Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-06-03

elected in oil nino delegates and nine alter
mates, making in oil eighteen. Only two
out of this number arc professional men.
WI. Stribling was elected delegate to
the judicial Convention, and myself as
his alternate. These are the only profcs-
sional mon of all tho delegates. Ono ninth
of tho whole. Tho criticisms of "Domo.
crat" and "A' arc, wo think, therefore,
without foundation.
The communications of "Domoorat' and
"a" seem, however, to bo prompted by q
suspicion thut on effort is being made to
oppose the nomination aud election of Col.
Aiken. Tho only public announcement Of
charges against Col. Aiken wcro those Of
Col. Liviugton in his speech in tho oonvcn.
ton. He announced that charges had
been made against COL Aiken. / have
mover seen in public print or elsewhere that
any grave charges woro made against Col.
Aiken Col. Livingston mado tho first
announcement of this in public. The
grave charges, as Col. Il. called them, I do
not know, except it be somo of tho letters
and speeches of Col Aiken, Which his most
ardent and enthusiastic admirers must
admit, were imprudcut. / suppose these
are the charges which COL Livingston
referred to. Col Aiken's ''imprudcnccs,"
as they are called, may bo reduced to tho
following:
l. Tho letter in which he announced
that the Democracy, the party that
elected him, had out-lived its usefulness.
2. Tho letter which ho wrote advocating
universal fence law for tho State. This
has aroused the prcjudices and passions Of
large class Of our population upon sub
jcct i'll which there is moro bitterness than
any over discussed in on" county, and upon
which they arc moro divided than any
other.
g. The bitter aud imprudcnt speeches
madc in Congress; notably his speech
against The West Point Military Academy.
Thus furnishing o fine opportunity for the
ilvurishiDg of tho bloody shirt, and creating
and keeping alive sectional hate and ami.
mostly.
d. The persistent effort which in his
public course he has made to array the
diilcreut classes of our people the one
against the other, and teaching doctrines
which smack Of the Commune
S. His olcomargcrinic propcnsities- that
is-hs raising butter and farming on paper
and living ou politics.
These are the charges which suppose
Col. Livingston referred to as having been
made. Whether his "imprudcnccs;" to
wit: his inGdclity to the party os evidenced
by his letter, his opinion on the fence law,
his imprudcnt and impolitio speeches in
Congress, his efforts to antagonizc tho
agricultural and other avocatons will secure
Col. Aiken the full and hearty support of
cur people as heretofore, I do not know.
His kind attention to tho business wants of
our people, his fearlcssncss in tho discharge
Of his duty, and his devotion to his busi-
ness as politician, with his experience arc
to his credit to countorbulance his elm
prudenccs."
| have nothing myself individually
against Col. Aiken. | have always given
him hearty support, and have only writ
ten this communication because I thought
it proper to reply to "Dcmocrat" and "A'
Col. Aiken has ability md cx pcricncc, and if
re- elected will make an efficient Congress-
man. Think yours, &c,
j. S. WERNER