Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-12

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Southern born when we look at her
now. For the greater part of gen.
Grafton she has been treated like an
outcast in the house of her fathers,
and almost denied any participation
in the affairs of the country, tainted
with treason and disloyalty, her sons
and her trusted leaders looked upon
with suspicion and distrust, and the
brand of political ostracism put upon
tinom by men who cannot appreciate
unseliish devotion to great princi-
pie, who cannot understand the
deathless love these mon had for
thc,r, .ost Cause" And now in the
hour of danger, when duty to coun-
try and flag calls her, with the tears
scarcely dried from her eyes, she
rises from tho graves of her death
less dead and the ashes of her affairs,
and with the heart of a lion and the
eye of an eagle, she responds to tho
call and is ready to pour out liba-
tion on the altar of her country and
her government. And it is all the
more remarkable when we consider
what the government is. When we
consider that there is not Southern
man in it it becomes still moro re.
markablo. When we consider thai
it is government run by Northern
men and for Northern men and
Northern interests, the thing rises to
the proportions Of wonder. It's
executive head is q Northern man
and he has surrounded his Council
Board with Northern men. It's rep
resentativcs at foreign courts and in
the diplomatic service are Northern
men. And when the only man in
the Cabinet who could lay the least
claim to being Southern man,
although even he was Northern born,
Postmaster General Gary, resigned,
when in these piping times of frater-
nifty and reunited country we might
expect the President to look South
of the Potomac for his successor, he
put another snub on the South and
ignored all her claims to sit in the
high councils of tho nation and
selected another Northern man,
Pennsylvania. lie practically says
to the Southern men that they are
good enough to pay taxes and fight,
to bear the burdens, but not to enjoy
the emoluments of the government.
All the high officers of the army and
navy, the generals, the admirals, the
commodores, the commanders, are
all Northern men, and even in the
very departments of the government
the same sectional distinction is kept
up. Verify, it is remarkable cxhi-
bition of pure, unsclfsh patriotism
that the South is making. But she
is preserving, pure and untarnished,
her ancient reputation, and every son
of hers ought to be proud Of her.
Anderson Advocate.
Spain's Topping Monarchy.
There is far more going on in
Spain than the dispatches from Mad
rid are permitted directly to reveal
but enough is known to show that
not only fighting, but victory is nee
essary to the maintenance Of the
Alfonsoist dynasty.
There arc riots in every quarter of
the kingdom. Military law is
declared in number of provinces.
The temper of the people is most
menacing. What is worse, the army
shows strong symptoms of defe. ton.
In all critical moments Spain is con-
trolled by the men wearing her uni
form. AS goes the army so goes the
government. And the spectacle of
army officers in citizens dress inoit-
ing the mobs to violence tells the
story of decentralization and danger.
Out of this cauldron of ragc and
insubordination VIC know not what
Carlists and the Republicans have in
large part ceased to cooperate with
the upholders of the present mon
archy in presenting common front
against the common foes of the ma
ton. And the alliance between the
Liberals and Conservatives, which
has been so well maintained during
the Cuban war, seems about to be
dissolved.
United, Spain will fight on yielding
nothing to aggression. Divided, dis
tractcd by civil war, anything is pos
siblc. The government canno, con-
tend against domestic revolution and
against the United States at the
same time. In this matter anarchy
is our ally. Home commissions per-
mitted the loss of Spain's great con-