Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-12-11

reouiring any ofictrSof Syourbody
wis nav BE nominated OF appointed
to any civil oiice to tender ne re,
signations of his Office promptly upon
lila. acceptanceSo Of such nomination 81
o:ss:s. s.
Then comes the Presidents deliye.
rance on politisal action, which is Iii
follows 4 53
Az intelligent Conception and
COMPREHENSION of the relations and
reciprocal Obligations between the
citizens and the government is onie
OF the highest attributes of Ameri.
can citizenship, and 3underSo our form
of government, one 6f the most lin.
lportant; aud removable duties dc.
yolying upon the Citizen isSthe at.
tainment6 Of this knowledge. Hence,
first and foremost iii our DecSlara,
ton Of Principles,R We announce
that We are ITO labor for the educa.
ton Of the agricultural CLASSES in the
science of economical government,
in q strictly non-paitisan spirit, and
90 bring about more perfect union 81
classaes.n Were it The design Of tie
trainers fof our organic law to i'm
press our membership with the Re.
s~ponsibility and patriotic duty oi
reaching that exalted standard III
citizenship to which ali. American
freemen should aspire, and to assert
that our organization was politioal5in
the highest sense 81 that torn, they
were fortunate in adopting the priipl.
ciplelin this declaration; but while
our organization is political, it can't
be partisan or sectional ID its action,
In support Of this declaration we
proudly point to our whole past re,
cord and to the recent popular cleo.
tion, and particularly to the noble
and patriotic bearing of the brother
hood in the States Of Kansas and
South Carolina. tits as needless as
it would be criminal to attempt to
disguise the fact that as an organizaa-
ton we have reached a critical Pc
riod@i in our existence. Insidious and
powerful influences are seeking to
divert us from the high purpose and
grave object fol. which we were or
ganized. Flushed aud elated with
success, marvellous in many Of it's as
poets, and the most remarkable in
the political history OF this country,
let us not impair its prestige and
lpower by Indifference or inactivity
on the ono hand, or by grasping 70,
the impracticable Or the unattainable
on the other. Strong as we are, and
strong ash we must become, strong
enough if united to render our lines
impregnable to any open or opposing
force, yet we are not strong enough,
nor a we be, to withstand the in
trigue and treachery Of our foes
within.
indeed, the evasion OF this great
issue mas been prominently oharac-
termed by the two great parties for
the past twenty-five years. The
great absorbing question, let me
fepeat before ~ Amerlean people,
ls not whether the democratic OF
inc fepuoiloan party, with their cyl 'yt
dens'suosery 'eH tostheswiii OF cor
porate ana money powers, shall be IN
a ascendenoy' put the question is
@hether, nnaer our republican form
Oh government, the oitizeh or the
aollarSsnall be 2 sovereign.
Lev Inc people mere represented
commune 70 reitefate, ana with In
creased emphasis demand frst that
9 SILVER shaii pc restored TO Its
dignlty an9 Piacs az q money metal
Wltn ait inc flghts O. coinage ana all
|the qoailtles 81 iegal tender Whl which
gold possesses possesses, 3 3
2. That the currency of the coun-
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