Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-06-07


Il. y. WERNER, Esq, Bachelors Retreat
M. +. MiTcHELL, Esq" Pickensville.
y. r. HAGosp, Twelve Mile
j. t. WEBB. for Anderson District
DEATH OF SENATOR ELMoRE.
we have TO perform this week the
painful task of announcing to ourreadcrs
the death of this distinguished man.
FNANKLIN III. ELMoRE died at his lods.
ingsin Washington city, at 0 o'clock, p. NJ,
on the goth ult
But few weeks have passed since
Cardinals eldest born, the great Calhoun.
wealied with cares and worn out bv
disease, passed peacefully tc the land Of
immortal splits, whittier he who vas
thought worthy to wear his mantle has
quickly followed him.
The hand Of Providence in its myste.
rlous risiiations bears heavily upon South
Carolina, and again, in the hour of her
need, She is called upon to mourn The loss
OF one of her nohlest sons. L1nothcr
arm that was Fitted is ncrvcless and still
IN the grave, another voice that spoke in
her defence is silent forever more. and
is left dolorous and full of the desolation
OF death, to watch and TO weep; to
watch and to weep, like The Hebrew
mother, mourning through weary nights
and melancholy days and refusing to be
comfortcd because her children are not.
THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.
In spite Of the threats of the Admins
tration, the jcers of the Northern .Aboli
tionlsts and the machinations of their
Southern co-ajutors, this body as, ere this,
in Session, and the Compromise
Committee having failed TO accomplish h
what its friends had promised it should
perform, al eyes are turned to this Con.
vention, and in it are ccntcrcd all our
hopes of a satisfac'o o,y adjustment of OK.
's'ing differences, an adjustment which
shall restore peace and harmony to the
country without doing violence to the in
tcgrity or sacrificing the rights of either
party.
Southern members in Congress find it
impossible TO unite upon any plan. The
Southern press is greatly divided, advo-
eating discordant incpngruous and ire
constable schemes. A considerable nor
ton of the Southern people too (alas
that we should say yit,) seem to be lethar-
glc and carlcss, and almost unconscious
of the iminent peril in which their institu.
tons are placed. In this state of affnirs
we look to the Nashville Convention to
arouse and unite the people. Ave. to
arouse and excite them to vigorous and
united action, to bold and determined
efforts to arrest the headlong career Of
Northern fanaticism No mild rebnke-
no patient cxpostulation. no friendly
warning will be sufficient to call to n sense
OF their dnty, the men who have sworn
our destruction. They must be brought
to hnow that further encroachments upon
us will result in their own ruin, be.
tore they can be induced to do us Justice
or to leave us alone in the unmolested
possession of our constitutional rights.
We would not presume to make suo.
gestions TO body composed of so much
wisdom patriotism as the Nashville Con-
v9nt'on, yet, we believe that the Nilsson.
compromise line, if extended to the Pa.
chic would be satisfactory to the South.
ern people; with nothing short of this
Will they or can they be content.
HON. JAMES L. ORR
We commence this week the pub.
lication of this oenfln,non,e oliS