Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-05
Going off half Cooked.

The Eccnrg Ness in its anxiety and has
to find fault of the Columbia Convention and
Its proceedings, says the Darlington Fog,
has to use sportman's phrase gone OF half
cooked" The kilograms, upon which its
fierce assault upon Mr.. ORR and the Cor, en-
ton, SO prematurcly made, were based, were
certainly mingled up with great deal of err r.
Maj. b. 7. PERRY was not appointed chairman
of the Committee resolutions, as stated bv
the Ne'rs, but the Honorable TnoMAsC. PERRIN,
of Abbcvllc. The Nc,os says that "makiug q"
Mr.. ORR President of the Convention, the char
actcr of his speech, appointing Major b. +. PrR-
RY cha'rmain ot the committee on resolutions,
and Mr.. PERRE'S resolution of confidence in the
Hon. j. l., ORR as their candidate fur the Pres
dency, were all fshy. None Of them comport-
ed with the opinions wishes or tone of the peo.
pie of South Carolina" We have seen in for
mer days, that the opinions and assertions Of
editors III regard tn the opinions of the people of
South Carolina, were not infallible. We have
learned great deal about irresponsible con
! ventions having no right to represent the po-
| tica opinions OF the people. and we 0pne that
newspaper editors have still less right to usurp
| that prcrUgativC.
The NtrS charges the Convention with an
" effort to commit and sell the State to DouG-
LAS" 1t is incumbent on him who makes this
charge to produce the evidence. We protest
|
which neither the evidence nor the record iusti
| ~. 1T would have been in better taste for tho
! Nc~s to have waited until the Convention had
taken final action upon these resolutions offered
or until its platform had been adopted. In re-
| ply to the insinuati0ns aguiut tho snundncss of
the Democracy of the Columbia Convention on
the question of squatter sovereignty, simply
| point to the platform adopted, which may be
! found elsewhere in our columns Mr.. ORR's
shoulders are quite broad enough to bear up
under the onslaught made upon him. His dis
tinguishcd career as statesman and the un-
changing confidence of the people of the Noun
tain District in him, people who sat at the feet
OF the great Calhoun, and learned lessons of
! political wisdom from him, placed him on n
| high and cnvable eminence Satiatcd with the
strifcs of politics, and covered with houora he
! has voluntarily retired to the shades of private
! life, and like JouN ADAMS the second President
of tho United States, after a long service of his
country, desires to issue writs, harrangue ia.
! rics and be happy" Bat no such man will
long be permitted to remain in retircmcnt.-
Like Cncnnatus, hc will be sought out and
brought again into the public service.
REPLY OF LoEn JonN RUsSELL-The reply of
Lord John Russell to the last note of Secretary
| Cass, says the Washington States and Union.
was received Dy the last mail, and discussed
points of international law at great length. 1t
is very severe upon the course of the United
z
restless under the lecture read MIN Wy his Lord
ship, but he will pay h,m back in his own coin,
with interest.
AT Her OLD TRICKs-The Louisville Cou1ie,
says the Mrs. Hannah NJ. johnson, Cincinnati
to whom was addressed the box cnntaining The
runaway negro forwarded by Express from
Memphis is no less distinguished female than
Miss Della A. Webster. late of the Kentucky
Ponitentiary, and notorious for her negro steal
ing pTopensities.
MExBER OF TnE CABINET CmALLEYGED-
The Hon. Robert j. Walker cont q poremptory
challenge to Attorney General Black on Thurs
duy afternoon, by the hands of Senator Brown
of Mississippi Mr., Black verbally declined &C
ceptng the Invitation without explanation. =
This action of Governor Walker grows out o
the teNAjmony of Mr. Schaahle OF Pennsylya
; MIA, before the Covodc Committee. Black re
fused to receive the challenge
INDIAN MURDERs--The Crockett (Tcxas) Ay
gus says that within tho past month no less thar
sixty murders have been committed by the In
, dians on the frontiers of that Stase-that al
: families were murdered at that same time il
cold blood, in the upper part of McLenna,
county.
/ BfoAMY--Mr. lIamlln, a believer in the doc
I. trines of Brigham Young, whose affections.
/ appears. are not all centered with any one fe
\ male, was convicted at Memphis on the 49,
4 inst OF .ovinS q superGuity of wives. and sen
t"nct"" e 'ho 2"p;'o' ..aLy e,r sse y'srs:
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