Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-06-02
SOUTH CAROLINA AND HER TREASON.
ANOTHER BROADSIDE FROM GEN. SAM.
HOUSTON,
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1851.

through the newspapers, and dated at Bo
ton on the 22d ultimo, is entitled to brit
reply. entirely agree with you tho
there Is nothing in our present personal re
. lotions which should engender unkind fee
ings or awaken buried contentious NJ,
former letter was not dictated by such in
fuences, nor shall this be in the slightes
degree tinged by such smoldering animosi
ties. The past is ended do not wis
to reanlmate the strifes of other days be
tween us. New circumstances have q
risen, and new duties are imposed upon u
all. The present and the future affort
abundant material for the exercise of al
our ability and the stimulation Of our pat
riotism. To these high considerations lie
US now turn.
My farmer letter adver.ed 10 one writer
previously by you, suggesting certair
movements to be mnde in Virginia.
deemed your suggestion injudicious, nne
some of the reasons given for Them pnsound
as well us the remedies proposed, i'll judged
and needless. | referred TO yourself and
to South Carolina incidentally and with no
purpose to disparage the merits of either.
| no doubt observed that South Carolina
had been for number Of years mutinous
ard dissatisfied, and seemed restive under
the proper restraints of the Union and the
constitution. Upon fair construction,
my remarks imports nothing more. This
you choose to Interpret into general as.
sault on the good people of South Carolina,
and come forward, with oil the industry
and ingenuity of q lawyer filing special
plea, 10 defend them by 'items,' TO the
number, | believe, of seven; specifying
their blood, their hereditary glory, their
revolutionary services, their gallantry in
the war of 1912, and with Mexico, and
their civil and political claims 10 the honor
and gratitude of their country. To all
these warm and Jealous Communications
might content myself with pronouncing
amen. No man-not even yourself-en>
tertains more profound respect for the
revolutionary heroes and SURVIVORS of the
State Of South Carolina than do. Her
Marions, her Sumters, and her Haynes,
with thousand other less distinguished,
but not less deserving, | have venerated
from boyhood as the companions and Coz
laborers of Washington, and | shall despise
myself when cease TO honor their memo.
ries, and to feel grateful for their patriotic
devotion to the cause Of their country
Many of her gallant SONS TOO. are entitled
to all the credit you claim for them in the
wars Of 1872, and with Mexico. She has
produced statesmen also of the most emf
nent worth. OF all the men in the world,
1 trust shall be the last who would pluck
q leaf from the laurels that adorn the brows
Of either her statesmen or her warriors
No, God forbid! hope they may flourish
more luxuriantly rs time hallows their
proud names, in the Pantheon of their
country's benefactors. But this is not the
point at issue between u.s. 1t is whether
South Carolina has not been, ever since
tine days Of nulIfcation, uneasy complain
ing. and seeking for pretexts on all oc-
casions to disturb the tranquility and har-
mony Of the Union. Has she not play ed
the part OF vixen in this confederacv for
the last twenty years? Wha. great meas
ures of public policy has she supporteds
w hat has she not opposed? She has, it is
true, been tH the Union, but not Of it. She
has sedulously inculca.ed the notion that
the federal constitution is a CALLING yoke;
that it is becoming too grievoqs to hearj
and that she is, 'sbiding her time" to cast
it Indignantly off, and unnul the :'bargain."
This is her position; this has been her
course. Such was the ingariable line Of
policy adopted by Mr.. Calhoun; and while
he lived, he and South Carolina were
synony nous. He never rose to speak in
the Senate in any other strain than that of
or prophetic of ruin. | make
these remarks in no spirit Of hostility, but
far more in sssorrow than in anger" He
Sleeps with his fathers; l would tread
lightly on his grave; but his public acts
are a part of his country. AS such speak
of them, and hope without offenca.
do not, Of course, object to your his
torical derivation of the "noble breed" Of
the people of South Carolina. The
"Huguenots and Cavaliers" no doubt were
a spirited and high metlled race Of men, in
both lines of descent, and would be likHly |
to leave the impress Of their characters up.
on their children. Still less am disposed |
to dispute the fact stated by you that there
is good deal in the blood of men as well
us VI uolScS, Jul W hHo" 40 "ciA 90 w, |
thnt almost as much depends on training
as blood. You might haye bred Flying
Childers or Eclipse fore dray.horsej and
what then would have been his chance for
Immortality in the annals Of the turf
Men may degenerate or misapply their
energies to bad uses. Even the aspiring
blood Of Lancaster has ssunk into the
ground;;" and so may II be in South Car.
olina. | fear she has seen the last oil her
Romans. The giants that once gave dig
nifty and influence to her name---lhe Pinck-
neys, the Laurenses, and the Lowndses-
where are they! Echo answers, Where?
We ask for their successors, and we are
directed to the tombs ofthese departed "Hu-
guenots and Cavaliers" Yes, the rnce of
such men in South Carolina is extinct.
] might inquire if was to be querulqps'
in what respect the first settlers of South
Carolina, were superior to those Of Virgin
10, Maryland or Pennsylvania. North
Carolina, or the Puritans Of New England?
Were they wiser, more patriotic, or relig>