Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-08-30

.OilCC SUI tto}5CtiCi III 'hC hoChttc CHAM
sber. ssTheywere equal in Senatorial
rank, but there equality ceased
The country will beer me out in the
testimony | give, but there was a
wide difference tetween the two.
This difference was precisely that
which exists between the eagle and
the owl. The one scars aloftin the
broad light of day, and gazes steadi-
ly on the face of the sun. The 9TH
er shuns the day, hides it's ignomy in
darkness, and disputes with the rep
tiles with which it broods the right
to batten on garbage. The Senator
can be at, no loss to determine the
place assigned him in the background
and twilight of this picture.
'Ihave said the Senator does not
act without motive. | may be able
to afford the public,a a key TO the mo-
tive which has prompted the Sena-
tor to assail Mr.. Calhoun and South
Carolina with unmitigated maligni-
ty for the last quarter of century.
/ will, for moment, Messrs. Editors,
change the venue from you to the
Senator himself for the purpose of
propounding to him q few direct and
plain interrogateries, and hope he
will favor the public with a distinct
answer to each. .s,.e.
Il ask you, sir, did or did not Mr..
Madison, soon after the battle of the
Horse Shoe, appoint you to the office
of sub-Indian Agent for one of the
southern trlbesi
Did or did you not, sir, hold this
office until Mr., Monroe came into
power, and Mr.. Calhoun under him
as Secretary of War?
And did, or did not Mr.. Calhoun
cause you to beremoved from office
of sub-Indian agent, for malfeasance
in officc2 Mark the word, sir, lsay
malfeasance, not deeming it altogetli
er in good taste to use a term with
which all are familiar, who are ac-
quainted with the titles ofthe crimi-
nal code. Will you, sir, give a di-
rect answer to these interrogatories,
without resorting to your usual pre-
varicationsl The public will be gra-
tilted, doubtless, to hear your res
ponse.. Ha'Fsl tf,
'Ifthese questions be answered in
the affirmative, or if you remain ST.
lent, the public will no longer be at
q 10 sto discover the source of that
hypocritical pretence of patriotism,
under cover of which you have for
the last twenty-five years given vent
to your spleen against Mr.. Calhoun
and South Carolina. Until You an.
swer these inquiries, in charity 10
yourself, sir, if not those compelled
tohsten to your croaking, pray cease
to make yourself hoarse with the par
ro cries of Calhoun, South Caroli-
ma, Union.' tits said to be a fact
woll known to those who are &C
quainted with the history Of criminal
Jurisprudence, that convict who has
ence stood in the pillory, never looks
at,that instrument of punishment af-
terwards without an involuntary SEN
sation Of anguish. You, sir, would
perhaps be ascredible witness on this
subject. ,'''i
IF any thing is to be learned from
the history OF your life, you belong
to a school of philosophers whose
creed is only to be found in the moral
and political lea non Scrfpta. That
creed is briefly this, that dishonesty
is a cardinal virtue, and knavery am
accomplishment, which alone can
qualify a disciple 10 acthis part upon
1.-THE public stage. OF all the honors
of this school, you, sir, have shown
yourselfto be worthy, and casuists
might even conclude that the pyra-
mid Of transgressions which time has
erected to your memory, and,upon
whichyour epitaph may be written,
entities you, without any additional
achievement, to am honorary mem-
bership fol, life. .t1.s
}HIf |, sir, in conclusion, felt author
Hcd TO offer yona word Of counsel
at parting, would tell you in all SIN
cerTty to retire at once from the gaze
ofa world, from whose sentence Of
repfobation you can never be re-.
pfieved; and to the society of which
your presence can impart no yalne.
Posterity,lfit shoul condescend 10
notice you, will be at a loss whether,
tolassign to You the rank ofa fool on
a knaye. The present genera ION, who
are better. acquainted wIlIl YOUR ell,fil
tiles, will be at no loss to determine
that you possess la your person and
charactes the most exffaordina,sps
combination ofboths Asyo,, cantiof
then, sir, hope TO reverse this sen.
tence, retire tomerited obscurity. and