Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-22
LYNCHBURG, JULY %. 1893.
SOUTH CAROLINA TOASTS.


SOUTH CAROLINA TOASTS.
| We select few additional Toass from the
budget furnished us by the NuIlifyels OF South
Carolina, on the 4,h Of July--a festival, by the
woy, which We think IL somewhat strange that
fhcy remembered in their flowing cups" since II
is apparent that they no longer hold in very high
estimation the events Of which it is commenora
i've Indeed, it is quite clear, or the other hind,
that they have but poor regard for that Caion, the
basis Of which was laid on the 4,h July l716 in
u keen sense of mutual wrongs and mutual dan
gcrs-which was afterwards more closely ceueH-
ted by the tolls and suticrlngs, the disasters and
triumphs Of the Revolution and which has been
since Strengthened and consolidated by the com
mon interests aud the affections of all the parties
ioit We may learn something OF the spiri, IN
which they hailed the annual return Of our National
brth-day, by the sentiments 10 which they gave
uterance And first:
The Governor Of South Carolina--whcther rs a
statesman or military commander, he has pro we'd
himself equal TO the crisis.
For the personal character Of Gov ITayne, no
one unaeqnain,ed with him cnicrtans higher re-
spec, than ourselves. And, SO free from all obcc
tIonabIc violence hne his public career been, until
he was elected Governor of the Slate-so disin-
guishcd was he 70, courtesy and ameny of man
ncr towards his opponents that, of all the Null
fyers he is still decidedly our favorc Blu, his
connection with, and support of tina. anarch-
cal faction, is dark spot on his escutcheon,
winch many years Of bitter repentance will
hardly DC able TO etacc. We have selected the
foregoing complimentary toast, however, not for
the purpose Of reviewing Gov. Haynes character,
but TO remark on the B,mJastcs- F.trioSo vein
which pervades all the proceedings of the Nullicy.
ers For our own parts, we are wholly ignoran,
OF any act of Gov Hayne. life which lustifcs IN
culogy of his " military" skill We doubt wheth-
orlc ever " set a squadron in the fcld,' even on
a holiday paraie II he has achieved tven tins
marvellous exploit, however, we imagine il is tic
full extent of his claim 10 military renown. We
remember, indeed lha, Oh Al Fouls lay, IS
Otherwise the LIST of April his predecessor in the
Gubcrnatorlal chair, Gov. Hamilton.) in grca,
muster at Charleston Of the South Carolina Vo!nn-
teers composed of wha. Shakespeare dcnominatcs
, the canktrs of long peace and rude world "
spoke somewhat ola "crisis and ,lcclarcd ina,
: his friend Gov Hayne would be "equal to met,
1t )" but then the crisis never came, and the
world was deprived ofthe opportunity OF witness
me- another edition of the scenes of Thormopyle
and other places renowned W ancient story, which
had been selected as models by our Southern Hot
| itnp a.. L.
friend Haynes ability meet the crisis" in ad.
vance, and in Il style of bombast not much bur
esqued in n new American Epic, in eonmemora-
ton OF the glories Of Notification. Tie Ex.Co-
vernon addressing tie Governor, spoke after this
fashion
When, 'monS ourselves the wise and rood
Our multiplying schemes wi,hstood
, foH, in that dark and s,arless night,
Cool rs comet, and as bright,
, And as eccentric, thus displayed
J Your baiefnt courage, undsmuycd
} AT this dark period sure ndcr'd
And to your care the State tenderd,
Scarcely cannon then was mounted.
Scarcely muskct could lie counted:
Scarce powder could we find 10 shoot
When you appeared glad salute -
But, as IA cat among the mice is
lon mct and conqnera he dire crisis.
In one shot month we had er ough
| or every sort of warlikr stuff
The Cap tol to make drive at,
And every public house and private
10 batter down. cause to hv
up through the air, sky-high sky-hieh !"
We gather from this yersifca,ion Of the speech
OF Napoleon Hamilton, Esq that meeting the
CRISIS consisted IN p'ocadiag the munmenls Of
war, not IN using them-whch suppositon seems
TO be IN accordance, too with he oath. which W.,
learn from the same nocm, was administered in
the midst OF vocs of homemade thunder f.,
the volunteers who had assembled at Cbarles,,,
at the conservation of the standard the STATE
ana winch, by the way we commend to Gov Flovd
and his corps Of invincibles, when he snbs;n,os
the nag otthe Old Dominion for the Star .Spansled
banner: Thus reads the vow
This banner here VIC eonsecra.c
| Before the ladies Of the State
To them, our swccthearts md opr u;v..
| We pledge our honors and our lives
No soul this standard ever quits
Until he's frightened into fits "
by Jas w. Fesesne. The political ,bcor, Of
south Carolna-The soul of Liberv-,bc G,
curty OF the weak against the power of the sron,
freeIseiy-the theory which subverts the lone cs
'ao'islcd maxim, that, in representative govern
ments the majority must rule, and converts nm,
TEN al once INTO monarchy for, if it be true that
minority government is the best safeguard Of
Liberty, 1t follows that the smaller the minor,, H.
more efectually do we subserve tho ,,,