Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-04-14
Kcster fro:s, HON. N. II. Perry.
GREENvlbhn, S. G. March 2s.

| 10 His Ercclcnry GoUcrnor Scott:
SIR : Your Nxcellcncy will pardon the
liberty take iu addressing second letter to
you. was in hopes, from your message to
4, the Legislature and your recent consultation
with your political opponents, that you were
sincerely OF opinion some change in tho pc
litics of tho State was absolutely necessary to
preserve the peace and quiet the excitement
in South Carolina. But your application to
tho President for military force to be sent
here to crush out all opposition to the odous
legislation which disgraces the State, has in
duccd inc to doubt your sincerity. Lo; me
assure you that this is step in the wrong di-
roc,ion If you arc sincerely desous of prcscry
lug the peace and promoting the prosperity
and welfare Of the country. If your object
is to establish dcspotism in tho State, and
force the wealth and Intelligence of the pco-
pie to submission, under the rule ofignorancc,
oppression and .rascality, then 5our course
may scem "a safe lama julicious one, 1t will
not prove such, however.
The President has been induced by yourap-
plication toissuc an absurd aud most ridiculous
proclamation, calling on the people Of South
Carolina to dispcrse and return to their homes !!
This proclamation is intended for the North, and
not for the South. We all know in South
Carolina, that there is no embodiment of force
here, except your negro militia, and has noe
been since tho war ended. Not an instance
has occurred, in all OF our recent troubles, of
any resistance to the law or to public officers.
The gcutlemcn arrested ut lnurens and other
| I'll ccs, chlrged with iioious con!nct and mur
der, made no resistance, but submitted them
selves quietly to the laws OF their county,
and will ever do So
When your Fcderal troops arrive here,
they will find the country in profound peace
no unlawful assemblies to dispcrsc, bat
every ono engaged ut home, in his daily ayo
f! cations. These Federal troops cannot keep n
wrtch Throughout the State, over every Md
night inccndiary or assassin. Ills in pos ;lhlo
for them to guard every barn and gin house,
or prevent secret retaliation, where they have
been destroyed. These offences cuNmot be
prevented by an army, however numerous. =
They must be suppressed Ly the vigilance
and virtue Of the citizens, the civil law and
courts of justice. And here permit me to
sly to your Exccilency, that tic good people
Of South Carolina have been greatly outrag,
ed, after prosecution and convicting notorious
fclons, TO she them pardoned as soon as they
reach t prnitcntiary, and turned loose Oh
society o, more, in order to save, Us you
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