Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-03-05

him, and the earnest co. operation of the Dem.
ocratic party will be with him, if he shull
show himself entitled to it. Panoplied in the
strength which his position gives him, he can
stnpd up and let a dozen factions beat against
him us if they were pillows and no a rock
General Grants military nerve is firm. lie
has given some signs that his moral nerve is
good. His political nerve untried. The tri.
al is to come. Either he will COVER before
the spirit of faction, or the spirit of faction,
after a bricf show Of opposition and rebellion.
will cover before him. He can make himself
one of the noblest figures Of our time to the
eyes of the present age and of posterity. If
he possesses the great qualities which his ad.
mlrers ascribe to him, he has only to reach
forth his strong hand toward success, and he
will secure it in a grasp from which it can
not be wrcnched. lie can stay the usurpa-
tions Of Congress as a strong man would quell
the struggles Of infancy. If he has the head,
the heart, the strength for tho work, he can
set his name upon the tallcst mountain pima
clio of the ages history. Hc can make his
fame as a successful warrior, however bright,
grow dim in the effulgcnoc Of his character
as a patriot, q statesman, and a sage. Let
him address himself, with his whole will and
might, to the grand duty of making tho I'm.
ion, the Constitution aud the laws what they
werc before the evil days came upon us, and
he will find himself backed by y moral, a Do.
l%itical, and, If necessary, a physical force. TINT
no other human force upon our continent can
couutervail.
The Fifteenth Amendment Beginning to see
its Effects.
The constitutional amendment adopted by
the United States Senate il denounced by
some Of the prominent radical journals, who
see that it is time to resist the cncroachments
Of Congress upon tho rights Of the States. The
tendency towards Capitalization is beginning
to be rebnkcd by republican party organs.-
They see the danger that must result from
stripping the States Of all power, and confer.
ring tho same upon Congress. The Provi-
dence Or. } Jomrnat says:
Should this amendment be confirmed by
the States, and 40 into effect, it cannot fail to
work a very important change in the govern
mcnt and institutions of the special qualifca.
tions for holding Office in any of the States,
and will inevitably require very important al
t~crations in several Of the State constitutions,
MS we'll as in the relations Of all the States to
the gea'ral government. 1t wAl prove by
far the longest step that has thus far been ia
ken toward tho consolidation Of our political
power and the virtual overthrow Of the State
institutions.
"a change like this which is proposed by
the Senate is fundamental and far reaching.
AS WAS earnestly contendcd by'seyerul leading
members Of that body, it is essentially rcvo.
I, lutionary in its tendencies and results Our
political system will be very grcatly modified
by its operation, aud with the facility which
will thus be introduced Of making still fur.
ther changes, it ia impossible fully to estimate
ar even to anticipate the ~ulterior consequen.
ces that arc likely to flow from it. Out Of u
necessity which tho rebellion forced upon tho
States Of the South, and which really per.
tuined only to them, the champions Of q par.
t%icular theory of social rights have carried
through the Senate q change in the funda.
mental law which strikes down everything
like local independence in State affairs, and
abolishes all power in q State ~ protect itself
against any social or political evils to which
it may be especially exposed. The eonstitu'
ton Of the United States, rs thus amended,
will clearly no longer be the constitution
which was adopted by our fathers. With
such a provision, even as y possible a%nticipa
tion,i could never have passed tho conven
ton of 1857; still less could it have been NC,
ccpted by the popular convention Of any Of
: tho States. If it is now confirmed, it will be
only at overthrow Of State constitutions, un,
der tho spurious guiso Of a constitutional
amendment 10 favor of fro .dom."
The "Chioago Tribune" also has a bold
article on the subject. II says
State officers are not, like voters, consti
} tuonts of the national government. Their
qualifications may be safely left TO the peopl.
Of the State. The constitutions Of tho sew
I eral States provide varions qua ia ~ tions
for their officers. The Governors Of som,
Suites arc required to DO native born citizens
D Under each State we have a variety Of Offices