Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-09-13

of Governor Bells message and the
temper of the population of Texas
-the duty which Georgia has made
imperative on her executive, in case
California is admitted, to call South
ern convention-the spirit indicated
by the public meetings in that State
and in other States-show deter
mination, if not a foregone conclu-
sion, that is as clear as noon-day. =
To this wide indication Of Southern
discomfort, there comes to minister
to it the Alabama slave insurrection,
and the New York slave abduction
proceedings. To all this are to be
added the sentiments thrown out by
various Southern politicians, in the
many thoroughly disunion letters and
speeches which have recently been
elected, and the propositions serious
ly brought forward to adopt retalia-
tory commercial measures by the
South. All this points most directly
to the conclusion, that portion Of
the South has resolved to proceed to
the most violent measures in order 10
carry out desperately remedy. 1t
is useless to wink out of sight the fact
that crisis is at hand which il will
require no small measure of discre-
ton and firmness to successfully
meet Rossois Post.
SHAMEFUL ABUsEs.-The N. Y.
Evening Post, in noticing the whole
sale robbery of the Treasury from
foreign az pointees resigning after
they receive their outfits and salaries,
says:
"Hannagan, 1t will be remember
ed, was sent to Berlin, upon the stip-
ulation that he should not stay long,
his appointment being considera-
ton for making that full mission,
which could not be done without
democratic votes, but with democrat
votes might be made a very pretty
asylum for some describes partisan
as soon as Hannegan could decently
draw an outfit, an inft, and a years
salary, which was rightly supposed
to require about six months.
Col. Webb was sent out also with
a like certainty of being recalled be-
fore he arrived at his place of destina-
ton; nevertheless, he got his salary
and outfit, which was the main thing.
Only day or two since, the chair
man of the committee of ways and
means asked for an addition 10 the
civil and diplomatic appropriation
bill for outfits for the charges to
Ecuador, Guatemala, New Grenada
and Portugal. We supposed all
these places comfortably filled, and
did not dream that within one short
year they would put the government
20 the expense of two outfits. But
it now appears that Col. Van Allen
who has been at Ecuador sn;rce six
months, has resigned his commission,
and returned in the Crescent City to
New York.
The unexpected elevation of his
fellow-citizen to the Presidency, has
procured to DIR. Thomas M. Foote,
OF Buffalo, permission to return from
New Grenada, and become the cham
pion of the administration at Wash
ington, as one Of the Editors, it is
said, of the Repul lie.
The Hon. James B. Clay, too, is
wearied with his residence in Portu-
gal, and has gone 10 Naples, 10 rest
and wait for permission to follow the
example of Messrs. Van Allen and
Feote.
Mr.. Squier, also, who has always
contrived somehow to keep his name
before the people since he was sent
to Guatemala, has returned to his
anxious friends, where he will proba-
bly, relnain; inc certainly will, if he
can be provided, as he expects to be,
with better place.
We do not know how many more
OF the diplomatic appointees are com
ing home this season; but, from pres
ent appearances, we incline to think
it would be economical for our gov
eminent to employ its foreign minis
ters by the year or by the job"
SOUND DocTRINE.-We clip the
followin from the Charleston Even
ing News of Saturday:
"What course it is the duty of the
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