Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-25
O O m m uni Q ations s.
FOR TIE KEowEE COURIER.
PIcKENs, G. IT,, s. G., Juno 10, 1860

etc mark the ago, shoot folly as it flies,
And catch tho manners living rs they riso.''
DEAR SIR: The above has been suggested
by the prevailing pcculiaritics of these times
of RIGHTEOUSNESS, arson and murder, mora
dcpravity, political rottenness, distrust, envy
and righteousness. Tho latter of these ap.
ply to Individuals, are indiosyncratio and cx-
tensively prevalent. If there exist any laws
divine or positive and instituted to regulate,
define and prescribe the duties of man as a
moral, and social being, they arc certainly
much abused, and the divine, like the munic.
ipal, is no more regarded than if it was the
offspring of mongrclism. Has the moral
code been so revised, ncw.modclled and
amended, is human nature grown so depraved,
that the vilcst sins, dnplicay not the least,
may DO acted without awaking the sleeping
faculties Of a scared conscience! 1t may DO
abused and silcnced but when death awakes it,
it will prey intolcrably upon tho guilty soul
and increase 4 thousand fold tho anguish of
utter despair. individuality is merged in
that dsmnablc parasitism, that characterize
this age, and is sapping the foundations of
civil government, moral rcctitudc and social
worth. May ali this be attributed to defcc-
tive education Instructive moanncss and
Ignorance propagatcs vice. Much of the dis
order is but the result of the lessons ~inculca.
ted by that miserable crew, that infcsts our
country, vulgarly called "Carpet Baggcrs"
who embarked to make q fortune out of tho
ruins Of the country; but who have eviuccd
that they arc fit for nothing but to clean n
stable or sweep a chimney.
If tho late municipal elections in Wash
ington, that pandcmonium Of earth, with the
militia scenes Of Tennessee rc.onactcd in
North Carolina don't widen tho breach that
already portcnds a collapse OF mongrclism;
then we know Of no a%ntidoto, but time for
the cup Of wickcdncss to be exhausted, that
tue drcgs may poision its vitality.
Angels of mercy bend in-no, no, stoop
not, we implorc you, lest you shrink in hor.
ror and s~tartlc Heaven with your cries.
Thos. Perkins, Robt. lI~ollingsworth, Gus.
Hamilton, ED. Boggs, Marcus Boggs and
Wallace Boggs, were committed to Jail in this
place yesterday, by virtue of q warrant under
the hand and seal of a magistrate in Abbc-
vile, on the oath of the United States Con
stable Hubbard. They arc charged with
being implicated in the murder of Willard,
as also the burning of his stables.
Are We under civil or military rulc7 Who
commands the military? I ask these qucs-
tons because TIE CONSTABLE very authori-
tativoly avowcd, if these parties were liberated
from prison by virtue of the "IIabcas Corpus
writ he the said Constable, would put this
county under military rule We suppose
negro rule. Oh Radicalism turn pale and
tromblc for:
The old Democracy will yct arise,
And to rcmotist time;
Bcqucath like sunset to tho skies,
Tho splcndor of her prime
Crops arc doing SO well, that the late prov
alent depression among farmers is giving
way. Wheat is said to be better than for
years past the head is short, but we'll filled
and promises u rich and abundant yield.-
Corn and cotton have como out SO that farm
crs are not SO badly hurt aftor all.
PIONEER.
FOR THE KEOWEE COURIER