Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-09-01
From the lorkoille Enquirer.
Atlas or Ararat.

Atlas or Ararat
In his editorial capacity, Hon Alexander
Stephens is latoriDg to prove that the amend
nlents to the constitution, known us the .hir-
tecnth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments,
are fraud upon the people; arc unconstitut.
lonal; therefore null aud void aud that it
Is the duty OF the people to resist theu'. lie
announces his intention not to support the
Democratic ticket for President on the "New
Departure platform, and asserts dctiantly.
that he "shall never support, by counsel Or
vote, either any Que of the actual perpetrators
Of the great frauds attempted tv bc imposed
upon the people of this country, in the mat,
ter vi the SO called Amendments to the Con
stitution or any one Of the 'ucccsSorics u/ie,'
Wc /uct,' to those most nioustrous uutruges" "
Ot the constutionolity .; these amend
mcnts, cr the right OF Congress to force them
upon the people, 1t IS now useless to argue.
They are fixed, stubborn facts however. and
~ one shou!d bc more prompt to recognize and
accept The situation than prominent Contcd
crate who gave up tho cause as early II, u
1868 A solution Of the question is easily
found III comparing the difference between
the natural dcpmvify that would burn house
down and the common sense which would be
content to build less comfortable one rather
than stay out Of doors and wrunglc over the
cause of the fire.
I'll rampant attitude Of Mr.. Stephens, and
his dcnancc Of the inevitable, are thus clever
y satrized by the Petersburg ProyrcSs:
''If the food had occurred in the time of
Mr.. AIexmder IL Stephens we verify believe
that during the thirty ninth days rain he
would have been seen astridc of the ring po,c
Of the Atlanta San office huIliD. IL faded uil.
brclla over his head, drawing up his diniuu
tive legs to keep them out Of the surrounding
surges, aud calmly iuditing ten column
editorial to tho people of the late Con;e ler,
cy to prove that the shower was null AID void,
aud the food mottcr to he resisted at the
ballot box; aud no doub, people would have
been found in Georgia vino would have stig
matizea Nonh's ark us "ncw departure"
aud have h:zardei both life aud soul on the
faded umbrella aud poudcrous editorial of poor
little Mr. Stephens"
TIE New MASONIC rEMpLE, An inter
esting little ceremonial took place yesterday
m"rning on the occasion OF the ying of the
Grst brick IT the new Masonic Temple on the
corner Of King and Wentworth streets Bya
happy cuinciurnce the seventh Lirt tlday ot Mas
ter John Ii. Drycrcux, the only sun Ut the en-
tcrprl>inS architect aud builder uf the new
ediicc, occurred OH the same d,y, anl the
task of placing the brick was entrusted tu
hi' as fit typify. by his childish iunoccnur
purity aud virtue, the principles which un
drrl,c the Masonic Order and to inangnrntr
the construction Of its new temple. 1t was
porlical conccit and right wurthiIy did the
little architect perform his task. lie employ
cd silver plumb rule Will, y golden bob,
which his father had given him as II sou
vcnir of the occasion, and layca and pointed
the mortar and adjusted the brick in place
with all the skill of flushed workman, and
to the entire satisfaction of the critical audi
cncc present. This first brick WAS laid ut the
southwest coruer Of the building. aud the
work of constructing the main south wall vas
then begun, and is being rapidly prosecuted
The furn,al laying of the corner stone of this
magnificent building will take place on the
18th Of November with all the elaborate Ger,
emonial of the Masonic Order, aud will be
attended Ly delegations Of the fraternity from
all PORTIONS of the State ana couutry. =
Charleston NcrS.
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