Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15
WALHALLA, s. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1869

| we must accept tho situation of things which
/ resulted from the war; that we must accept
all the changes that have been brought about
that we must look forward to tho future.
Nobody is more anxious than / to get over the
questions to pass by the questions, TINT have
been left to US as logacy by the war; Just
closed. But shall VIC submit 10 an innovation
like this ?--the most dangerous which was
ever attempted in any period of our national
history the most centraliziug, the must CAL
culated to change ou, free institutions into an
imperial despntisn and to take away the most
sacred rights Of the people Of. America. Now,
! arc wet look f"rward to an event which muy
never happen, and ought never to happen,
and announce our determination beforehand
to accept it! or are we as a party to stand, as
we have ever stood, for the right, and ACCEPT
the wrong, when we must, al,d not before /?
CHINESE QUESTION.
The Democracy, true to their traditions,
have in "ll tines past been in favor of cnlarg.
! ing the franchise aud extending it to all these
mcn'bers of sucicty who were capable Of being
amalgnn,ted with society. and becUn. inoor.
p"rate with 1t rs part OF the homogeneous
m'ss. The Do nocracy hive never becn in
favor Of creating c,stas in this country, or III
lowing castles to be created. [f there is Il
race among ns hetwnen whom nnl us God and
nature have set birreI that is irreversiblc,
who chnnpt be admitted ntn the s,cred and
holy relations Of domestic life, who cannot
marry our children, and whom our children
cannot marry; if such u race exists iu this
country, IL isl caste. nn1 to that the Democ.
racy is unfavor"bly disposed 1t might ne Of
no consequence if this broad and beautiful
country were dominated over by IN aristncra-
cy or an imperial despotism of what guilty
or character the meu who labor, aud toll are
but when We attempt to establish this CONT
nent commonwealth Of freemcn in which
oil adults (na!es) shall participate equally
. in the powers Of the Govcrnncnt, it is a
matter ut indispntibe necessity til; VIC hive
n" castles which we Can avoid. and that we
guard carefully how we admit others into so
cial and political partnership with us II re-
publican g"vernmcnt-l mem republican
government in the goud old sense ot Demo.
c,acy--it Free institutions arc to- continue to
exist it is bee use we are able to ecv. tr and
10 educate the muses. of our people. Oar IN.
c.,Sr.,r> TAUGHT nS that lesson 1t is D rt of
the tr,ditir,s handed down to us by them.
aud ! 10 day believe. and you to- day believe,
"a :.
II rs "h>'''":'"" '"h Jefferson t'nght 1t
sly 'io'''oFe. win respect 20 the Chinese
''h'%'i'''h' "on 'h'hR ii - ;''sf'i'''' they
Shp' Il com" he'e "'''h o''as"t ~ ne ci'r-
"c''r "' '"rced ''"or'rS' Or ~Aen coming o.
TIER own accord ! a'n'' ''''nS c'p h.''
amy f'ShS 'Es'"Sc IN" lihotcf ny "h'cH 1t IL
nn''h = ~ NrlhE VhnSo oai"@H ''rH; ana
""' o''''" 10 sec any q" ) 0! 'h9h con" Va
" th'S couh''f ~" "ho are D"t pau" o.
"'":' ""'''S'" "''d VIII" ''' '""'at' ~ ~
one "ohoS'nco"S m''S' hni ""h fh'"K
tn" NEST 'npof''"t 1"''s'o" 's' whether p''
tai Is to h' able to get raw Labor 1T . So''''.
what o'ie'pcf rate; nat th'"k ths sr'nd
a"cr"a" ''. question Is how we can best secure
fhe welfare an' h'pp'ncss OF tho millions OF
h"m'n oe''Ss Wh" co'Nn"se the American
people; h"w "ao'" pat restore tho ideal. deal c OF
ohr sF' " A"cr''an comm'n""'lth' to''nea
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