Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-12

country. Wo arc hero boohuse NC do ropro--
sont tho popular majority, tho characters1l,e
intelligence aud the property Of tho Statos
which have sent US. Wo arc hero bconuso
loft to themselves tho instincts of tho recently
enfranchisod voters haYe taught thom that
their interests are indontical with ours. Wo
aro here because, belonging to your own race,
trained in tho samo political experience as
your own, taught by years of rule how to
govern. wo could not bo subordnatcd, and
tho people Of tho country did not wisl, us to
DO subordinated, to such mass of ignorant
voters rs you had rashly and suddenly crcs
ated. Wo are here, wo trust, for tho good Of
tho Whole country. What wo wero you knew
when you insisted that wo should still bo part
| and parcel Of this Union. gtg I
For tho past you cannot expect Us to apollo.
gize; to do so would be to sacriloo our own
scli-rcspoot and to forfeit tho rospco; Of all
| honorable mon. In tho heat Of conflict %o
struck hurd blows and doubtless wo spoke
hard words. But does remembering or
repeating them now bring US any nearer to-
the peace aud harmony for which the whole
country so ardently longs2 The mon who
served in tho opposing armies aro now tho
strongest advocates OF u truc rcconciiation.
| We learned in u common school how to-
respect our encniies; we learned that personal
courage and honor and truth wero bottcr guar
antccs of patriotism than constitutional learns
ing or eloquent speech; wo learned at lcast that
was u common country which wo could bottor
serve in friendship than in hatred. and wers
| our antagonists Of tho lato war here to day, III
the contests OH this floor rs in fercer bnttlcs
Of yorc, whoever might 30 tho victor, wo
should be assured Of a fair field and an honest
surrender (Applauso in tho galcries.)
Judge us moro by our ncts----
The presiding Officer, (Mr. Wallace in tho
chair:) Tho Senator will suspend. Tho
| Chair gives notice thaC if further applause
occurs in the galleries he will order them to
be cleared. Order must be preserved.
MIR. Hampton: Judge us now by our acts,
and again ! ask what arc they to provoke
distrust2 Wc ask you to strike from the
statute book legislation which was rs much
! the instrument of war, tho expression of dis.'
trust rs were armies and nnyic, and military
districts. we say, if you bring rs bnck ns'
States. treat us MS Statos. Wc ask you to
remove the disability which forbils Il citizon
to serve on n jury when it does not forbid him
to servo on the bench We ask you to lcavo
the ballot-box free as it has been through,
nearly the whole Of our political existence.
You may refuse. Yon have tho right to-
refuse if yon hold our demands to be unwiso'
| or unconstitutional.
ion Of the Supreme Court in regard to tho
jurors OATH in face Of tho legislation Of
nearly ~ century in reference to military in
| reference ut tho polls, you cannot charge US
| with revolution or treason in mukinS these
requests Upon these issues wc arc willing
to stand. If tic people arc with Ny wo shall
prevail and this war legislation will be re-.
pcalcd. If the people arc 18th you, then this
legislation will stand and wc can learn to-
adapt ourselves to these changes in our old
constitutional thoughts and habits rs We have
learned to adapt ourselves to others. In thn
great contest in which We failed we }ost
much. We lost po"er and wealth and pre-
/ nj Int al. Il >
United States declare that tho right Of self
government is cxtingnishcd in tho States;
that the prerogntivc OF y frco vote, which il.
the distinguishing glory Of American citizen.
ship, can be exercised only under tho snpcY~.
vision Of Federal marshal or the protection
| cl Federal soldier; that The duties Of Gov-
crnors and legislatures to maintain the dignity
| and to preserve the peace Of sovereign States
has hccn transferred to the President; and
when 1t has become revelation and treason to
| ask tho people to consider these things. then
Will The memory of our poor }osscs be forgot
| ten in tho overwhelming cala,nities whicls
would follow the loss Of American frccdum.
a thousand yenrs seascc serve 80 form - Statcz
An hour may lay it in tho dust, and whom
Can unn its shattered splcn9orS renovatc
Recall its Yiy!"cs back, and yanuush time unts
fate.
Mr.. President, patriotic mcn OF alf parties,
North and Sou:b, can Join hear, and band il,
tho efforts to pc.Dcuats on thia continent
constitutional liberty rs established by our
fathers. In this noble WORK we Of tho Sontl.
will not prove laggarts. We wish 10 promote
the best interests Of tho whole eoantry; VIC
wish to restore harmony and good viii; We
nope to SEQ permanent peace nnd wldosprcatb
prosperity among all classes of our people,
We desire to see the painful memories Of she-
late unhappy war buried in our hearts, nos
rising to the lips in bitter words " hich can
only provoke sectional animoSity, and We proA
pose, IN spite of misapprchcnson, miSrci2re-
scntatlon and denuncintion, to stand firmly
by the Constitution in its integrity, to main.
tam the Union in pcrpcuity, trusting, hop,
ing, praying that to our children, if not to us,
1t may be given to SEQ tho States OF this
mighty Republic bound together, not alono
by the ties Of material interest, but by tho
cords of true fraternity, ruled by great, u,
happy, q free people crowned with al tho
blessings and with all the glorios which God
in his infinite mercy can bestow (Applause
in the gallcrics.j
The rivers in tho North of italy arc sub
siding and the danger from floods is over.
The Po has formed largo number of
lagoons along its course and has done great
damage. The inhabitants of the flooded
districts arc cncamped on its cmbanlmcnts.
Several thousand have bocn rendered homo
less and thousands Of acres of vines, ryo
and wheat have been ruined. The pccuni-.
ary loss exceeds that by tho great flood of
1872.
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OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER