Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-22
Col. a. P. Calhoun.

tion
On taking the presiding chair at this
Convention, President Calhoun made a
speech, the brevity and soundncss of which
stamp him as a sensible and practical man
and though he bas been Somewhat en-
barrasscd by the loquaciousncss and ncrti.
nacity of sundry gentlemen interested in
the success of their pct projects, think he
will make am efficient and agreeable presi,
ding officer, ! send you this synopsis of
MIR. Calhoun remarks:
Gentlemen: While thank YOU most
sincerely for the distinguished honor YOU
have conferred uponmc, i assure you ap-
proach the duties you have imposed upon
me with great distrust in my capacity. to
MI them equal to your expectations That
there is an unanimous feeling now existing
throughout the South upon The all,absorbl
! ing and vital questions Which We arc as
J Seembled here to discuss, 40 one will deny.
Since 1916, when | had the honor to rep
resent this my adopted State in the Mcn-
phls Convention, | felt satisfied that tns
large collection of Southern energy and
Southern talent which annually assembled
at these conventions, would by the inter
change of opinion, which takes place on
| such occasions, bo,ultimotcly productive of
good. l felt that if wo wore but to unite
the South, and cause her to act with one
halt the energy for the maintenance of. her
rights that her enemies display In taxing
item away, she would loug since have nc
complished all at which she aims. But,
I gohtlcmeh, we are Rn agricultural people;
weAarc disintegrated in oar society. The
ownership Of slaves and the working of lier
soil necessarily affects us, But naturally
1t produces, am independence of character
which marks us, among all people, as a pc
culm race - ae''
! No hove now, for the first time, struck
the chord of the great Southern heart, and
pa common pulsation is felt among the
Amercanslave States, striking gdecpintothc
interior Wemc now aroused, forthc first
time, to sense of thc fact that great caals6s
| have pccn at work from the formation.of
the Government to the present time, that
have changed, socially, politically, agricul-
turaliy and commercially, the Intervening
causes which produce the distractonof the
social fabric of our society.
Gentlemen, it matters not what the area
of the South, or her Triumphant resources
may be, what her position to the powerful,
is naturally; if wcpornit the pressure from
the North to 90 further than it haSpt this
moment, We cannot expect, Git will be idle
I to do so,) that one iot of the power claimed
| by our foe will ever be yielded. It is all
tic same to US the STAKEHOLDER and his
slavcA>the slave States and their institu-
tions arc the objects OF their hostility; and
now they claim the victory as wor---they
say that time will consummate all the rest
ttey want. But time, gentlcmcW time is
as valuable to us as to our enemies Let
common interest unite us, and, gcntlcmen,
let us, n. FAR as the reserved powcrin these
States will enable us, seek to develop every
atom ofour strength and aoiegalod power
to tho General GotHrn!ncnt. N,mustr ro.
speet the laws as long as we live in this
|. Union.
In, conclusion, gentlcmen, beg to as
sure the Convention that | come to this
chair with no other purpose or desire than
to ill 1t with impartiality, and throw my,
self on your Kindness to excuse any errois
which 1night inadvertently commit. q
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IIoN. F. W. PIoKRNs.--Thc Shreveport
| (La,l Gaaottc OF May | says :.
| Col Pigkcns, of South Carolina our min
ister to Russia, passed through Shreveport on
the 2Sth ultimo, With Iris beautiful bride. I'D
| The fascinating ad brilliant Lucy IIoicombc
has bocomc Mrs pickcns., They are going to
st. Petersburg as soon as they reach New
York. We trust that tpfopitious Brcczes may
waft them over the wide, ocean. May'the mag
niiicence qfasforeign court. With all it's noyS
city and attractions, make them happy in %
/ land of strangers. We haye known this tals
ented. lady for many years, when we were
cihidfen,and must belcNcused' for indulgmg
ipza ltttle sentiment on the ocoasion.'' -. ~
The New Orleans Picayupe efthe 4th has;
the following;
."ASnohg tho tisitorSto otircity, 1T the prcs
clpt glomept is tho lon. PancesW w Z PiekeDs,
OF South Carolina, rqcently appointed United
States Minister ut tie court ofSt. Petersburg.
With his family, he rs sojournihs at the st,
| Isouis lIotol.H i~ - 80,
THg REvERsEs or FORTUNE. - A few
| tfe5s ago one of the5visitors Of the prtoSi-
| don't Association, at the West End was ap-
plicd.to, to assist d man who was found in
abject poverty in a miserable gamet without
food or decent clothing. Food was provi-
ded for him and a change of clothing, by
the benevolent visitor. Only few years
| ago this same man was New York MGR
| chant, with at least 100000, living in
splendid residence, and ridingin a princely
carriage. We keep back theigentlennp's
name from motives of delicaoy, thoeghit
is familiar one to some of our nlofchantsj 4
How true it is, tlat "riohes take to thelDf
selves wings and fly away Nv
" Boston III