Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-07-07


aA July 1. 1902.
& Y people in 8these tryin
g will survive unshaken unit
sarth itself shall Be rolled ava
scroll
sYhat good reason can be assigned
for the argument We some
car among us to-day, for re
sung to the rear Of. men, who, b,
sRie deeds Of hesoism, have be
~g 4 to their posterity an i'm
n heritage of glory, and cast |
IS ssnce over our country which
do honorsto any ago g !.
that They Who are encourag,
ns8 s4eh sentiment do ii; through
seSRsli3 motives, and are Jealous q
4gst9ht and shining .earvipaa al
who stand or have stood
qinent in the councils of oui
ilceEltry.
low who are making this hue
aaaS cry had the opportunity, but
faaed for want of courage, patriotism
apacity, to render to the coun-
tryEwhen it was in sor need, their
selElces, and now envy the honor of
Ethate who did, some of whom are
wei known in the annals of military
SIlaE.
NEe should lay aside the prejudice
Ethsdt have cngendcrcd among us, and
FIoodEe together for tho common good,
.sh9Ring ourselves worthy descend
ans Of noble sires. l trust, should
tha opportunity ever occur, South
CaSlina will never again fail to
holor the hero of '76-the illustrious
commander who. put to fight the
hoWer of the Federal cavalry at Ira
,YiIiSs Station, and whose genius
neyss appeared brighten than when
he 3hrew a last radiance over the
victories Of the Confederacy at
Petersburg and stemmed the torrent
of disaster from the low-country to
S2reensborough.
Allthat is new in the Ocala and
ST. Louis demands, if granted, will
brings foaus no relief; they were
for the benefit Of others,
and agitated for the purpose of Great
ing dttstrust and producing a loss of
confidence in our great men, the
righttnl leaders of every country
the o~rlginators and advocates of these
,neastres hoping thereby to secure
for themselves all the positions of
honorsand trust, within the suffragcs
Of the people, solely, it appears, to
OPPONENTS for the emoluments. of
w aiaaoade.
ahey have succeeded beyond ex-
pectation, and'in some instances by
assailing virtue with the power Of in
t%ellect, guided by the fire of genius
and stimulated by the powerof wick
.edness, Boosting, pharisaicallike, that
they were not Baptists, nor in fact
n ombers of any Christian donomi-
ration, saying by inference, if not in
direct terms, that they did not honor
stch company, especially those that
constitute that branch of the church
mentioned.
popularity is seldom the reward
of real wisdom. The measures cal
culated'to benefit mankind are rarely
ever agreeable. "Real greatness in
public life has rarely been attained
but by those who have resolutely
acted III opposition to the opinions
ana oiamors OF the great body OF the
people, and it not unfrequontiy hap.
pens the acts of their lives which
have given them the most durable
reputation with %posterity, + those
which have accustomed the most vic,
lent cutlery and obloquy at the mo
mcnt."
This fits the case of the great MAJ
who has just received the nomina
ton for President of the United
States from the Democratic party.
When occupying that position
after concluding his mastery argu
ment on tariff reform in his messag,
on that subject, which stands nnan
swered, OF being cautioned that i
would cost him his election, reptile,
that that was not to be considered
and repeated the words Of an illus
trious predecessor, that he ha,
rather be- right than be President
and when signing the document said
that he had through the Who'll
course Of its construction, in hi
mind but one man, the America
farmer. 80
He It was who relegated him t
tho rear, which shows how easy it
to be misunderstood, and that "
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