Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-10-07

o'oN6>ho ~ o"Sh w ChC puiptV. uC plSuCucl
pccped over the edge Of the pulpit and saw
mcdiatcly said "let us pray" and, falling up.
on his knees said "Oh! Lord God, thank
Thee that this hat got baok safe Laugh.
ter. Nov we got tho nat back safe and that
Is great dcal II that can shy to vow in
Georgia is ego thou and do lik wise" /
hope you will do it.; you mustn't let North
Carolina stay ahead Of you. have no doubt
you have suffered over here, but not as much
us we have. Yours, know, is great State,
but still don't think that it lies in Georgia
to furnish such thieves as we had in North
Carolina Laughter Why, gentlemen,
their equals in the thciying business were
never created. They could steal anything
and everything. They could steal the nails
from the hiud shoes of kicking mule
Laughter ] But 70 ahead, gentlcmcn, as
we did, and you'll win. Attack the works
in front. Offer no compromise and accept
none, but fight squarcout fight, aud you
succeed. We would have no compromise in
North Carolina 1t is true they had one in
Virginia, but don't know how it will end.
We fought on principle and conquered You
must elect in whom you have confidence,
whether they arc acceptable or not, for "frec-
dom's battle once begun etc. Have no
doubtful guards on the walls-no men who
give forth an uncertain soun,.-no men who
"peradvcnture if.it please God perhaps" will
sound the trumpet when the enemy is com.
ing. And let me advise you to do as we di
in North Carolina in another respect
no false promises to tho colorcd pcoplc-no
promises Tint you can and won't fulfill. We
told them that We had opposed their cnfran
chiscmcnt and the amendments to the Con
stitution which conferred so much political
power upon them; but wc knew that it was
useless now to offer further opposition We
acquicscel in what VIC could not prevent, and,
if successful, would coufrm to them all the
rights which they then enjoyed. This policy
prevailed, and large number Of the colorcd
people voted with us, and thousands more arc
only waiting to see if our actions will square
with our words. And they shall sec The
first act of our new Legislature shall show
them TINT the simple word of Southc, N gen.
tlc,nan is worth more than all the oaths Of a
carpet bagger rscalawag. Applause We
will not wiring three hundred thousand dol
lars from the people with which to form
school fund, aud then spend it on vile and
contemplate militia raised to opprcss and
pcrsccutc the people. We will act so as to
make them sick of the Yankees, and show
them that their old masters and themselves
are natural allies. And the negroes arc be.
ginning to see this. They will not suffer
themselves to be fooled again. AS Que Of
their class, and a very sensible man, said the
other day, "Wh, darkcy is deceived with
his eyes shut he is fool but when lie is
fool" Apphuse.] This. gentlemen, is the
| I LII; n,
Georgia, and hope you are going to work
to accomplish what we have accomplished, -
| am anxious tc see Georgia stand side by
side with my own State. But before close,
let me tell you another thing which we did
in North Carolina. We won our victory by
abstaining from acts of violence. Our enc
mics wanted us to rise. The militia was
raised and put over us-citizcns were arrested
and hung until they were almost dead the
ancient modes Of torture were employed to
inctc fight. And suppose our brave
soldiers had risen. They could have whipped
the cowardly militia-that would have been
easy enough. But what then? A rebellion
would have been Proclaimed we would have
been ovcrrun with United States troops and
the State would have been ruined forever
We not only gained victory over tho enc,
my, but one, and greater one, over ourselves,
and saved the State, and, with the help of
few honest Judges, got some Of the very men
in Jail who prosecuted us, and they arc to.
night pccping from behind iron bars, and
mcdtating over their rascality. You must
fight like us. Stick to tho law and win
great victory. don't want you to say of us
what was said of North Carolina rcg.
mcnt during tho war. The Georgia and Al
ALBANIA and other State troops used to make
a good deal of fun of the North Caroinians,
and our boys liked to return tho compliment
when they could. One day | heard a North
Carolina regiment tauntne Virginia rcgi.
mcrt for failing to take battery, which the
North Caro'innns afterwards charged and
captured. After standing it little while,
one of tic Virginians sung out "d-n you,
you wouldn't have captured the battery either
if you hadn't thought there was 'smuns
behind it." Laughter. There was no
g 'simuns" behind the battery which we
took on the 4th Of August. If you don't
whip your fight N. G. will lead you, and I
don't want to see that I think, however,
that you will whip it. I read your papers,
and know how much aroused the people
are, ana from your recent charter elections |
know how enthusiastic are the people of Au.
gusta. believe, too that tho whole South
will soon array herself on tho side of law and
order. We arc not going to have any des
putic governments in this country Tho
present chaotic condition Of affairs will soon
pass away and our civil liberties will be res.
torcd to us aud made more precious than ever
IN occnunt of tho hlnoA NO hoyo cl,od opa tbo