Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-09-22
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Bat not 50 fast, these laws, very pro. m
pcrly, are reciprocal The British states,
men only cntend the privileges to those
nations ,Hhe have also thrown of the
shacklcs of commerce.. We'll, accoriinr
10 the act whose provision we publish
above, it is very evident our discrin,ina.
ung tonnage duties wcrc. repealed by the
act of the British Pa,iiament--t repeai
to take effect SO soon as that Government
notified this OF The chahlgc> But tho
Cabinet of General Taylor say rot so.---.
The Republic, their organ, declares that
General. Taylor will not issue his procla.
nation because he is merely authoriSe.t
to do 1T by an act passed twenty yca.>
ago" The Republic seems TO think thai
age has invaldatcd the ACT, and rendered
it obsolete; and sobcrly says the Pres
dent is "ncithcr bound nor required 10
take any step in the premises" Now,
we will tell our readers the secret Of thi,
opposition, The last Administration ssaa
active and Instrumental In obtaining tho
repeal Of the restrictive laws of Great
Britain-and the measure is of course u
prominent adjunct of the Free Trade
policy, Herein lies ali the hostility Of
the Cabinet-for no one will imaging ttIat
Gen. Taylor knows OF cares any Gihings
about ito this and other kindred n,cas.
mcs. q AZ. ha nnt clearly the duty of tlSe
President 10 issue his procia.a:-,inn inn.
Piled in the authority" given him to do
so, then the bestomal OF the authority
was superfuous. It would make his
wiH supreme on this important subject.
The trainers of the above act never
dreamed that any administration weaid be
SO insane as to hesitatcto seize such i'm.
4 y '''''' '1 '''''"s's ests
TIE MuRDEoER-JoEgr-The. slave Joe.
who IS now in Jaii ior inc murder &C les
Sc Weatherford, says, that his owner. be.
fore he was sold opt Of Jail at this place
some years ago.wasa Mr.. Ceyious Whit.
tamors, q, soap factor, and Tallow Chan
dler. at the corner ofst Philips and Rat
clige Stteets, Charleston, So. Ca. .IIe
says that bis true name is Geoyqe, hs
About six or seven years ago ne wan
lodged as runaway in the idi 6flthi.
District stating that his name was Joe.
and that he belonged 10 Col. PATTERSON
on Mackey's Island, s. C. He persisted
in this statement for twelve months, tho
severely whipped to extract the truth aa
to his. real owner. gs dsE
After twelve months imprisonment hc
was sold as the law directs, aud purchas.
ed by Mrs. cBIaiock of cur village, in
whose possession he has since reiua..ncd.
He now frankly admits that his former
master was kind and iudulgent anan.
On Monday last he was tried and con.
demned to be hanged ON Friday the 2lst
inst -EdgeGela 1doertiaef. - ls sk
Gen. Taylor and the Tari6.-Gcn. Tnv
Ior, while at Pittsburg. was waited on ir
q deputation OF manufacturers, who ,ad.
dressed him on the subject of the Tariff:
The President replied that the subject
of the tariff had engaged his earliest at
tention, and that he was thaakful to re.
ceiye all information bearing upon that
importantmatter The Secretary of the
Treasury had been engaged in collecting
information. and the Executive would be
prepared to recommend to ConqrcSs such
improvements IN tie present system as
moutd encourage all the great interests of
tie country, andn Tie same time insure
stability. lie belicred there scsrc certain
articles aOhich required protection but as
this government was ires the irst iastancv
organized by mutna! eences. !, rs and
compromises, be trusted The ssas spirit
would yet presail, and that Che peoplo OK
the country would be wiling to r.est each
other halfway in ell nleasuresOf tliegcn
eral welfare. Stabiiityin the tasif was
whss was required. and that could never
be Greeted by running any intsreats Iii"
Executive +=senid be prepared to cooper
ate,eordiaiiy N any alaelioratioa Of Aye
present system 81 sea Asug
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aGeggSv:LLg RAtL Roar, I'VE were high
'ly grati6cd on Tuesday evening. 10 sees.
Gar on the "a Greensslse Raii Read The
persevering and industrious Contsaetors
,baye een,meIeed laying deeq tic iron at
tile junction Of the 8, G, IL g. asld the