Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-03-30
Words that Signify Danger.

lie Barnwcll Sentinel is uneasy and not
:sithout reason. 1t soys that only last week
it heard n gentleman whose weight has
always been thrown in the scales for good
government say, with voice trembling:
"Wcll, sir, | have registered vow that
will never vote uuothcr Democratic ticket
ns long us live. had rathcr contend
Gas poor man) with all the negro govern
mcnts that ever held sway in Soath Caro-
lima than to direct my own native people,
who delight in dcpriving mo Of the minor
privileges that not ouly l. but my ancestors
before me have enjoyed in an uninterrupted
manner from time immcmorial" Another
in an adjoining township, said: "I shall 20
to the polls on election day with Rcpub-
lioan ballot in my hand and there openly
cast it, and the man WHO puts his Land on
nc will do ut his peril" Tho grounds
of oomplai.f, our contemporary says, are
tho stock LAW and the registration law, and
the Sentinel, therefore urges the Demo
cratic LEADERS, "to take hold push the cam
paign and give all sides an abundance of
time in which to discuss differences which
otherwise may prove the destruction Of the
State" 1t truly says: ave cannot stine
the voice of free people in the land of
freedom. Persuasion is fast losing its
sweet influences and force belongs not to
the hour"
The whito mon, whether few or many,
who believe that they have been wrongcd,
or their ri.hts and liberties impaired, by
any act for which the Democratic party is
responsible, cannot DO browbeatcn or bull
lied into snhjection. If they could, it is
HnSi ln hat ,1> l..
Democratic party can prove to the sa,isfao~
ton of intelligent white men that it de-
serves public support, it ought not to cx
pcct to receive that support. We arc CON
hdent that the Democracy has nothing to
fear from free discussion. The more thoro
is OF 1T tho stronger tho party will be.
What arc the undcniablo facts?
The administration of the State govern
mcnt since 1876 has been both honest and
economical The debts of the State arc in
process of payment. The vauo of property
has increased. The improvement in the
school system is Marked and the indebted
ness contracted by the Radicals is being
discharged The courts are capable, eff
ccnt and upright. There is no hint of
corruption 10 any department of the gov
crnment. Such lawlossncss ns there is in
the State, amongst white people, is due to
~h'skcy aud the habit of regarding it as
each mans eight to be his own avcngcr
when he fancies TINT he has bccn injured
We say unhcsitatingly that whatever there
is OF good in the administration Of public
affairs is due 10 Democratic asocndcnoy and
that whatever is now bad was far worse
when the Radicals were 10 power. Why
then is there any Gisnlfeclion7
We suppose that particular oflioors in tho
counties may hove given offence. Tho
friends OF a. who were not appointed have
a poor opinion Of b. who got the place. Or
the Office, holding circle is thought to be too
small in diameter, end very nearly all hub,
80 to speak. This may be true, in part,
but revolt is not the remedy. The
remedy is in selecting officers who will be
urobjccioDablc, and in elccting mcmbcrs Of
the Legislature who, in their acts, will re-
fleet the popular will---if the present off,
GERS have erred, and tho present Legislature
has gone counter to the wishes of tho ma,
jorily. Wo do not sec that there is any
reason for discontent-if the majority are
to rule. In our view tho Legislature, in
passing the stock law and the registration
law, did represent the desires Of tho ma .
jority of the Democrats in tho State. Should
it be otherwise, it is simple thing to
choose members of tho Legislature next
November who will give the people what
they want. Ono thing is certain. Tho
Democratic voters will not submit to be
ruled by minority of the party.
Tho stock in trade of tho average Dem-
ocratio orator is dcnunciaion of the Rndi
Gals, but this will not win votes when dis.
satisfied Democrats arc tho audience. The
Democratic leaders must bo prepared,
therefore, to demonstrate the gains to tho
people by Democratic rule, which gains