Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-09-23
WMHALLA, SOUTH TUyRsDY 23 1850

race line any longer in their political classi
Goatiou. The coorod man, like the great
body of the hand-workcrs of tho world.
docs not control his conduct by abstract
propositions. Like the greyhound, he runs
by sight, aud is Influenced in his Judgment Of
parties by visible results. Tho Republican
administration of Governor Chamberlain
was overthrown iu 1876, not by the Demo-
cratic party proper, but by tho union of
good and true men of oil parties and races
who sought reform iu the administration of
the government. Gov. Chamberlain was
man splendid intellect and unsurpassed cul
tare, aod in my judgment an unsuIied and
honorable chief magistrate. But all of his Of
fortsdirected on his part to effect reform in the
administration of tho State were para!yzcd
by tho bascr element of tho Republican
party. And hence the cou ubincd movement
to overthrow the power of that political
organization iu South Carolina. Tho
Democracy prepared for tho uuion of the
better clements of the Republican party by
adopting platform, inspired by Wade
Hampton, which is distinctivcly Rcpubli-
can, its first article being as follows: .Wc
accept in perfect good fuith the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to
the Constitution of the United States,
accepting and standing upon them, we turn
from the settled and final past to the great
living and momentous issues of the present
and the future
"lndcr the benign leadership OF
Hampton, that platform and principle have
been translated into action in the practical
government of the State. There arc six
hundred and fifteen more school houses for
colorcd people in South Carolina than there
were in 1876, while tho taxes have been
reduced seventy per cent, aud the colorcd
agricultural luborers who received but
seven dollars per month and rations in
1876, now get from twelve to fourteen
dollars per mouths with much better rations.
"South Carolina to-duy presents Iamp-
ton, the fearless defender of the adjudi-
Gated title of Kellogg, the Republican
Senator from Louisiana, tho man who
reported the bill at the recent session of
Congress appropriatng fifty thousand
dollars for the execution Of map of Gcttys-
burg, showing the position of every COM
mand on that memorable field as the sym.
bol Of her loyalty aud the standard Of her
civilization. The North stands to day
on the mountain ranges of civilizations; We
OF the South have long been in the valleys,
but we are climbing up, and the stawart
arm of Hancock will aid in lifting our
people to higher plane.
CAN GREAT SOLDIER BE A GooE RULER?
"My reading Of history docs not lead me
to sanction the recent declaration of Mr..
Carl Schurz, in bis admirable speech, in
Indiana, that the professional soldier is
unfit for civil administration. Julius
Caesar was no less renowned for the
reformation which ho effected in the
civil administration and laws of Rome
than for his military achievements.
The civil code of Napoleon is as enduring
monument to his fame as the field of Aus
tcrltz. Washington himself was profcs,
slonal soldier, having held the commission
of Colonel in the Virginia forces us early as
l75o, and almost continuously engaged 10
the profession OF arms from that period until
the close of the revolutionary war in 1888.
Grant, measured by the results of his eight
years in tho Presidential chair, was cmi-
nently successful in civil administration
The rigid economy, and the severe methods
OF administration, aud the exact system
incident to the profession of arms, render
it an admirable training school for the
executive head of tho civil department of
the government.
"llancock us President will not be called
upon to frame code of laws, but to execute
the statutes; and the argument that he is
unfittcd to perform the executive duties of
his civil administration because he has
heretofore been engaged in executing
purely military code, which is itself
composed chiefly of Acts of Congress,
certainly can have no force with rejecting
mind. AS President, he VII be tho chief
magistrate of tho republic, in which the
citizen possesses all the liberty consistent
with the safety of the governments; and tho
government is vested with all the power
consistent with the liberty of the citizen.
Hancock will recognize and maintain both
unf"tcripgly.
History attcsts that tho wounds of civil
war arc are best healed by tho great and
triumphant soldiers who have acted in
them. General Garfield, in his letter of
acceptance, iDtimates that the South is in a
quasi state of rebellion. Indeed, he i'm.
plies that Democracy is rebellion, full
hedged, waiting for fnc day 20 fly If.I
this be true, then the days of the Union arc
numbered, for the Democratic partyin 1876,
as shown by statistics universally admitted
to be true, pollcd 100000 more votes than
were roled for the Republican candidate,
and, according 20 this exhibit, the majority
of tho American people arc hostile
to tho American Uniou--but happily it is
not true. would rather have the certifi.
cate of General U. S. Grant to attest my