Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-08
Despoiled South Carolina.

| that carp"t-naSSefs ana tho Ku kInX arc
destroying tho South so tar as terrorism aud
misrnlc can ruin that section of The republic.
We have been constant intpllin exposition Of
the tw" cv'ls which ai'liet many of tho lately
rcb, iiiuus} States and trustworthy sopcihI
correspondents have furnished tho Tribuue
the only impartial and lucii accounts publish.
ed of the financial maladministr,tioh aud ppr-
tis'n violence which have dssruccd several
of the reconstructed States. In this labor we
have had the hearty, it partial co operation
Of the Democratic newspapers, which have
ca."rly copied II made much of the evidence
shosing dc shocking iihahciul condition Of
these STATES, but have been suddenly silent
when our correspondents researches brouvbt
to light Tho bar5,rities and atro.tics Of tho
Ku kux. No party can afford to pursue
this m,iicy ;land it is unt credtable to the
| fairness or .he s.gaoity Of The Democrats.
| North and South, that they have steadily re.
fused to'Ionk op one side OF she truthful pic.
turr presented, while the other has been pcr-
sisirnly5andg triumphantly held up to publ Q
view. The democratic journals have been
swift to denounce carpet baggers; but have
stopped there. Nevertheless there has been.
" great shaking among thieves aud murder.
cv>. ':'his is a tmo. for n1uisitiou for blood
aud thc;,s; and if there are men anywhere,
!'"ding p"w"r for The purpose of stealing, or
sheiirsim. robtcrs aud violent men thcy NAV
take warning; the day of reckoning is 1t
| hand
We have already helped 10 bring to light
the miSAee,,s cf snns men in high placs in
'irxr Georgia, North Carolina and elsewhere,
and OH vest, rny g,*c the pub'ca sorry pic.
turr of The results Of carpet. bag rule in South
| t'aruhnn. Wnrt y shameful exhibit it is =
BY iu.:@hns with figures and manipulating
ariFu'iY cnnrvcd tah!"s, ~ ring of advcnturcrs
kept the people Of South Carolina as com
rlcrly IN the dark about the finances of the
State rs though their false returns had been
printed in Snnsert. They prophcsicd smooth
things while the ship was drifting iuto tho
whripool Of bankruptcy, rhay lied about
TIC condition Of the treasury regularly and at
fixed intervals, with all the system of prao.
iiccd monnchanks. Bonds were printed in
New York by the rcam aud sold in Wall
street tor what they would fetch. A 80 call.
ed State agent, street broker, hAndled mil
lions Of tA"sr bonds, without giving shadow
OF responsible security for the integrity of his
dealings The governor, treasurer and comp.
trHer general vind with each other in f,bri-
eating statement intended for the public eve,
while the re;l Facts aud figures in the dcsper-
'tc case were kept in the secrecy of their own
Offices There seemed to be no such thing as
sounding bottom in the Wild stream which
rushed on. Of the State treasury An in ,csti-
gatiH4 com,ni,tcc, appointed by the frighten.
G" legislature, capc up to New York to look
into the linauces Of the State, which had no
npprrcLt existence outside of Wall street;
n"I tresc grn,lr,uen turned their tour into 4
thcir inteat lnto wild juknting ut an up
town hotel.
Hn, ;he "nl has come at last. The fabric
oi fiS"!ood !.rS collapsed; the public credit
is mnrihnnl The people have been deceived
ns lung aa possible, and, after such statements
as seven million debt III 1870, and nine and
hH!f n'iliouS IN September. 1871, we grasp
;Hc astounding fact thaL on the 20th Novem
her, lS1!. S0u!h Narol;n, owci! the enormous
sum Of Sl5,SU6.D Here is Il State made
hnancniy b,nkrupt hy mcre spectators ia
no'i'ics What punshmcnt shall oycrtakc
the pnn,lerrrs who, within II very few days,
have been whitawash'n- cac! other? Cor
tain Ii is that th,ir guilt is as cl arly de-
t'r'Hin"d MS that onr own municipa! bandit,
whose a;:,laciiy So nuch resembles theirs
We are hcu,iiy sick of the sentimental at.
:cmptS Of party managcrs" to cover I'D tho
corruption. dishonesty and extravaganza of
The carpet bag governments. The plea thst
exposure Of these frauds will iniurc the Re.
rnti,an prrty is as wicked rs it is silly
Better ihnnSnl times that the party bo
rcn, nsunlrr than that any crime for which
1t can be Justly held responsible be covered
mp IN It's own house. No party can long live
with such cancer concealed in its bosom
iiGt The pnrty is not responsible for tho Grim.
'nal dishonesty Of few officials " ho bear its
nhmr; though it w""ll be justly held to
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