Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-06


the Ku klux Bill
"Do you expect that the Ku Kux Bill
will help you any?"
eyes; if properly carried out and not
merely used as threat. The difficulty with
the Ku Klux band is, that if arrested after
an outrage, it is impossible to convict them
in the State Courts. No jury would dare TO
convict them and their friends arc always
ready to prove an alibi ,ncir favor. What
we need is to get thcu .ricd in the United
States Courts"
"rhis so.calcd Ku Klux difficulty has as.
sumcd a new phase, has it not?"
EYES, instoad of confining thcmsclvc to
persecution of the blacks, they arc now dc
tcrmired to punish all, white or black, who
are known to be Republicans. What they
mean to do is tho control the next election,
and they will do it too unless checked now.
You see daily notices of men who rcnounce
RepubicaniSm forever. 1t is done at the
command of the Ku Klux Klan in order
to save their lives. AS said before, it is
impossible to get any one to otcstifyagainstt these
mon. [ receive letters constantly from men
on the other side politically, stating that
they do not dare to testify against the pcrpc
traitors Of these outragcs"
This is a slaudcr on the people of South
Carolina. They are truthful aud honorable
men The North knows it and Governor
SCorr, knows it,
The correspondent or the World
speaking on the enormous taxes levied in this
State contains the following.
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country the people are selling their cotton at
y cents pound, having planted in the cx-
pcctation of at least 20, and they cannot meet
two years. assessment being three fold great
cr tllan ever before known, and 6 per cent
gold interest on new debt of $6 eco 900.
1t is contiscaton, confscntion of the property
of the industrious and honest by the rouge
and pauper, aud give it as my iirm convic.
tion that no power save the irresistible arm
of the Frdcr" Government will be able tn
carry this mcditated robbery into effect The
State is goaled to madness, and SO far from
wondering ut the few cases of violence, it is
remnrkabc that the population is not en-
mussc in arms. No community in the North
would endure for an instant the organized
robbery which constitutes The government OF
this State.
TO b. rid Of it in some way is the fixed de
termination, and should pcaceable means fail
| have some reason to suppose that violence
will 6c resorcd to upon II deliberate calcnla
ton that ii W )uld be better, safer aud helo.
CT to have the State filled with United State,
troops, aud put absolutely under martial Ia,r
than to hH"' the Infamous characters now in
power re .sain any longer at the head Of affairs
The Federal troops, say the pcop!c here, we
40 not fear, their presence is even in ono sens"
d' s'rahle since wherever they are qu"rtered
they dlsbursc money and prove good for trade,
and when compared to the rule Of the thief
and African, their sway is even to De wclcom
cd. With such views and they arc all but
univcrsa-it can be seen that the Ku klux
legislation Of Congress h,s no terror Tor the
people of S,uth C,rolina Their p,pcrs
dismiss the Bill with brief contemptuouS
notice, and in common conversation The theme
is seldom broachcd. AS elsewhere through.
ou, the South, the popular sentiment is indu
rated, and cares not u straw for any B!ll Con
grcss may pass. The worst Of them can only
come to the military a, last, and the South
now tratcrnizrs with the military a new
spirit has taken possession of this indomita
h!e people, and where they once turned their
"''@N, oh thS tlpoI'S, al - lo coUCl'EtlOH,
attcLt;on, ci,iIityaud respect 1IestuJborn-
est Bourbon Of them all will sh.ke hands
with the soldiers now and what with pleas
ant greetings, the social glass and friendly
notices and invitations, it is wonderful to see
what can be done. Instances have come to
my know ledge where an officer complained
of by the local carpet bag politicians 'too
frondly with tho rebels has been removed
and another Of stcrner mould ordered to SUI
pcrscdc him in command with no better re-
suit than the same complaint by the same
carpet. t.haggcrs in a week 5 time AS to the
mc'!, It il; to DC borne iii mind that The bulk
of the infantry is made up of Irish and Ger
mans, and that much of the present cavalry
is composed OF old Confederate troopers lust
as Ben Butler complained not long since in
the House, the cxnct truth being that if
Wheeler were to ride down the line of some
squadrons he could thinks, but for the flag
and uniform, he was back at the head
of his old wild riders. Material like this is
very unpromisin. support to rascal govern
mont like that affecting South Carolina, and
even were native horn American Republicans
to be enlisted it is doubtful if any better re.
suits could be obtained. Blood is thicker
than water. a man honest and brave enough
to be a soldier would never side more than
he could possibly help with these knaves
and towards, whose business is 20 steal with
both hands and roar continuously for proteo-
ton to their honest industry from the troops
The views Of the correspondents of the
leading Northern Journals, describing the