Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-09-30
From tie Coiun,Jia N@air
The RsSllc Before thc Statc-A
Generous :ant1 General Rally
Demanded

The peace and the prosperity of South Caro-.
lima her interests, moral and matcrial-arc
involved in tho present State canvass Let
us hope that our people, from one end of
South Carolina to the other, duty appreciates
mcnts of South Carolina must combine to put
an end, in this State, to the era of msrulc
and waste and corruption. The issues in
South Carolina are Identical with those lately
before the people Of North Carolina There,
a great victory was won, and it is possible to
initiate the example set by our sister Statc.--
limr "asn is not unlike hers We nrrsnn, .is
following cXtracrs from the address issued
previous to the last election in North Carroll
na. 1t came from the Conservative members
of the General Assembly of North Carolina.
This address gave tone and direction to the
canvass, and in that spirit, aud upon that
platform, the anti. Radicals of North Carolina
won thrice glorious victory:
"Ihc dominant party arc organizing thor
oughy for the approaching camparn. and
you inpcril every important interest of the
State, il you Aattcr yourselves with the hone
that it will surrender the Government with
ont desperate struggle. We feel confident
that an equally Jealous and determined effort
on the part OF the conservative people of this
State, will insure them a thrice glorious vie.
tory i'll August next But to achieve it.,
they must be united and thoroughly harmo.
nious. In the presence of determined enc
my we cannot afford to divide among oursel.
yes. The past gorics or defeats Of old poiti
cal organizations should be among the things
OF the past. In the battle VIC arc about to
join against radicalism cklcss extravaganza,
corruption, swindling, imbcclity and partizan
tyranny, why should we stop to inunirc
whether our leaders were in the past, Wings,
Democrats, Unionists or sccessionists SO
they but lead us to victory and save us from
Il defeat, the result of which would be nothing
less than absolute ruin to the State? That
man who now attempts to cxhumc the buried
past to revive the prciudiccs born Of issues
long since dead, and which ouyht to be for
gotten, will Intentionally or unintcntioually.
contribute to the strength of our common
enemy let the chickering's of tho past be
hushcd; let us rise above the dwarfted idea
that would lead us to inquire what man s
politics were in the past let us but ask, is
he an opponent of radcaism, is he honest, is
he competent? Ulon this broad and elevated
platform you can inv,-c the good of"ll parties
and races to join you against that party, which
has levied aud collected taxes, without stint,
with one rand and scattered them J. wild
extravaganza With the other; that has intro.
duccd into our halls Of legislation, corruption
hitherto unhcard of there; that has elevated
to positions Of trust and profit, men wholly
unworthy of confidence; that has altered and
confused our laws until the administration
Of justice has become costly, and its attain
mcnt uncertain that has sought to subordi.
nate the civil administration to military pow.
or by proclamation Of martial law and petitions
to Congress for the suspension of tho writ of
ha6cas corpusj that has moro than doubled
the current expenses Of the State Govern.
ment; that has enormously increased the
State debt; that has ruined the credit of the
State; that has cast foul blot upon her
hitherto fair cscutcheon, and that for want
of craftsmanship, and for utter disregard
Of the necessities of the people, is without a
parallel in tho history of this or any other
State. With such u cause as ours, against
such party, the undivided ranks of conser.
vatsm must prevail.
"In tho last contest in this State, tho prin
cipal issues was upon tho question Of coorcd
suffrage and the civil rights of the colorcd
race. That matter has been decided, upon a
solemn appeal, by the people Of tho United
States. Tho guarantee of their rights, has
now become q part Of the Constitution. To
that Constitution, We have ever been willing
to defer, to the laws made in pursuance oft,
VIC yield, and ever have yielded a ready obo.