al.
though your efforts have not met with success
cd, yet ON the whole they have been lore
than could have been reasonably
Seven Of the States whichoa
Sc the Ordinance of Secession, have bcclul
~ restored to their places in the Union.-
GEORGIA.
The eighth Georgia held an election ut
witch she ratified her Constitution, Rcp,bli.
cnn in FORM and elected Governor, MIA.
bcrS of Congress, State Legislature, and dl- !
'r officers required of them by the Recon |
strnction Act of Congress- Subsequently
however, in violation of the constitution
which they had just ratified, as since decided
y the Suplcmc Court of the State, they I'm.
cat cd tie coiorcd members of the Lceisa
nc, aud adn,i.tcd to seats soino members
,ho arc disqualified by tho third clause of tho
fourteenth .Sncndmcnt, an article which
hey themselves had contributed to ratify |
Under these circumstances, would submi; |
. you wlcthct II would not be wise, withou.
clay, to enact law authorizing the Cover
or of Georgia to convene tho members orig. !
ally elected to the Legislature, requiring
nch to take tho oath prescribed by tho Re- !
obstruction Acts, aud mono to be admitted |
Tho aro Ineligible under tho third clause of
he Fourteenth Amendmom
THE FREEDMEN,
ndcr tho protection which they have received,
rc making rapid progress in learning, and no
'clr part wnen' rncy receive far fcmuncra-
on for their labor
PUBLIC LEI5T.
Tho means provided for paying tho inter
It on tho public debt, with all othor expen-
. fthe Government, arc moro than ample.