Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-01

Inc prloe OF cotton not being high enough to
suit their views, they will clamor for its con.
tinuance, until thore is no end to it, A stay
law has been ip operation for moro than six
years, aud gentlemen are hero asking for moro
time He say no disposition on the parts
tho creditors OF this State to oppress the debt,
ors, where they are making tho least effort to
discharge their obligations. Stay laws are tho
Legitimate offspring of secession and rebellion,
aud arc we, who claim to be loyal, to continue
to foster and cherish that offspring? Let
sthom take the fate Of their Alma Mater.
r. II. Cain said this question is one that
certainly affects tho poor man as well as the
rich. And at the conclusion of his remarks,
the Convention adjourned.
y CHARLESTON. January 24-In the Con
! vention to-day, there wore several Interesting
debates between tho colorcd Delegates on meas
ure ofrolief for the c'poople. 1t was urged on
: one hand by the extremists, that the whites
owning property about to be sacrificed at shcr-
IFS sale, ought to suffer by reason of partici-
patton in the war; on the other h.nJ, that
, sales would bo made to spectators and strn-
gers, who would hold tho property at cxorbi-
tant rates, forbiddng the development of on
tcrprise. The colorcd race, feeling that they
are in the majority, evidently desire to pro,
tect all classcs from ruin, until the Lceisla-
! turc can adopt a permanent scheme of relief
| Mr.. j. NJ. Runion offered resolution pro-
vidiny for the election of Shcrifls, Coroncrs,
Clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas, Com
missioners in Equity, &c.
| Before he had flushed reading, the Prcsi
dent announced that the hour had arrived for
the consideration of the special order, namely,
an ordinance for tho division Of Pickcns Dis
trict
DIR. johnson took tho floor and warmly ad
vocnted tho division of Pic:cns District lie
describe the people, the country its extent,
it,, wants. He said it wasa benighfcd place,
and wouldn't impr4yo. until it VAS q out in
two;" that man might travel there by night
or day, and when he got fifteen miles beyond
tho Court House he couldn't fnd.a decent
meal of ,victuals or a drink of whlskoy 1t
was essentially in need of reconstruction in a
practical sense, and the people generally
agreed with him that, to bring it out of the
slough of Despond, some action like that pro
posed was nccdful on the; part of the conven-
ton. 9s t"'
a lively discussion cnsued The spirit
against the proposed action of the convention
was strong, but EdgcGeld and Barnwell, botl,
of which had made similar propositions to di
vide territory, both rallied their forces and
made good fight. The Barnwcllians were
divided among themselves, however, and Les
lie, one of the white delegates, made numo
rous speech, in which he said that he repre-
scntcd only five white men in tho district and
not one of these, to his knowledge, was in IA
vor Of any change. AS for the colored peo
pie, he did know a solitary individual who
had even dreamed that it was essential to thci,
salvation or the maintenance of their race te
divide the district, aud lie should therefore
oppose the motion on general principles
j. j. Wright (colorcd) thought it was
new wrinkle i'll national jurisprudence that
legislature could change or annul the consti
tuition of a State; twas rs impracticablc a.
for Congress to declare null and void the de
|cisions Of the Supreme Court of the United
States.
After much rambling discussion, the fur
thor consideration Of the question was post
poncd until Monday next, at ] o'clock.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 25.--In tho Conven
ton to day, j. j. Wright offered the follow
ing resolution:
RcsoiOcel, That this Convention respectful /
y request that Major General Ed. r. S. Can
by, commanding tho Second Military District
immediately issue an order oxempting from
levy or sale, for period Of four months, loo
acres of land which now, or which may prior
to the expiration Of the four months, be un
der execution.
The question being taken on the adoption
Of tho resolution. it was carried by vote o.
ayes 81, nays 52
Is. f. Whttcmorc offered the following
which was unanimously adopted
While we, the members of this Convention
will not favor any schcmc for tho population
of debts, the violation of the obligation Of
contracts, or the taking of lands from tho
hands of tho lawful owners of the same, with
out reasonable compensation, vet wo arc vii