Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-25
SETTLEMENT IN FULL.

that full justice will be rendered to her.
We insist that she shall be restored precise
" to that position which she occupied be-
fore she ever had any political relations !
with us. We took her, accordingto the tes- !
timony of history, out of the cruel hands of
a British army, gave her independence
and place ia our confederacy, and by the
fostering care of our government brought
her to her present prosperity and reno'en'
To accomplish all this, bloody price was
paid, and heavy debt of gratitude laid
upon her shoulders, which she has never
sought to cancel by an equivalent. Now
that she desires to repudiate her moral OBJ
legations, and to rupture by one violent
shock the ties which she has contracted, let
her, by all means, be replaced, without con-
ditions, in the arms Of the parent State
Let her sparkle again as jewel in the Brit
ish crown, and pile up her tributary cotton
about the British throne. Let her cringe
submissively TO Lord Lieutenant, and en-
ulate the other privileges of famine-smitten
Ireland. Then, and not till then, will the
account be squared between the COLONY of
South Carolina" and the Omitted States of
America"
The conduct and temper of South Caro-
lima towards the other States of the Union
may be viewed not only in political, but
in moral light. Communities as well as
individuals are responsible at the bar of an
infallible tribunal for the motives by which
they are actuated, and subject not merely
to the condemnation of human history, but
10 the retributions of Divine Providence tor
their disregard of the obligations of justice
and gratitude. 1t is in this light that we
have regarded the course of South Carolina,
and found her entirely wanting in those no.
bier sentiments which alone can enlist the
sSmpathies and excite the admiration OF
mankind. 1t is this that causes the differ
ence in our feelings in relation to the strug-
giles of various nations to recover their lost
liberties. The heroic efforts of Poland and
ofHungary have always awakened the most
feryid emotions of the American heart,
whilst the faint and feeble Instructions Of
priest-ridden Spain or of divided and de-
moralized Italy have produced little effect,
because their is moral grandeur OF purpose
and a generous self devotion manifested by
the former, infinitely more attractive and
touching than the truculent and iaithless
and ever changing spirit ofthe latter. The
tickle and inconstant populace which to-day
covers with its curses the poor old tenant OF
the Vatican, and seeks to assassinatc him,
and tomorrow prostrates itselfin the basest
alteration at his feet--the victims at once OF
superstition and of crime--cannot possibly
command the sympathies ofthe world to the
same degree with those immense armies OF
Middle Europe which have recently dared
to contend with the combined powers ofAus-
tria and Russia, and though they failed at
last to accomplish their freedom failed not
TO leave the path oftheir retreat both bloody
and luminous behind them. Such is the
moral impression produced by the passing
history of nations. And the moral OF our
remarks is this. The Colony of South Car
Dina was in revolutionary days exposed at
once to the vengence of naughty England
without, and the treachery Of multitude OF
Yories within. She was feeble, dispinted
and dependent upon the fraternal assistance
of others for the defence of her soil and the
Accomplishment of her freedom. In the
darkest hour of her tribulation she lay help
less at the feet of merciless conqueror.-
y CORVALLIS, RAwDoN, carleton, were
demolisling her defences and ravaging her
fields, and the British flag hoated in undis-
puted dominion over every inch of her ter
-ritory. In that worst crisis that ever mark
ed her history-in that deepest gloom that
ever darkened her horizon, when real and
substantial oppression was almost completely
successful in crushing out the last hope of
her people, the bare-footed soldiery of the
old Continental line and the stout yeomanry
of the other twelve colonies made their ap-
pearance upon her soil and bought it back
with their blood. The names ofGREEN and
MORGAN, of SHELBY and CAMPBELL, are
indssolubly associated with her suferings
and her deliverance. The various fields
upon which the dreadful question of her fate
was debated are still fragrant with their
memory. Her rescue was at last accom-
plished, and restored to her independence
she became voluntarily member of the
great Sisterhood of States, ever growing
with their growth and strengthening with
their strength, till the present hour, when
she enjoys her full share of the liberties and
blessings of the Union. No sign of decay,
no mark of signal misfortune appears in her
case to arrest the attention of an observer,
or awaken the sympathies of the humane.
Participating in the common glory and pros
.perity, she stands before the world the &C
knowledged enemy, the ungrateful despiser
of that very Confederacy to whose and and
fostering care her liberties and her very ex-
;stence are due