Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-04-14
What the People ssv.

~ -: Without intending to justify the not,
Is on, o,v,'"co Whsoh have been committed in n
10 hy' Is proper to set forth tho fact tb
D. ros,"s;., '"u'cai &oVernment Of this State
f. ".U'e '.;v 'of a'i the evils that are upon u
!. l1 Will be reeollected tha. the Union r
" m .,,n" pmu''y' m at tne last elections, proposed
.ety S'' political issues; to dividn til. otEo ..
~ ;,s H'"!e "na County, aud legislative sen,
. ." ''o co'ored race; to unite in earnest =,
.s . ~ ac'n'"'s'er ~ the government in the N
: fit of all. Wv 'or she oenc
This reasonable offer wns re;ectc5-,n,
"".s 'n'S" OF races was preferred; the bJa,.l
,",o was n'"ssed against the white man. no ~,
I"my 70 ms race. The result is before no
49, s'o 'ee'si"tnre. negro militia, negro ius
nocs' ro"stabIes and polio m.cu-tLe wI'lo "'
g. s,,l .'pe''"asssers and negroes. Men from MI
49, except South Carolina, govern md
.e'o oouth Carolina. Men who own M Gn.
~; ,""u !" me State. aud have no syunatlv
w." our people, impose the taxes. mukr H..
%@ppp'"pr'atlons %pp and fix. their own s,J,r;ss
"o naive S"uth CaroIinian, who navs tho
AoS' a"d supports the government IS no
"e''eaN--vo'celess in its haIls%f iecs1n,inn
th., n;'a ;'af",s =, s.''ue Shame trpon the priv
a"a.' WIN Fede'"l bayonets, forced snrh
- ,I'"nent ,h.; upon such a pcople-upun msn
~ D '"e'r own race and Country. Tho i"u, %
W. W. "u'chef'd the civilization of III, S,,,o
We are ruled by ignorance, and corrnn,;o,,
worso orso .nan ,h ignorance; aud by sharp knayrs
Taxation without representation is ,,o
~ tu,se OF any people, and we form no excern m
tlon to the rule Nv eAcecp-
o This party has been in po vcr but tbr,o
se'''S, ea ah'rendy they haze raised RI. t,xos
,o,, Is1' soof ,ooo in 1868. to ST 4395 U47 ;n
80 ! a'h worse thu that. if nnyth,n, c,m, -
- WE Sane me public debt is rcreascd fran,
~ IN 1868, when the. to * y n,..ma
VA u ,"e s"vernment. to 50, ,SG5 sos IN
~ ana that is not MI The l,uisl,I,r"
40 '"'ceii'd ne lien which the Stntr hnl,I :
), a"'r:f n Tor Sl.OO0,000 guaranteed fnr ~"
"o i'''Se road and the lien for 50 ono Oun .
', u"'""','h '"r the Glecnv' aud t,lumh;. >
"u A'd theSc nnhunts and We hayn ,hn ;,
'""" ,"" OF sl6.0UOUUU of nublc d'I, I u
."''st less thun SIS, 0Ju.U0O en- ih;s ,,," :. -
:pc' oag government @ns i,nuuura, ed lf ;,
" w I"e w"r OF three years. wi,nt nav co.. y,
peer should the government be- cnu,iny.a2 %2 -
.a' ca'e tn'y for the public debt, or ,Lo
az" u''her The negro paws ms ,,x L,,, -,
p'''' ma that is limited to one d, lI,r .,,,I d.
~, I,e purposes OF free s.nopls To cduc,t, h.
,'irem' - ,", Hereby hangs a tale. II j. .';a w.
"'ooV y OF tins poll Tx is unp4id- .ulv sin n.y., m
''cth II tue. tho Officials L,ro RI.
a""e their duty. Favo,itism has honn Wv
'"" !" the'r black flirntiS /, mn, ,ru, ~
'oo'ny J. has increased their bnnk de,,s,, ,.n,
= ,,'' ''".'ys thnt belong to the school fnna nm
."a'."n 'a,, t" all other taxes. anSnnuuI lev Th
/ yy{'''0O0 Is imposed under tho Sterling 'er'
e. ot's 81 m0nstro'is t'x'tion v3s for the sun ing
B g~s ~ n""ss' a"yernati6n yer" naaSti6ns,w we would
birth place Of the poet Burrs AID What I, j.,
loet What ii voice has he oiv,n =, .n ~
ndcarmen's Of home! How has he b,lIow"J
Is cf9SSHs tasap9S pSH' III II! &Ey turasHs ~
could, without Il c"npInlnt hut when ty
posed by adventurrrs, carpet Burgers aud dec
'r"cs for private uses, 10 hc true TO our out
yes. we muSt say, aop: This is p!undar---- loa
tnxati"n; robbery. not the legitimate cx aft
'dinre nf government. vir
" pass 20 nthcr grievances Our ftr mcr gu,
yes, headed by tllr>c carpet bpcgers. have an,
only assumed al the civil prwcrs Of the lin
tr, hut they are armed to tie teeth ny II cn
|itary fnrrc, to the exclusion Of any white al
'itla Thirty Thousand black bnvnncls pc,
" teen distributed. White men were mt
l'idcrcd fit to be entrusted with arms WA
II: we propose tn vrntilntc u ,ircr OF petty chs
amy that shocks The scn'im, nts of every tio
norable pcrs,n. y military academy, nf pr,
F. standing. has been re opened ut this ant
&c. At the head of this Institution is hc
It exemplary christian gentleman. He i, bee
h'd the use ct his own guns to drill his thu
IS The negro. armed by the State, with VIII
! aud rifle. is marched aud counter march.
: The more the hettrr-bnt " hitc ynutls- .,,
'"" h"ys-are not permitted to drill with
py guns '"'
LIT an"ther fact he set before the public.
>t prrvinns to the rrccnt elcrtinns, the tn
mptrol|cr General of tic State, in the pres OF
&c "i a large 'oncoursc of his black fnl try
Trrs. proclaimed that The 'Rndicals would trt'
e the State or SO Gil the land with burn an'
. buildings that vegetation would not OF
"ut J. The seed. sown in madpess antl tat
Iy. have gc,mnated sooner than expected hi
In this county alnnc, twelve nccndiary Del
's have consumed the buildings of peace. on
CT lzcns, in ns many nights OF
An armed band-not OF unknown PERSONS
nt disguised negroes. under cover nf niuht
ID upDn the store Of II. a. Doug lass, q tn,
reliant in this county, drove the clerk from sec
premises and filed themselves with plun on
:. n part of these fclnns have been ar. tn,
ted--nct put to death hut lodged in tn,
son. tried in open court, convicted and III
'te"ccd to the peni,entiary Here is u col
c Of u,nrkcd lnwlrssncss on one side con. on
vatism IN the other O.her examples of wi
,ience, and thrcats and 'swlrs. nts ON the mi
IT at the negroes in this county, might he an
ntioned. 1t was only last week, that an of
rndinry applied Il lightrh natrh To n stora