The Arkansas advocate., 1830-04-14

rounded by difficulties, the call of the country has been to her as the voice of cod. Domestic diseord ceased at the souad-every nan became at once re- I conciied to his brethren, and the sons of '7afolina were all seen cgowding togeth- CT to the temple, brining their gifts to the altar of their common country.-
 What sir, was the conduct of the South during the Revolution? Sir, honor sew England for her conduct in that glorious struggle. But great as IS the praise which belongs to her, think, at least equal honor is due to the South.
 They espoused the quarrel of their brethren, with generous zeal, which did not suffer them to stop to calculate l their interest in the dispute. i'ayorites ot the mother country, possessed of neither ships nor sea1nen to create com. mercial rivalship, they might have found in their situation guaranty, that their trade would be forever fostered and protected by Great Britain. But tramp ling on all considerations either of in- terest, or ofsafety, they rushed into the conflict, and, fighting for principle, per- filed all, in the sacred cause of freedom. Never was there exhibited in the histo- ry Of the world higher examples of noble daring, dreadful suffering and he- roie endurance, than by the whigs of Carolina, during that Revolution. The whole State from the mountains to the sea was overrun by an overwhelming force of the enemy. The fruits ofindus- try perlshed onthe spot where theywere produced, or were consumed by the foe. The ssplaias ofCarolina" drank up the most precious blood of her citizens!- biaek and smoking ruins marked the places which had been the habitations i Of her children? Driven from their nomess into the gloomy and almost im- penetrable swamps, even there the spirit of liberty survived, and South Carolina Sustained by the example of her Stump ters and her Marions,) proved, by her conduct, that though her soil might be oYerrun, the spirit of her people was in- l yincible.
 But, sir, our country was soon called upon to engage in another revolutionary struggle, and that toe was a struggle for principle. ] mean the political revo- luton which dates back to '9S, and which, if 1t had not been successfully achieved, would have left us none of 1 the fruits of the revolution of '76. The revolution Of 29S restored the Coastitu- tioa, rescued the liberty of the citizen from the grasp of those who were aim- ing at its life, and in the emphatic lan- guage of Mir. Jefferson, sssaved the Constitution at its last gasp" And by whom was it achieved? By the South, Sir, aided only by the democracy of the North and West.
 come now to the war of 1872, war which ] we'll remember was called in derision (while it's event was doubtfuD the Southern war, and sometimes the Carolina war but which is now uni- yersally acknowledged to have done more for the honor and prosperity of the country, than all other events in our history put together. What, sir, were the objects of that war? ss Free trade and sailors rightsw It was for the pro- lection of Northern shipping, and New England seamen, that the country flew to arms. What interest had the South in that contest? If they had sat down coldly to calculate the value of their in- terests involved in it, they would have found that they had every thing to lose, and nothing to gain. But, sir, with that generous devotion to country so char acteristie of the South, they only asked if the rights of any portion of their fel- low citizens had been invaded; and when told that Northern ships and New England seanlen had been arrested on the common highway of nations, they felt that the honor of tileil. country was assailed; and acting on that exalted sen timent 'swhich feels stain like a wound,n they resolved to seek in open war, for redress of thoseinjnries which 1t did not become freemen to endure. Sir, the whole South, animated as by a common impulse, cordially united in de- claring and promoting that war. South 1 Garolinasent 10 your couneils,as the ad- vecates and supporters of that war, the noblest of her sons. How they fulfilled that trust, let grateful country tell. Not measure was adopted, not a bat tie fought, not a victory won, which con tributed in any degree to the success of