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


such rejection takcssplao simultaneously
with charges openly mqdo Of corruption. Oh
tho lpprt Of the Prcsidentlor oftkose'omp ploy.
| ed by him, ,4thc case is different Indeed, in
fsuch case, the honor of the nation demands
This has been accomplished by
the" report of tho Commissioners, herewith trans.
mittedG aud which fully yndicatcs the puri.
ty of the motives and action Of those who
represented the United States in the ncgotia.
tiop, and now my task is finished, and with
it cuds all personal solctude on the subject
My duty being done, yours begins, and |
gladly hand over tho whole matter to tho
judgment of tho American people, and of the
Representatives in Congress assembled. The
facts will now be spread before the country,
and a decision. rendered by that tribunal
whose convictions SO seldom err, and against
whose vii! have no policy to cntorcc My
opinion remains unchanged; indeed, it is
confirmed by the report that the interests of
our country, and Of San Domingo, alike in
vite tho annexation of that Republic.
In view Of tho difference of opinion upon
this subject, suggest that no action be ta
ken at tho present session, beyond the print.
ing and general Discrimination tho report.
Before tho next session of Congress the peo-
pie will have considered the subject, and
formed an Intelligent opinion concerning it /;
to which opinipn, deliberately made up,it will
be the duty Of every department Of the Gov.
ornment to give heed, aud no one will more
chcerfully conform to it than myself. i is
not ouly the theory Of our Constitution that
the will Of tho people, constitu,ionally OK
pressed, is tho supreme law, but have ever
believed that ali men are wiser than any one
man; aud if The people, upon full prcscn-
tation of the facts, shall decide that the an.
ncxation of the Republic is not desirable, ev.
cry department. of the Government ought to
acquiescc in that decision.
In again submitting to Congress a subject
upon which public sentiment has been divi
dca, and which has been made the occasion
Of acrimonious debates in Congress, as well at
Of unjust aspcrsions elsewhere [ may, | trust,
be INDUCED in single remark No man
can hope to perform duties so delicate and re
spopsihlc, as pertain to the Presidential Office,
without incurring the hostility Of those who
deem their opinions and wishes treated with
insufficient consideration; aud ne, who un
dcrtakcs to Conduct the affairs Of great
Government, as a faithful public servant, If
sustained by the approval of his own con
science, may rely with confidence upon the
candor and intelligence of free people,
whose best interests he has striven to sub,
servc and can bear with patience the ccnsurc
Of disappointed men.
(Signcd,) U. S. GRANT,
ExEcurlvE MANSION, April 5, 1871.
One or THE B'uoYs. "A youngstcr attcn.
ding school in paducuh, his written his moth,
cr the following characteristic letter:
"Deur Nothcr-I got another licking yes :
tcrday, but | had on three pair o pants aud
it didn't hurt much. | WAS licked because |
put six pins in Mr.-'s chair. knew
they would not stick him, and made Il bet
that they would not Mr. WAS so mean
and Lard that the pins could not 90 in |
won , G hct which isa dog He isa good
dog, and am training him to bite old Hard
sides, as we call him, some night when he
comes home after dark. lie is often out aft G,
dark, and if Xack is us good after him as he
- after vu,s, wun't get itcKod any iT6rc
Iack and killed three cats last Sunday.
though | was at Sunday school and church
all dry, and it was not good day for killing
cats either. This makes the third liekin. |
got this week. Onc was because had a hot,
tie OF milk in my room, and the other was
because wrote composition on ncnrocS
that old llardsiIcs didn't like. said that a
negro was dark subject to write on 1t MAS
like dark African going down dark collar
on dark night without light to lock Tor a
black cat that wasn't there. Old IIarlsi.lcS
stopped nc and thcn'lickcd nc for that. Send
me some more of them pies. | made good
trade with some of them. Ii you will send
mo five dollars | viii stop all my bad habits
except cur.ny and aWcnrintr and chcwinu nd