Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-23
The New York World on the New De.
N pafture.

Now that the question OF fOrbearing any
further .oppositionto the new amendments is
virtually decided, itmnSnot be amiss to con.
slider the nature of tho "situation' which tho
Democratic party "accepts." We can best
describe aitbya comparison. Suppose that
in, the trial of civil suit, there is mixed
panel Of wliito aud coloted jurymcn. John
Doe, of the parties to. tho suit, challenges
every coored juryman whose name is drawn
from the box, but in spite of his opposition,
tho jury, as actually sworn, finally composed
of nino white and three colorcd citizens S.
Would John Doe act like man of sense if
he should therefore pctulantly give up his
case and refuse to produce his witnesses
Tho merits of his suit arc not altered by the
composition of the jury. The presence Of the
Black inrymen caanot change either the law
or the facts; and since his case must be
tried by the jury, lie will, ifa wise man. di.
rect his counsel to take even more pains than
usual, and carefully avoid insulting or aAron
ting the black jurynen. Thore they arc, on
the jury benches; aud whether he like or
dislike them, he cannot get them away until
they have rendered their verdict.
Quite similar to this is the political situa-
tion since tho cstabishment of negro suffrage
The political questions remain precisely the
same as if they were to be decided by the
votes of unadulteratcd, white constituencies
Thercally important thing is to have these
questions rightly decided, according to their
struo morris ,anot whether thedeoision is made
y by n larger or, smaller constituency of voters
Tho point for the jury to tryis not whether
their own body is properly composed, but the
question of fact between the plaintiff and
defendant in the suit before them. We only
muddle and confuse political controversies, il
we fail to distinguish between the questions
to be decided and the persons who arc to de
cide them. by accepting negro suHrnge VIC
increase our chances of candid herring on
practical issues The negroes arc of little
account if VIC can control the judgment of
the white voters. There are ten white voters
to one negro voter, taking the country at
large. In twenty ytwo of the thirty.seycn
States there arc thousands Of whites entitled
to the right of franchise to every negro, ard
those twenty two States contain more than
two thirds of our population.
1t is their opinion which wc need to inf
cnce, which we can most easily do by with
drawing their attention from the decided
question Of suffrage and fixing it upon pend
ing questions of public policy The misruc
Of the last ten years has been the fruit of
misguided white voting. It's chief support
has been white majoritics in the Northern
States, in most Of which negroes have not vo.
ted at all within tho last fourteen months,
since the fifteenth amendment was declared
adopted. 1t is not negro voting but pcrycrse
whito voting, that has So nearly ruined the
country
Now, Of the question whether The right Of
suffrage shall be continued to the negroes, the
Republican majoritics would be altogether
larger, for most Democrats do not wish to ar
rest the experiment. 1t is too obvious that
for the Democratic party to make negro suf.
frage political issue would be counting incv.
liable, overwhelming defeat, because a prc.
ponderant and constantly growing majority
of the people are unwilling TO disturb wha,
has been done. Tt is high time, then, foy us
to accept tho settled composition of jury,
and proceed to argue cur case on its merits
We, therefore, most heartily rejoice in the
declaration of tho Ohio Democracy. that thcy
"recognize, as accomplished facts, the three
amendments to the Constitution recently dc
clared adopted, and con slider the same as no
longer political issues before the country !"
and we feel equal satisfaction in the further
uneqnvocal, emphatic declaration 'that the
Democratic party pledges itself to n full, faith
ful, and absolute execution and enforcement
of tho Constitution as it now is, so as to SC.
cure equal rights to all persons under it with
out distinction Of race, color or condition"
"THE FAIRFIELD DEpARTURE"-It is
gratifying to hear from all sides that the crop
OF Fairfield this year is so far, take it all
around, the best crop we have had since the
war that it has cost, and will have cost
much less to mnke it; that of tho expense
very much more than heretofore has been
cash paid down and no credit; and that cv.
orybody is confident that tho cotton crop at
least will bring fairer price next >,intor.--
This'is the style of "departurc" We bclcyein.
Ilet MS go in steadily on this line, and political
troubles will in time disappear. Willie the
Demncrhtic party are doing us royal service
Mt the North by letting the negro alone, which
will soon soon compel the Radicals to let the
Southern white man alone, let the South keep
a'oof from any attempt at n Loading part in
national politics, and fall into line upon thc
Fairfield departure"
This is free country. Ever, man and
County has as much legal right as NralIandiy-
dam to, "dcpart." It's but justice that the
press Should publish such "depart ire" and
lot the people reflect upon it. We call the
attention Of the State, and of the Southern
people, therefore, to ttho Fairfield deyar.
ture.''''-- Ipiansboro News.
3 !TTHE Peach Crop. The New York nai7g
,B,tllctjn,s of. the, l4th, says:
Tie irstlotof peaches this season, in this
market, came in last week from South Caro-