Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.

lfany one, standing upon the brink
oi TINS mighty current of popular passion
that IS sweeping by, supposes tha it will
run out, he is mistaken Like the river
1t rolls. an as it rolls. forev will roll on
80 FAR from noticing any moderation of
tone in Congress to-day, after the three
days respite, it wns rather apgrava. ed.
The card of MIR. Hilliard. in the National
lntelIgencer Il is morning, warned the
editors Of that paper and the country gen
eraaily that the DANCE, is underrated.
and that the South is fully resolved to
resist any measures that sfal exclude her
peoi lie from residence. in the territories
acquired from Mexico We learn. too.
from an explanation made bv NJ. Turnev
in the Senate, that the position often
nessee, in regard to the Southern Con-
vention. is misunderstood, and that she
will maintain al the constitutional guaran
ties. a
In Canada. this subject and its results
are specnlated upon. Col. Gugv, in an
Instrumentation speech, refe { the COM
motion in the United States, and saws
that this ferment of passion, when a it,
tie more developed, would overthrow. ms
At has always orerthrown, any power op-
posed toit. The sagacious editor Of the
Albion says that the North will be over
ruied, and that the storm will, for the
present, blow over" hope it NAV
blow over. but the signs are not particu-
larlv favorable.
Mr.. Calhoun has been more unwell
during the last week, and has not left his
room. His cough is very bad. doubt
whether he will be able to speak in the
Senate this session.
He has committed his intended re-
marks TO paper; and they will be read on
Thursday by Mr. Butler Mr.. Webster
VIII also speak very soon.
A proposition was made to-day. and
strenuously urged. by Mr.. Foote, to com.
mi' the whole subject in controversy, to
select Committee of thirteen: six to be
chosen from the on-slaveholding, and six
from the slaveholding States; and these
twelve to select thirteenth member
lie urged that if in week. some project
ot compromise was not pro 'uced, it would
De too late, for events would occur which
would render compromise hopeless
what events he referred TO, do not
know. Ar. Foote said. he had consulted
with two thirds Of the Senate and with
many members of the House, and was
assures that c<Snipr0ffise would be EFF.
fected; that Committee would agree
upon plan, which the Senate and House
and the country Nonld ratify. Mr. Gle
mems sold that. if the subject was agita-
ted three weeks longer il would be i'm
possible TO save the Union.
MIR Butler, and Others, could not sec
what good a Committee could do. They
would probably fail, and the failure would
aggrnvate the difficulty. He thought il
better to go OIL and consult upom the
question, with cnimness and forbearance
and gradually we might draw nearer TO
! the object. The Senate hesi,ated and
the matter was hid over for to morrow.
Some of the Mississippi delegation
have enteredinio correspondence with
Col BiSsell, and others of the Illinois del.
egation. in regard to Col Bissell's state
ments on the subject Of the Mississippi
regiment, at the battle of Bueaa Vista
WAsHTSaToH, Feb. %.
Some persons are startled at the state.
ments and declara aions made bv Mr..
Foote, ia the !Senate. Mr. Footp de-
clred that. if something " not done
before the end of the week, events would
inevitably take place that would render
compromise Impossible. The events al.
lndcd to have been often spoken of since
Mr. Clnrman's speech. 1t was not. ut
the moment, kaown that M. Foote re-
ferrcd to the next black Monday, and
persons w3adaied where was to be the
next outbreak.
Mr.. Foote's declaration presumed that
the Northern majority of the House I
would. next Monday, attempt to force
the question on Doty's resolution, instruc-
ting the Committee on Territories to
bring in ~ Bill to admit California as a
State. In that case, the Southern mem.
hers would, ms they did hast Monday, re.
sist and obstruct action, by resoriing TO
parliamentary means 1t had been hint
cd that the majority, impatient, would
iorcibl,y expel the resisting members.--
MIR. CEngman had said that the Southern
members would, in that case. resort to
violence. In replv to Colonel BisseJ the