Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-09-09
wALHA ALlA. soUTH oAmoLINA. sIrr B. 1905.

O~r-'s N''--NS.'N", Dsst kset5St Nhoi hSoot WV.
! gave the volume to Capt. Earle,
and that was the beginning of those
long hours of daily drills, morning
and afternoon, for months, and the
frequent inquiry from the ranks as
to when the captain would get to
the end ofthe bookp
The result was one of the most
effective light batteries in the Con-
federate service.
With the end of the war, in 1865,
we passed under bayonet rule until
1858; relatively a mild form of gov
ernment in comparison with what
followed. For eight years we had a
new death struggle, with the vulgar,
shameless tyranny of reconstruction,
the real intent of which was to make
South Carolina negro State, but,
after eight years, it ended in failure,
and it should not be forgotten that
it was a Northern President and
Northern public opinion which
recognized Governor Hampton. 1t
was too monstrous for sober second
thought! This is significant and
pregnant fact for our present time
Even during these eight dreadful
years Confederate reunions were
kept up, and every spring Confede-
rate graves were decorated with
flowers; Confederate monuments
were erected everywhere; and the
imperishable memories of "the war
between the States" kept bright.
For twenty-five years past the
South has been marching abreast of
the spirit of the age-"forth from
dust and ashes F.; forth from humilia.
tion and defeat" She is rising up
The cotton blossoms are again
resplendent in our fields, they are
the ro bes of our ascension. We are
rising up! The waters of our rivers
are being taught to turn the wheel,
and hear them chant as they mur-
mur on to the ocean--we are rising
up! The blades of the bountiful
corn stand in serried ranks in many
field, and the winds seem to
whisper as they pass by-we are
rising up! From the dark recess of
the mine comes the merry click of
pick and spade-iron and coal seem
to sing in chorus, we are rising up
Nothing succeeds like success.
The material advance of twenty eight
millions and more of the Southern
white people has brought with it
some noted ch .nges in Northern
public opinion.
Charles Francis Adams, in public
speech in Chicago, in June, 1902,
candidly admitted that "the weight
of the argument was on the side of
the South in the matter of secession;"
and in Charleston, in December, he
declared that both sides were right |"
From the same distinguished North
ern citizen the proposal is made to
erect an equestrian statue of Gen.
Robert e. Lee in Washington. l
cannot help remarking, however,
that hundred such erections would
not add an iota to the universally
recognized world wide fame of this
model Southerner, who bore in his
nigh character and splendid achieve
ments the image of his loved South
land.
These utterances have great sig
nificance for the South, they mean a
remarkable and growing change in
Northern public opinion. Let us
then be patient and confide in these
promises of our own great future as
an important part of the American
Union.
Politico-spectacular mountebanks
will come to the surface from time
to time, some by accident, some by
deceptive pleas, and they will suggest
the reversal of the worlds social
forms and conditions of society
or present crude and misleading
views of finance, but the great body
of the American people will find out
the truth and relegate these adven-
turers to private life in due course.
Referring once more to matters
relating to 'sthe war between the
States," we quote further from DR..
Palmer's grand address
"Invective and reproach will con-