Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-10

made the recitation lawful one, and the
orderto attend it a lawful one, and the re-
fusal TO attend it rebellion. Remember.
tins Interpretation comes too late for our
use; upon our Interpretation of law, we
had already acted, and if that Interpretation
had corresponded with the Faculty's, we
hadnot acted unlawfully Our faults, then.
seems to have been merely that il the abb
| scnce of an Interpretation by the Faculty,
we had interpreted the laws wrongly, and
acted upon that wrong Interpretation
Now, the question arises, have we any right
to an cxtcnuation and freedom from nun
lshment on account of our offence being
caused by this unintentional misconstruc
tion! !! Simple justice we are sure, would
say we have. But some, by tracing an an
alogy between the college government and
the judicial system, think we have not
Now, they say, if any man commits an of
fence against the State, from misconstruc
ton of some law, il is no extenuation-ex
ccpt, perhaps, as far as the mere mercy of
the court can extend From analogy, they
argue the same thing of college govern
mcnt-that we arc not entitled to complete
eXtcpuation. Now, an argument from an
aloogy can only hold good, where the two
principals are drawn from points of resem-
blance. This is not the case here for in
judicial proceedings, mans intentions can
only be allowed to look through his actions;
hence, though he misconstrued the law.
and committed the offence, yet, since his
attentions arc supposed to be hidden, ox-
cept as far as they are exposed by his ac-
tions, he cannot have the extenuation that
might arise from pure motives. But hap
PLY, i'll College it is different here every
confidence is put in our honor; our motives,
it is supposed, can be seen independently
OF our actions; hence the extenuation from
good motives, which is impracticablo in law,
becomes perfectly practicable here and
who will say that where it is practicable, it
should not be allowed? Well, then, to sum
up, we were involved in fault by con
sclentlous misintcrprctation of law on a
point where by the absence of any other in
depreciation we had to rely on our own iudg-
mont; taking the Facultys Interpretation
as the true one, (Which we must do,) we
erred will any one say there was any other
fault than tho one of Judgment? and who
can be punished for an error in Judgment?
Tiun why We're. we punished punished
with almost vindictivc rigor? We an
swcr our own question and endeavor to ex-
cusc the Faculty. AS one good member
told ns they were convinced there was no
intentional rebellion but it must circulate
through the State as a rebellion. Itwould
ruin everything if it should seem the Fac
ulty allowed rebellion to go unpunishcd
n regard to appearances and the good of
our Alma Mater suspended us--not any
moral fault of ours. We love her, and at
the altar of her welfare are willing to be
sacrificed. Wesay nothing of combination,
as that Is relnquished as a ground of sus-
pension. In this affair the Faculty have
acted cxpeaicntly, and in that far rightly,
butnot rightly considered in itself Yours,
in haste, SUSPENDED.
MAJOR RIoN's CAsE-The case of the
State against Major Rion came up for trial
on Tuesday, at 10 o'clock. The Judge in
his charge to the Grand Jury had specially
instructed them, with reference to this case,
that the matter for them to determine was
the mere act of killing, if they were satisfied
ON that point, atrue bill should be returned
and the Investigation left to the court
The trial commenced at 10 clock, and
the examination of witnesses continued un-
til dinner time After dinner, Mr.. Melton
the State Soiicitor, opened ON the part of
the prosecution; he was followed by Mr..
Rutland and Mr.. Boylston for the defence !;
Mr.. Tradewell as assistant State counsel
concluding. The Judge then delivered
his charge to the jury. The jury was alb
sent about six minutes, and returned with
a verdict of "notguilty" The verdict was
received with loud applause, which was i'm
mediately checked by the Judge
We never have seen trial conducted
with more propriety and in more correct and
commendable spirit than that which anima-
ted both parties. The utmost consideration
possible was exhibited for both living and
dead IN the unfortunate transaction -
The Solicitor and his assistant discharged
their duties faithfully and ably The coan-
sci for defence, voluntarily proffered and
without any fee or remuneration, was con-
Quoted with the utmost ability They felt
the unfortunate position in which a respect
ed and highly esteemed brother-lawyer and
friend had been placed, and they came for
ward in spirit Of noble sympathy to his
aefence. The gratifying Termination of
the case in a prompt acquittal by highly
intelligent juryis testimony Of how they
discharged thcobligation thew as friends,
had assumed IPiaas6oro lfsqister.
PRAYER MESSING. THE crowd whiof, has
attended,sat Kinsler's HALL during the last
tw0afternoons, gives evidence that the spirit
of religions pyo2fesa which pcryades the land
is amongst iis. Whatever will awaken on