Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-03-09
Northern Congress.

last district in the State to establish press,
let her be the last I" dispense with it.
Northern Congress.
On Thursday, Mr. Stanton of Ohio, adj,
dressed the House on the motion to reconsitl-
er the vote on yesterday, rejecting tho propo-
sition to, amend the report of the Committee
of Thirty-Thrce He declared ,he would re-
cognizc the independence of the Southern
Contcdcracy rather than go to war with them
lie thought that the slave States remaining
In the Union were of more Importance than
those that had seeded, and was WILLING to
make a great sacrifice for them They had
stood by the union nobly, and he considered
it no more than just that they should have
guarantees from the Republican party Tn,
on concluding, he demanded the previous
question.
Mr. Loveioy endeavored to make few re-
marks, bat was silenccd by vehement cries of
" Order" from all parts of the Hall.
The yeas and nays were ordered on the mo-
ton to reconsider, resulting yeas 1913, nays (i5
The question then rccurred upon the adop
tion of the amendment to the report. as fnl-
fows: 20
Resoloed, &C., That the following article
be proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment tn the Constitution of
the United States, which, when ratified by
thrcc-fourths ofthc said Legislatures, shall be
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the
said Constitution
ARTICLE IL. No amcndmene shall be
made to the Constitution of the United States
which viii authorize or give to Congress the
power to abolish or interfere within any State
with the domestic institutions, thereof, inclu
ding that of persons held toservce or labor
by the laws of said State"
The yeas and nays were ordered ON the
amendmcnt, and resultcd-ycas 1873. nays i5
The Speaker then announced that the
amendment, havingrcccivcd two thirds vote
was adopted.
This was followed by long and loud ap
plause from the floor and galleries. D.
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NEW ORGANIZATIoN-A Republican
meeting in Chicago, on Tuesday night, PASS
ed resolutions in favor of coercion 9. conncn,
datory Of the Tribune, .denuneintory of Kel-
log@, and against any compromise or conces-
sion. The meeting was addressed by Icha-
bod Codding, among others. The temper of
of this pftriot may be Inferred from the fol-
lowing;
"NIr. Codding said he had been made ac
quaintcd Cor as nearly acquainted as he could
be without actually joining t) with the en-
istcnce of an organization more radical on tho
subject of slavery than anything yet known
to political movements in the United States
which organization was intended TO be put
into active working order just as soon as the
Republican party should secede from its prin.
ciples, This organization differed from Gar
rIsonlanism only In thcfact that its ends whore
practical The speaker did not refer TO It as
approving of it, but simply to point out one
of the results morally certain to follow from
an abandonment, by so much as a hair 3
breadth, OF the Chicago platfprm.~ &
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ARRIVAL or Heavy ORDNAxcE, DO
Two Dahlgren Guns Of the heaviest .calibr,.,
arrived yesterday by the Northeastern Rain
Road, from Richmond, Va They were
made at the Anderson Works, in Richmond,
by the special order of Governor Pickens -
The Dalflgrem is one Of the most formidable
and effective weapons nude These two will
be put immediately into proper battery
Five tensinch mortars also ACCOMPANIED the
Dahlgren, and two more. we learn, are on the
way, and may be expected in day or two. -
Fifty thousand pounds of powder were also
received yesterday, from Pensaeola, Fla, and
twenty thousand pounds FROM Wilmington,
North Carolina. From what we are able to
learn, we will have in fe1 days, ready for
sn emergency, from three hindrod thousand
to four hundred thousand pound Of powder.
Charicstow Courier.
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The PRosPEcTTvB SrAMpgDR FKoM VIa.
GINA. --As' an iIlustt6tion of the truth of
what we said on this subject 10 Tuesdays
Eaqmrcr, we give the following extract fron,
letter written by a gentleman of high char.
Rcter,.a citizen Of Virginia, as yet
"I suppose have heard, within the last
few weeks, nearly thirty of the most promin.
eat, aaa a,asns sl.sa The most wealthy. gen.
tlemen Of tbf, County, (Amelia,) saw that
they viii ccrtAinly leave old Virgins if she
does not secedc, aud join to the Southern
CoDfedesaey, for they feel that their proper
ty pepid ,uot.be safe ip yirgiuia under Lia.
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