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

AT least $4,000, 100000 every year aro
lost to tho American people by this uni
versal pnd iniquitous institution. Will not
heavens awful rctribution descend on tho
nation unless thcro is repentance and re-
form?
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Recent serzssoss G1' Esroaascr
TaQnanaSc asal ebtEacn sub
.5ccts.
Better late than never, but it docs seem
to me Brother Talmasc has been lon.
time finding out we were II good people
down here. Fifteen years is about sufii i
cient for a scholar to learn about the whole
world aud tho rest Of mankind including
Asia and Africa and the Mulcos, hut we've
been living right here almost in sight Of
the tabernacle. Brother I'alnagc has brcn
over to Europe and come back and Just nov
begins to tako some interest in us. Pm
glad of it. llc is doing US Justice. Ono
time there was Il man who had n wild boy,
and ono cold night he told him to 80 out to
the wood pilo and bring in back log to
put on the fire. The boy went, but he
mover came back in hurry. lie took
ship os sailor and went oil over tho world
and was gone fifteen years, but ho came
home one cold night, aud looking through
the window saw tho old man ut prayers.
So no hunted around tho wood pile and
sheiudcred big stick, and when prayers
were over ho walked in, End said he,
"Daddy, here's that back log YOU sent NC
after" Brother Ta!nago has brought in
tho back log at last, but VIC might have
frozcd to death several times waiting on
him. Our Northern brethren arc mighty
slow scholars. Livery year or so some ono
or two of 'cm como down to make rccog-,
nizancc and they go back and Say we are
al! right-groat pcoplc---splcndid people,
have been slandcred awrully, and 50 firth,
and right straight we hold up onr heads
and wag our tails just like dog when he
gets kind word from his muster. Mr.
Bccchcr come down, and DR.. Vincent come
down, and General Grant come down, and
General Sherman aud ecvcral others, arl
they 80 back and say, "Soys, there's 10
harm in them fclcrs down Sou.i. they
are all right" but bless my soul, uoboty
believes EN-, and VIC have got to cnishtcn
'em one at a time, just like we did Brother
In'mage, and it is going 70 take Two CT
three thousand years TO 90 ii.
Bro. Talma.o made the best talk f0r
us that's been mndn, ana there's come
comfort in it. though don't see aa how rs
going to do ca any particular gool Wo
want our rights,
I've said it bcloro, ana In goiog 10 keep
saying il, there ain't going to be any rca,
peace until wo arc put tip on cGla!i,y with
'em in every respect. When an old mas
makes y will and cuts out somc of tho
it always breaks up The peace
in that family and though they may COM
promise like Bill VandorL.ls did with Neil
md his sisters, it don't restore paterral
harmony by no means. Wn aro aortcr like
the nggcrs in the Atlanta convention. |
We want our share Of Uncle Sans prop.-
cry. They cant pus us cF With !ons:
delayed praise. Mr. IJ!mrrc says the |
North has not dane VS. justice, Well, /;
hats so, but wo want to know about what |
line they will do it. There was Il ,lalkoy in
he ca!abooao and ho scat for Judge I'm |
lcrwocl and tod hin what he was pu: IN |
.hcre for, and tho Judge said: Gwen, jack, |,
hey cant put you iii here for that. It's |
lgoioat tho law" 81. lat so Mas ,yohn?" |
'aid Jack. 'I;'a 50, Jack" said The
Judge, "thcy cant put yoa il here tor
hat" "Eut il in here now" says Jnal..
Mas john, shore as you're born, J. is in
,orc right now."
Somehow L can't help thinking Of these
'ort OF things whether they fit mp exactly or
,ot. Old man lsam came to mo thA oShcv /
tn,(f fn I. ,,-i,o
;oing to do anything for tho coorcl man.
10 said he had been voting for en- ever
since tho war aud they had promised to do
'oncthin, but they didn't do nary thinG.
Said he had dono give up tho mule ana
10 acres OF land, hut the white folks was
Getting garden seed from Washington aud
hey hadn't sent any to him. I told him
hat the darGcys had .inst ns we'll qu;t cS-
'ccting anything more than they had al
en0y got, for this was n white mans country
md them whito folks up yonlor vas o
oolinS Of 'om. | told him low they had
ionc that darkoy at West Point and adj
dviscd him TO let politics alone. When
sknd him who he wanted for President, he
aid some Of 'cm vas going to yoto for
General Grant and somo for Gcucrai G!icr-.
nan. l thought thcro was somebody fccl-
ug them uigscrs in Atlanta, making 'cm
,eliovc il was old Tccump that vas run
ling. The way the Radical party fools the
lnrEcys reminds me Of old John Mcdlin
10 was sharp old shoe maker and loved
Thiskcy, aud had moro ways Of getting
lram without paying for il than anybody.
John's credit was gono and his promise was
rot worth cent There was new grocery
'pcnod in the little town, and 30 john