Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-10-04

confirmation Of their opinions aud both sides
finally undertook to settle the question by
that last final means of bitrntiou--forco of
arms. You here mainly joinei the Confcde.
rate eside and fought bravcly, risked our lives
heroitally Id behalf of your convictions
And can any true man anywhere fail to
respect the man who risks his life for his
convictions? Prolonged, otcers.] And as
l accord that respect to you aud believe you
to DC equally liberal, aud generous, and
just, / feel that as I stand before you, as
one who fought in tho Union army tor his
convictions, | am entitled 10 your respect
cheers now that the conflict is over My
friend Governor Hampton repeated to you
last night the way in which | have been in
the habit Of putting it since came to the
South. There were larger proportion of
trained soldiers at first in your army than
in ours. 10 much larger proportion you
wero good marksmon and good horsenen,
aud that is two-thirds of u good soldier
[ Laughter J But gradually VIC learned to
ride, too, laughter mud, rs somc of you
know, gradually learned to shoot. Re-
newed augbtcr.] | happened to know how
we'll you could shoot. CCheers Well,
having learned how to ride aud shoot it
wns case of fighting between Greek and
Greek. "When Greek meets Greek" you
know what the conflict ia. TChcers
And more than that, you know exactly how
it will terminate II at party in that fight
will always conquer that has the most
Greeks Laughter and cheers So, with
no discredit to you, and no speciaI credit to
US, the war turned out as it did. [Chcers
Now, shall we quit fighting? Cries Of
eyes, yes have been in the habit Of
telling an unecdotc about Gen. Scott aud
stat esInan at Washington, in which tho
statesman said that as soon as the war was
over, aud the omhatants had laid down
their arms, we would have complete pence
NO said Gen. Scott, sit will take several
years in which ull the power Of the General
Government will he employed in keeping
the peace between the beliigcrcnt non..coni-
batan,s" laughter Now, thiuk we
hnvc gotten through with that. cheers,
and having peace between soldiers and nou.
there any reason, then, why we should not
be at peace forevermorc? Wcarc embarked
upon the same voyage, upon the Same ship.
uuder',he samo old flag: Good fortune or
i'll fortune affects you and your children as
we'll as my people mud my chlldfeh.
(Chccrs Nvery interest you possess is to
be promoted by peucc. Here is this great
City of Atlanta gathering to itself from all
parts of the country its wealth and business
10y its railroads. aud sny to you that every
description of Industry aud Legitimate busi
ness needs pence That is what capitnl
wants; discurd. discomfort aud dissatisfaction
are enemies OF enterprise. Then all our
interests are for peace Are we not agreed
about that? What do we want for the
future? | believe it is the duty of the
General Government to regard equally and
alike tho intercs,s and rights Of oil sections
ct this courtry. fChcers. ain glad you
agree with INC about that. believe further
that it is the duty of the Government to
regard alike aud equally tho rights and in
tcrests of all olasses of citizens. TChccrs. I
That covers the whole mntter; that wipes
out iu the future in our politics tho section
line forever. [Checrs. Let us wipe out
In our politics tho color line forever.
lChecrs Aud let me say word Upon
Whit mas been douc. do not undertake TO
d'souss or defend particular measures l
leave the people with their knowledge of
the fucts to exauine, and discuss, utid decide
for themselves, ns to them. only speak of
general considerations AMI motives. What
troubles our people at tho North, #hut has
troubled them, was That they feared that
these colored people, who had been made
freemcn by the Var, would not be safe in
their rights aud interests in the South
unless it was by Interference Of tho General
Government Many people had that idea.
L gave that muttcr s0ine consideration, aud
now; my cUlored friends who have thought
or BEEN told that | was turning my
back upon the men whom fought for, now
listen. After thinking it over, l thought
your rights aud Interests would DO safer if
this great mass of Intelligent white men
were let alone by the General Government.
Immense enthusiasm and cheering for
several minutes. An1 now, my colored
friends, let me suy another thing We huvo
hccn trying it tor these six months, and, in
my opinion, for no six months since tho
war has there been so few outruges and
invasions of your rights, nor you so secure
in your rights, persons and homes as in
the last six months. [Great applause.
Then, NY friends, we are all together upon
one proposition. We beliove-und in this
all those who arc here agrpe-in the Union
of our fathers, 10 the old flag OF our fathers.
the Constitution. as it il, with nll Of it's
amendments and we are prepared to see it
fully aud fairly obeyed and enforced
LChccrs Now, my friends, SEQ it stated
occasionally that President Hayes hus taken
the course he has bucuuso he was compelled
to it. [Voice, ave don't believe it."]
Now, ] was Compelled to it. GApplause ]
1 was compelled to it by my sense of duty,
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