Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-11
The Esayonet Spreading.

Inc instructions which proceeded from
the North are returning to plague the "invcn
tors 1900 troops are sent to New York to
see that the "freemen" there do as the Gov
ernmcnt want them to do "Fremcx" arc
played out" "Frcdmcn" are tho soul and
spirit of this nation. That name is the maio,
oblgato to which all national harmony must
now be subordiuated
1t is very plain here in the South that
liberty is ended; and it is but Just that this
information should become general. It is
but just to the Government that those ruled
ty it should understand it's true nature, and
respect it accordingly. 1t is but Just that
the measure meted out here should be dis.
trlbuted leaping to all parts of the Union.
AS at the North, before the war, it was as.
serted that the Union could not exist half
slave and halffrc SO is it equally impossible
Gffcr the war that the Uniou can exist half
slave and half free
The sending by the Federal Government
OF some four or five regiments to the greatest
city in the Union to spy upon and subduc
the people is a striking incident of the cen
trallze1 power of that strong Government.
That any portion Of the '.cople should be
gratlficd by this mauifcstat on is the rcpeti
ton OF the historical fact t! at tie people are
ever betraylng themselves and SACRIFICING
their liberties for temporary personal or par
ty benefits. 1t is also repetition of the
moral story of the selling of souls to the devil
for temporal qualification. They who play
the traitors will find too soon their folly. 10
day ono party may suffer and another may
gam by calling in power to assist in control.
ing public opinion to the advantage of those
who support usurpaton. Tomorrow the
gamers will be the losers, and the whole land
may find that through folly and depravity the
most n, precious jewel ever possessed by pco.
nor ao,;, - -'' and freedom from the
'ov again 70 be recovered ''oA' .ao
Had such movement as Lnls, OF soldiers
to overawc the people, tnkcn place thirty
years ago, the people of the United States
would have risen as one man, and such
storm as would have been then raised would
have shaken the continent The first step
which opened the path for all that followed
was the rejection of the compromise Of '61
and the destruction of State rights by the
placing of the bayonet over the South The
North prepared itscll for conquest by roting
over the subjection Of the South, aud by con
tinuing measures after peace for the humila
ton and oppression of her people. The bayo
net became the recognized agent for the pur-
poses of party as well as goOcrnment, and
the people acquicscc in its use without mur-
mur or sign.
1t is useless to talk about liberty in the
face Of these facts. Yet we cannot but feel
gratiGrd that the bayonct is spreading itself
If there is a latent spark Of independence,
the strcl will elicit it. If there is not, it is
well to know it, and it is furthermore we'll
for peace and order that the whole nation
were assmilated under arbitrary rule, and
that it should not be hay slauc and half free.
We cannot cease wondering, however, at
what VIC see. The Northern people are as
simple as the ostrich with its head hidden in
the sand and imagining that its body is secure.
The nnads Of such people must indeed be
dcluaed and obscurcd. That which is done
to secure Republicans in power to-day may be
soon done to secure another party in the
Offices, cmoluments and power of the Govern
ment, and that usurpntion and that tyranny
which ovcrawe and disnblea party to, day will
assuredly enslave the whole nation at q day
near at hand
How THE WEST GaOws Forty years