Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-30

be the champions of their rights Some of
these got elected Senators, other Represents
tivcs, some Shcriffs some Judges, and so on.
Aud there they stand, right in the public
eye, stealing and plundcring, many of them
with both arms around negroes, and their
hands in their rear pockets, seeing if they
cannot pick paltry dollar out of them; and
the public looks at them, does not regard the
honest Northern men, Lntcalls every "carpct-
baggcr" thief, which is not the truth by
good deal But these fcllows-many of them
long faced, and with eyes rolled up, arc great
ly concerned for the education of the Blacks,
and for the salvation of their souls. Great
laushtcr.] "Lct us pray" they say. But
they spell pray with an ''c,' and, thus spell.
ed, they obey the apostolic injunction to
"prny without ceasing."
Fellow citizens, the timc has been and still
is, when it was pcrilous to be known as
Republican or an Abolitionist in the South,
butt never called the blush of shame to any
mans check to be so called, until these thiev-
ing carpet -baggcrs went there! IApplause.)
They get into the Legislature; they went to
issuing State bonds; they pretended to use
them in aid of railroads and other improve.
mcnts But the Improvements were not
made, and the bonds stuck in the issucrs'
pockets; Iaughter.] That is the pity oft.
"Wen,' some say, "you have Just such
thieves at the North" Yes, we do-too
many Of them ! Applause But the South
Was already impovcrishcd-wos bankrupt
without money, without thrift, almost without
food and these fellows went there robbing
and swindling when there was very little to
steal, and taking the last ten cent shinplaster
off Of the dead mems eyes. They were rec
ogniZcd by the late aristocracy not merely as
thieves but as cucmics. Says Byron's Greek
minstrel.
''A tyrau--brt our masters then
We're still at least ccun;rymcn."
Thus We record the men who annually rob
us at Albany, at Trenton, and at Harrisburg
They do not erry their plundcr out of the
State when til y get any. These fellows do
The South was not merely beaten in the late
contest, she was profoundly astonishcd by the
result. Her people have not fairly got over
their amaZcmcnt at their defeat and what
they see OF us, arc these thieves, who repro.
stut Tue North to their jaundccd vision, uud,
representing it, they disgrace it. They are
the greatest obstacle to the triumph and pcr-
mancnt asccndancy of Republican principles
at the South, and as such l denounco them.
APPLAUSE.
OuR RIVAL RADICAL RINGs.--A Wash
ington letter Of Sunday to the Baltimore Ga
:ette says:
A war has been going on for some time
between the Radical factions in South Carroll.
na--that of Governor Scott on the one side
and Senator Sawyer on the othcr-which has
resulted in the defeat Of the former. Upon
representations made by Governor Scott and
his faction, United States Marshal johnson,
son Of the Hon. Rcvcrdy Johson, was sus-
pended, and Mr.. Wallace nominated to sue.
cecded him as marshal Hearing of this,
Senator Sawyer and his faction set at work to
defeat Wallace, and have been SO far success
ful as to top the issuing of tho commission to
Wallace, thus leaving johnson in office, The
President, few days since, informed John.
son that he had learned that the representa-
tons and charges made against him (John-
son) were false, and he should not be removed
y dispatch to the Baltimore ,yun of the
same date says:
Before leaving for Long Branch Friday
evening, the President rc.appointcd Major
Louis H. johnson, son Of Hon. Rcvcrdy John
oon, United States marshal for South Carroll
ma. Major johnson was removed short
time since through the instrumcntality Of
Congressman Wallace, aided by his colleagues,
Elliott and DcI,argc, and sou of Wallace,
who held the possession of assessor uf inter
nal revenue at the time, appointed to the
place. 1t was charged that Major johnson
had refused to arrest rebels, and that all his
deputies were Democrats. These charges
having been investigated and proved ground.
less, Major johnson was rc.instatcd.
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THE SABBATu.--I think with shudder
sometimes on what life would DO without the
Sabbath, if day after day the great wheel of
the world went round with ceaseless clatter,
never rest in motion, never pause in
sound l speak of the Sabbath only in its
original meaning, rs word that signifies
crest" And in this very sense it is by most
men, and ought to b. hy all, esteemed the
very greatest of all tho blessings which the
Almighty Benevolcncc has bestowed upon
man. The worst Sabbath. breaker Of all is
the migrate, who is not thankful when the
Sabbath comes round lie may 60 to church
three times, and be austere in all outward
,obsorvanccs, but he breaks the Sabbath in
his heart if he rcjoces when it is over
He who thoroughly enjoys his day of rest,
lives from morning till night in q state of
thankfulncss to the Almighty; the incense
of praise is cc ,tinually rising from his heart.
l do not envy Q man who does not. hail the
advent of the Sabbath and rejoice in the rest
it vouchsafes.