Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-05-08
VOLUME xLI.--No Is.

sense, sound reason and good iudg-
ment are just as necessary in manag.
ing tho affairs of government as
they are in conducting farm, q store
or a bank.
Some persons of much financial
skill and energy may handle success
fully borrowed money. These con-
stitutc the exception to the rule.
The rule itself is exactly the reverse
of this.
A lesson of more value to our pco-
pie than any poltico- financial device
that can be conceived of is to be
found in the practical precept, borrow
not at all.
THE REPUBLICAN PLOT.
In the frankncss that shall charac-
terlze this letter, | warn you against
extreme men and measures. Tho
old paths are the safest. Very soon
shall take my place with you again
in the ranks, and for my own part,
in the struggle with lies just ahead
OF us, pray that we may have the
best, the trucst and the wiscst of
leaders. Accepting as you have done
i'll the utmost good faith the results
of the late war, having adapted your
selves as best you could to the
changed condition in your affairs,
you do not realize the bitter prciu-
dice that the Republican politicians
still have towards you. They are
fully determined, if they can, to
pass bill now pending in Congress,
to regulate and control the Federal
elections in the States. It's machin-
cry, meant solely for tho Southern
States, is to be set in motion upon
the petition of five hundred voters
in any one of the Congressional Dis
tricts. These will readily be found
i'll every Congressional District of
the States lately engaged in the
rebellion (so-callcd) and not in
one of the States that adhered to
the Union. Should the bill become
law the struggles of 1876 will be
renewed in South Carolina, and you
will need all of the wisdom, all Of
the moderation, all of tho enthusi-
asm and devotion without which that
splendid victory would have been
turned into disastrous defeat. Is
There are other grave and impor-
tant questions that would gladly
bring to your attention, and many
other strong reasons that might be
given in opposition to this proposed
raid upon the treasury but this let
ter has been extended far beyond
the limits proposed at the outset.
would like to call your attention tc
the unholy alliance between the
farmers Of the West and the Knights
of Labor, which bodies no good tc
us. See their effort already made tc
deprcss about the only exclusively
Southern industry, cotton seed oil
by the passage of what is known as
the compound lard bill. Look ut the
exorbitant demand for pensions,
already requiring more than one hun
drcd million dollars annually, and
the end not yet. 1t has been Just
cause of pride with us that our rogu-
lar army is so small and inexpensive,
and to-day no monarchy in the Old
World pays as much to keep up its
standing army as we pay for pen
sions.
AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILL.
have rcfraincd from stating the
constitutional objection to the sub
treasury bill; that is OF the nature of
technical law, but for that matter all
law is technical: this objection is so
obvious that hazard little in saying
that I do not believe the bill will
ever be reported by the committee
to which it has been referred. If it
should be, and should be passed by
the two Houses of Congress, do
not believe the President will ap-
prove it, and | have no doubt but
that the Supreme Court would de-
clare it to be unconstitutional.
There is no warrant in the Con-
stitution for the Government ever
becoming money-lcnder. 1t has
the power by various methods to
levy taxes, to borrow money on the
credit of the United States, to regu-
late commerce with foreign countries
and between the States; and there are
sundry other powers delegated to it
by the States, but by no process of
construction, however strained, un-
less it be as boys at cchool sometimes
get the answer to their sums by