Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-02-22
From the Charleston 1 ercury
Governor dtuitham.


The telegraph had bel Ife announ
ced the arrival of Gov @nor Quit
man in New Orleans to ke his trial
on an Indictment for aid1g the Gu
ban Expedition. The PM Feeding is
novel, and considering lie slender
grounds on which the cArge rests,
appears like nothing else an an at
tempt, on the part of tlJ Federal
Government, to bring int4 disgrace a
man who stands in the hy of the
represe natives Of the faulus "peace
measures" If Gov. Gilman had
not called an Extra Se& ION of the
Mississippi Legislature, Ve would
not have been troubled abnt Cuba.
We have receive from, ggass Missis-
sippian copy Of the GoYnor's ad-
dress to the people of thdState, re-
signing his office. After ating the
proceedings of the Unit Id States
authorities against him, h9says:
Nnconscious Of havilt, in any
respecN violated the la ts of the
country;Neady at all tim to meet
any. charge< pat might bel exhibited
against me, NQve only be bnxious
in this extraordinary emetsency, to
follow the path oEduty. las citi-
zen, it was plain ano>cleA j must
yield 10 the law, howeVe,Id,uressiye
and unjust in my case; bNaJ Chief
Magistrate of a sovereigS State, |
had also in charge her dknAy, her
honor, md her sovereignty, Which /
could not permit to be olted in my
person. Resistance by he organ
lied force of the State, ,l&hile the
Federal Administration sin the
bsSals 81 ST men men Rt:g.-<sssss ;
some occasion to test the$ ~ ol
that Government, would Ireno ~ =
violent contests, muehto be j oftIo %
IN the present critical condiGf =
county.
The whole South, patient rs she is
under encroachnierlt, night u gokwilh
some jealousy upon the envy 8oynent
of military force to removed South
ern Governor from the jurisN Nlctnn of
his State, when il had beenAylilheld
from her citizens seeking TO ecinm
fugitive slave in Massachusetts
He then proce dis to poln on the
evils and Inconvenience tha6 you'd
follow his leaving the Stale pnn in
definite period while still hoBdg hS
of6ce,-the duties of which-sleould
NOV discharge. There waSsyo hb
op. .aion, no course open for hl cor
sttstent with the interests of thbtat},
but resignation of his office, hi thlS
transferring its powers and Nles tR
his lawful substitute, the Pre- Rent q
the Senate. He says:
81 therefore, fellow-citizeb now
resign the high trust confdSto my
hands, with no feeling of FsonaI
regret, except that / could nj SERVO
YOU better; With no feeling ohameI
for am innocent of the causeyhiclI
have induced the necessityf this
step. On the contrary, althon per-
sonally ] fear no Investigate and
shun no scrutiny, have sped no
E efforts, consistent with selfre$ct, to
, avert this result. So soon as earn
: ed that attempts would be me, un-
der an act Of Congress of last
It century, to :emove me fr9 this
: State, / form ally offered TO theoper
nj authorities of ihe United Stat any
: pledge or security to appeaEslew
Orleans, and meet the chargesainst
d me, so soon as my term alice
}. should expire; and l remonsIed 81
gainst the ndignty thus abolo be
W offered, not to m,self, but to tState,
20 in dragging ava! from his du, her
81 Chief Magistrate
J" My proposition was not aptedB
r. and my remonsthnce not he'd.
IS Ii is not for meto complailYou
&c are the aggrievedparty. Msurse
d, in this matter mess the apphl of
~ some of the mos patrioticizens
- near me. | sincebly hope, 8 was
10 dictated alone bymy sense duty
to the State, it ma meet thopro-
IL baton Of my oS-citizenss
The French GoSmmenffe re-
Gently ordered thatthe wIpaint
used in public buildings shaeGce-
forth be made of whit zincd not
IN. of white lead.
80 1t is strange b1w sliperyjshcy
punch max The sidesslke