Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-10-21

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niSable In tho State Courts. with nil tho at.
tendant expense and inconvenience to tho
people. This was tho effect Of the national
bankrupt law, which, to q great degroo. do
stroyed tho provisions of State insolyent laws
to the injury alike of debtor and creditor. Il
Is seon, too, in tho Revenue laws and their
enforcement, dragging people to Greenville
tor selling hand of tobacco orr quart Of
nquor. Moro dangerous still is the claim of
jurisdiction by tho United States oficors
when alleged to bo done while On duty. Bv
this means tho lives Of o,lr people aro ploood
at the mercy Of officials and in not n fow
ouses 10 our State has life been takon and
tho parties permitted to go without trial
through tho Intervention of the United
States Courts Theso evils will increase
with ovory lcaso of power to tho Republicnn
purity, and thus our liberties will prndunllv
disappear and local government the bulwark
OF liberty md tho truo source of strength in
government, will be destroyed. Tho highest
type of free government IL the exoro;se of "a
i'ttie central power as possible. consistent
with tho proper strength and preservation Of
the general government. This is tho croed
OF the Democratic party, whilo that Of tho
Republicans is TO increase the central mower
by inroads On local government.
Moro than this, We feel that i'm this onmno;o,
is to be decided whether We shall be ono neon,o
in friendship AMI interest us we'll as in govern
ment, aud whether the creed of seclionn, ho,o
advocated ny the Republicans shall prevail over
reconciliation In campagn fraught with
sach interests, the Democratic party has met
with disaster. Indiana, for years ranged on the
sue OF the Democracy, has gone Republican by
Elk thousand votes. after q full and exoilino
canvass, and Ohio has increased its Republican
majority. This is serious blow TO tho Dcmo.-
crats, ana The moro SO because il was so Little
expected, and still more so because OH the vote
OF Indiana many hung tho scale of tho Noycm
bcr election. Tho surprising success in Mnino
mas been moro than counterbalanccd by tho sur.
pr'sihe ae'eal IN Indiana. 1t is true that the
So!c IN November may show Democratic sue
cess, Tor there can be no doubt that the eren;sst
efforts oi the Republicans were put forth 10
carry the Stae, by the use of money md hv
tho patronage Of the entire Government. Ohio
being safe, all was concentrated TO carry In.
diana This cannot occur in November, as eye,v
otate III the Union must vote the same day. and
no such concentration can be again mado in any
one o'a'e BESIDES, We may well say. the cause
OF the Democrats is not lost with the loss of
Indiana, as the South with the votes of Now
York, New Jersey and Connecticut con c,cc, or
with California or sorne other doubtful State. if
q i'm nj fntn
oe' complaint or murmuring OIL our part cannot
remedy the difficulty, but may aggravate It.
we need not look 10 other States for succesa
ihe democrats in each State should lool IN
carrying their own State. In the ordinary nrr-.
suits Of life if each individual should bc watch
ing ana cntlcising the acts and progress of his
neighoors 10 the neglect of his home affairs no
one would prosper. So in The political world. to
look abroad for success will yield nothing but
defeat and disappointment Whether in nros-
perty or adversely in success or defeat in homo
or despondancy, our duty is plain. We must
work and carry our own State, both in the local
and national election. This is important and
comprises our full and only duty. We look for
and gather such comfort and announcement
from abroad as circumstances afford, but if we
ma adversely there, the more need of cncrcv
anu ACTIVITY on our part to preserve our home
government In our defeat in Indiana We should
only see the more need of energy at home that
our State may not be lost, too. Hopes arc en-.
tertained that Indiana in November will be
found Democratic and we should cherish these
hopes and leave our Slate in no uncertainty.
Wors at home, constant and active work. for
Democratic success is our duty, and if We do
lh's and fail then we will have nothing to blame
ourselves with