Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-10-12
How tho Groenbackors Look
Through our Eyesights.
WALuALLA, S. c., October 7, 1882

WALnALIA, S. c., October 7, 1882.
Wcrc good citizen Of South Carolina to
knowingly allow regiment Of good soldiers
to march nnawarcs into u >yawning chasm
and thereby cndnngcr their lives and their
cause, without sounding the alarm at the top
| OF his voice, tho unanimous verdict Of all
! good people would be that he would provc
rcckI less to civilization and humanity and de-
serve nothing less than the heaviest ccnsurc
of all good people and ought to be cast off rs
an enemy to his race. Your correspondent
| thinks he sees Just ahead Of some good men
such q pit as is just spoken Of in Grecnbnck.
ism, the result Of which is just as alarming,
| the inwarlncss of which would cause e9ory
| intelligent white man md coorcd man, too,
| to shudder with alarm. Bat it is clothed in
| deceptive robes which arc calculated to lead
astray those who do not stop to Investigate.
| From 1868 to 1876 what were tho condition
of affairs in South Carolina? Rupinc was the
watchword Of our law makers and State to
| such an extent that her once proud sons wcro
almost ashamed to acknowledge their birth
| place. Our property stolen, our houses made
| the frequent subjects Of burglary, gin houses
burned, our daughters insulted and outraged
on the public highways, without redress, for
when brought before the sworn tribunals Of
justice they were tried by packed juries and
acquitted and should they by NATURALIZATION
be convicted were parduncd ere tboy felt
the rod of correction and sent back to tor
ment an outraged people, aud should they
not find favor with an Infamous Governor were
nj % vip,nr po1 for oDr A.,
Of an insultcd people, rather thnn punished
by tho hard labor that their criminal conduct
deserved, and thus adding insult to injury
upon outraged people. Laws passed by
bribery, and worse still, the brbo paid from
the public treasury. tho taxes forced from an
nnrcprcscnted people and spent for most infa-
nous indnlgcnces Of most infamous
men and that by tho thousands. In the
name of high heaven will honest. intelligent
men vote for the return Ct such rupinc? Yet
every Crccnbackcr in my opinion, indirectly,
votes fer just this thing, nothing moro nor
nothing less Why do mako this assertion?
Because feel it is true and think from cir
cumstanccs can prove it. The Grecnbackcrs
and Radicals arc Identical and in this cam
paIgn are the same in interest, will vote the
same ticket, for tho samc men, and think
can provo that the purposes of the leaders of
the two parties arc the same. Tho readers of
your paper will remember that some timo
| during tho last session of our Legislature
there was held secret meeting Of l3 men in
Columbia. What was tho object of that
mcoting2 1t was composed Of Russell and
others of tho so.callcd Grcenbnck party and
a (ow prominent leaders of tho Radical
party, with political object in view From
the best information that could be gathered
contract was made, but what that contract
was no Democrat could ever learn; but it was
certain that an agreement was entered into.
| Now is it not reasonable to conclude that a
contract between Grcenbackcrs and Radicals
| that Grccnbackers and Radicals would bo
mutually benefited and if mutually bcne.
ftcd is it not reasonable to suppose that the
Radicals would demand division of tho
Offices? After events proved That this vas
| tho case, for when tho Grccnbacl< Convention
mot in Columbia somc Of .hcir prominent