Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-16
Virginia and ~ Massaohusstts
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AScnALLENaE q DRoLARED Bur NOT ACCEPT
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Congress IN Friday last, ~ The .,lGtue.,io,.a!
Fund Nh iioar. or Nlassaohuset,s, wen,
sousrof h,s way 10 reject unpu the intelligence
aid yirtueaf the Sputhern neople. We CORY
from the 1nyressi5aal GlD6c the remarks 81 81
MIR Critcl,er, of Virg,nia, in reply:
Mr.. Critolier MIR Speaker [ desire tn
refer to soino remarks wliuh fell from the
honorable gentlelunll from Masssc husetts.
CMr. H~af ,efecting upon the section Of
conntry 10 which tbelpng regret, SIR
that gentleman llas given uue,s ,sini,. by dep,rt
ing frO1 the Legitimate line of argument, for
criticism from ell quarters upnn u cou. sa
which II must say, with all duo respect, was
neither worthy of his intelige,,ao orr his
character lle, had gone nut Of the line of
hisArynment to say that tho .'eduoated tyrants.
i9 the Spnth had been more degraded than
thsir "wn slaves by the k,rmer sslstions that
shbsisted between the races" Well, now, i
ask the hsn9rahle gentleman if. in his former
experience in Congress. la ever fund true
representative N,al fro,A the South in this or
thet9thsr branch nf Congress; less educated
aid lesa Intelligent tlnn hip,sefand his ~
societies From Massachusetts i nsk him
WHITTIER from the foundation of;t.e Govern.
psnt to the present moment, the representa-
tion from tho Ssnte, If Virginia h.s been less
intellectual aht less honor,hle ti,nn athe re
presentation frontho State of Massachusetts I?
Sir. will venture tn nnnka a bold assertion;
l will yentpre to nffera ol,aienyc to che gen
tleuan from massachusetts. and will give
way to hin,i my tinle oilct him answer me.
Iyenture to say that can produce fro: my
own little county. the parish Of my residence.
an Illustration, of intellectual superiority aud
moral excellence which he cannot parallel iu
the history Of NJ sssnchus..,s.
Mr.. lonr rose.
Mr.. Critcher.--I will name them and you
may then rise. Sir. fyou will go with me
to ,ny estate you will find that the adjoining
estate is Wake6 Id, the birth place Of Wash.
ington On the other side you will find Strat.
ford, the eiresinence OF Light Horse Harry
OF gorious Revolutionary memory. Chnntil
ly, which adj0ins it, WINS tho residence IF
Richard Henry Lee, tho mover of the DrcIn
ration Of Independence and the Cicero Of the
American revolution. You will find in that
same parish the home Of Charles Lee, Wash
ington's Attorney General, aud of Francis
Lghtfoot Lee, the sivner of the Declaration
of American Independence. There. tho, you
wAl find the home Of Arthur Lee, the accom-
plishcd neautiator OF the treaty ut commerce
and asiihnce between this country and France
in l778 Riding in the opposite dirccti"n,
YOU come first, as 4 sid. to the birth place of
WASHINGTON. Anotl,er hours ride will bring
you to the birth place of Monroe nnother
hours ride to the birth place Of Madison
Now, sir. if you suppose the present genera
tion in Virginia unworthy Of their illustriuu>
ancestors, i: you will visit that estate, and
ltok through the lofty forests, you will descry
the tnnssve cl,imneys of the barnninl mansion
He Al. a.. 4 I
Now, sir. ask ynu stoN find in tho whole
ns litave given you. of those who lived in
my little 3county.
MIR. Hour As tho gentleman from Vir
P'nia has Invited me tn rsc. will say in
sentence thnt did MT criticise either the in
t0lllgence or the elegance of tho cducatrd
tyrants of whon Isp"ke. | alluded to a gen
Grafton IF men who whipped w",nen. aud sold
them into slavery, aud whn rehrlcd against
the i"tentlnns that thuse great uIen created
Mr. Critcner.-I challenge tl, @ gentleman
TO- pnraliel the names have mentioned hr
cannot d" it from tho who history of Mas
sachusetts.
A REMARKABLE BILL One Of the most
reninrknhe bills ever submitted to Congress
'y.'o P'SSC"e0A '"SI '1'"iH"y oy nAT. nI
Mississippi, aud laid on the DISKS of members
to day. 1t has excited II vast amount OF ridi
cule, and provides that the Government sha,
appropriate $500 100000 for the settlement
Of tho public lands aud the education of the
people in fnct gi.ing them everything need
ed to keep !,nuse aud 90 to fnruiny, except
the proyerbial mule, which onzht to be in
o|pded with the forty acres. Out of the pro
posed fund any lnndtss citizen who desires
to, settleon the public lands is to be furnish
ed transportation thereto and tho fulInwing
artic!es Fifty dollars worth of building
material, one pl,,w. one Pick axe. one hoe, one
shovel. one axe. one hatchet. 100 pounds of
assorted cut nails, 4UO pounds of -four. fifty
pounds Of bacon, ten pounds Of coffee, FIVE
pounds Of tea, 100 pnuids Of corn meal, same
Of, salt, fifteen bushels of seed whent and five
Of corn, four Of seed pntutocs and ono dbl
lpr's worth of assnrtei garden seeds. The
fun ! fnr, this appropriation. which is intended.
Of conrse. for the: ooirred people of Il, South,
is to be derived from nn equitable asscssmoDr
Of all the property of tho peopIo in the United
Stateaj but after period of five yenrs the
land owners are to commence to pny b,ck ten
per cent year the amount thus k,anca.
They are prohibited from using Intoxicating
liquors while accepting these lands.
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4 What THE TREArY SAYS. The follow.
ing are the pnrtions OF the treaty xhich re-
late, to ,pointSip dispute: ~