Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-09-16

majority such as VIII DEFY question and
bury all efforts looking to another eight by
Carolina must do her part, and tho sentiment
of every one, whatever be the result. should
| DO thn. Of the gallant commander, who, when
dying. on being told that victory was on bis
aldo. snid: Thank God l have dono my
duty"
The speech of General Kennedy was flu
emily aud oloqucntly delivered and it's senti.
spoke 80 rapidly we cannot attempt to moro
than refer briefly To lending ideas.
| Congressman d. Wyatt Aiken was the
next speaker. He said it seemed but
yesterday that he had assisted four years ago
in burying the last Radical in Oconcc County.
llc did not know that tho party had any
life lett, yet its tail had been wagged in
Columbia week or ten days ogo. 1t was
their duty to bury that tail ond bury it SO
deep that it wouldn't wag again. But as
important as the election of their State
ticket was, even moro important to SEQ that
their electoral ticker was elected. The Re-
publican party had put forth 10 State ticket,
but they would put out their electoral ticket
the Saturday uisht before the election, the
Radical preachers would haranguo their
congregations on Sunday, and on the day
of the election tic Radical hosts would be
as ready to vp.c the ticket as if they had
considered it for Twelve months. Mr..
| Aiken then took up The character Of Mi.
Garfield, and at considerable length cx-
| pluinca his corrnpt connection with the
Credit Mobiiicr fraud, The N.Go!yci steal,
| the salary grab, rnd The electoral faul
He WAS u good lresb} teripn, he said, aud
he believed in prcdcstina;iou. and he tc-
Il 4 i ,,.,l
to eiimb no higher than he WAS at prescnt.
| Hancock, the great representative OF
Democratic principles, wouli be elected,
out 1t was going TO ou Il fearful hsht. 1t
vas all unequal fight The Republican
| party, with the patronage aud ;hcir e>scss-
mcnts, wuu;d start the r0oe VIII; 800 0O0
voters, and 81 O0OUON wruac from the
thousands o. o.!iocholtors upon the pain
Of d;smis al. Agoinst these great odds the
Democratic party had nothing 10 set up
but principle, and yet he believed the Amc:-
lean people would refuse to place 1T the
head Of their Government moral coward
and a confessed bribc- tal;cr and thief If
by any unfortunate chance Gailield should
be elected he dcspaircl Of the Southern coun,
try. Constitutional liberty would be stran.
gIed, freedom Of clcc;ious would tc denied,
aud the people would bo taxed beyond cn
durancc. Thcrc was only one way to cs-
cape and that was for every man to do
his whole du.y in November next, and bear
the Donocralio electoral iickct to victory.
Col. j. $. Goi,lAn, who w,s the next
speaker, first 'ouchod upon thc good State
goyclnmcnt which had been given the PEG
pie by the Democratic party, All the
people had now 10 do MAS "to od her at
what she was" The large cracks had been
stopped. There was no longer leak
through the buDgholc. The su.al crcviccs
woulG be stepped in timc He spike Of
the D2mocrale oicills, both high aud low,
and conirasicd with their fidelity the de-
falcntions aH'l open lhc'ls Of The Ecpublcan
officials. lie touched next upon Tie home.
n,.--,---,-:-l-, IL :. Ia L,l
been rendered oppressive b. The Dcmocratic
Supreme Court. The Court, he said had
simply construed the law us it had been
made by the Radical party. 1t had simply
declared that the 5000 Of personal cxcmv-
ton could not DC allowed without The owinr
Of the homestead. There was very easy
way to remedy this. At the next election a
constitutional amendment could be casi!y
/ passed. 9at was Democratic, and the
fact hat Dcmocratic Surrcmc Court
! rendered decision against their own in
| tc"cSs az! the Interest of their friends
shonli give the people more conii icucc in
their judges. lie next touched upon the
fairness and the justice of the State Courts
and ,hc great decrease in crime brought
about 'irou-h their proper and equitable
administration
lie ii.cn passed rto National politics, and
ina happy strain impressed upon the meet
ing The Icc ,hy os presenting q solid front
in November ncS lie, like Col. AiI;en, Was
n Presbyterian, aud Ike him he believed
Garfield was r'rcdrS'!ncd TO climb no higher,
but he would like 10 reci,c lit,lc anccdotc
| wh ch might illustrate HE danger Of trust
| ing too much 10 prcdcstinnlion There was an
old Presbyterian mns!cr once who WAS en-
| ghged III tic service oi Inc Lord in rather Il
| wild country, through which he had TO ride to
meet his congregations On the evening be-
fore the time FOR his usual departure from home
! on 'nc Of Isis journeys, Lis good old wife no
| i!cci That hc WAS putting a cap on his gun and
| in4ui. ed if he intended TO take his gun with
| him. lie rcrlici hn, he did. thought said
:hc, That you wcrc 3uch q firm believer in pre-
p! destination that you would believe that what
wa5 to bc would be an cou'l not be changed
by any agency OF ;nnr3 This puzzled The old
man considerably, but, after considering Cor n
while. lie sa!: Wen you see, suppose when |
/ should go out 10 nurrow should NEE; AN In
hitn "rd u WAS the appointed Zine for that
/ lniiam TO 'iic, how in the nanr oi common sense
ain to kn il haven't 80; my gun? SO il
was with to" democracy while they believed
| 'hii ccfIain h!gn hcpubliCnn Oiic;a, was prc-
destined 10 be politically killed on the I'd Of
NoTc'n&cr nc%t. how were lhcy 10 kill him if
l"cH we're not prepared: II they were not
there %hh their ballots: LLaughtcr anl ap-
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