Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-06-21
The South Carolina Fighters.

the case might be, into the conviction that
South Caroliua is not only the most dogmati-
cal, but also the most pugnacious State, ma
ton, empire, or confederacy, of ancient or mo-
dern times. According to such irresistible al.
thorties Fat Rhett, Seabrook, Means, and the
like every dear little baby that is born in Caro-
lima has bump of. combativeness thanking
each side of it's darling head us big as hens
egg. These bumps, Or something in them, lead
to the most interesting results. The irst
thing nullifier in embryo does, on getting his
eyes open in this world, is to seize the dark
huzzy that is to nurse him by the fiat end OF
the nose, and give it 4 tweak which assures her
that she holds Il genuine hero in her arms. AT
tEeage OF four weeks, the little son Of thunder
has so natured his fighting qualities that he
thinks it Il rich pastine 10 knock his nurse
across the room by we'll directed and well
applied blow from his miniature fist. AS he
grows older and gets into brecches, he anluses
himself by upsetting al! the darkies that hap
pen to come in his way. He goes to school,
and then he perfccts hi; education by becoming
remarkably expert in that most important and
manly OF all sciences, namely, the science OF
pugillsm. Nothing is more common than to
see a couple Or young men, not yet escaped
from the bondage Of roundabouts, strip them
selves in the road, and just for fun, make q
q few passes at each other. On these beauti-
full occasions, it always happens that both
of the charming youths whacks away at each
other until the claret streams delightfully."- from
each nostr, and then, covered with dust and
blood, they declare that as blood has been
drawn it is Il drawn battle, and adjourn to re-
sumo the spcrtnext day or next week.
The last finishing stroke having been given
to his education, the youthful secessionist is
ready for suit of broadcoth and a beard to
suit Having achieved SO much, he aspres to
the propretorship of Il pair of pistols. .pith
which he practices at confused outlines OF men
drawn in chalk on barn doors. He then, with
pistols all ready, mounts his horse, and with his
heels garnished with stirrups, proceeds to
stir up the neighborhood by an exertion of his
Dragging propensties. He soon encounters
chap of like intentions and fight is soon ar
ranged Ifhe is so fortunate as to hetye a leg
or an arm perforated, his fortune is made, and
by way of honor, he is dubbed Major by a
majority of his neigbors, or admitted to the title
of General by general consent.
He is now ready for the rostrum, and adj
dresses his fellow citizens at all the crossroads
in the county. If he has the constitutional
qualifications of a member of the Legislature
that is to say, is twenty-one years old, owns
plantation OF few hundred acres and at least
ten negroes, believes South Carolina to be a
whole continent, and her people equal to all
the rest of mankind, he is pretty sure to be de-
veloped into candidate for the Legislature,
with pretty good chance of an election
Having served term in the State House at
Columbia, he is regarded as one of the great
living orators of the State, and holds himself
ready to any contingency. He is put in COM
mand of the militia, and reads the lives Of Ju-
lius Caesar, Hannibal, Alexander, and Scipo
Atricanus, and feels as martial as a thunder
cloud. His hair bristles up like clustering
bayonets, his heart beats like a drum, the snap
Of his thumb and finger is like the crack of a
rifle, he sneezes like swivel, and when he
purges his nose, there is a succession of such
sounds as come from a trumpet slightly at
fected with asthma.
He is full of fight. He longs for a field and
a foe His only chance is to get up fight
with the United States, and he turns his atten-
ton to the grand subject Of agitation. He be-
comes as indignant as a terrapin with coal
of FIRE upon its back, whenever he talks OF the
wrongs which all the world is continually stri-
wing to pile up on South Carolina. He takes
his ground. firmly, and AYERS himself for disu-
J
Mon nowSand. forever. y
All the newspapers speak of him as sort
Of union of Demosthenas, and Hannibal; as an
Incompatible orator, and q soldier with abili-
ties superior to any of the worlds desolators.
He reads the life of Marion, and learns from
Horny and Weems all about the herculean
achievements of his State during the revolu-
ton. Henceforth his speeches take histori-
cal turn, and he descants both 1uxuriousiy and
luxuriantly on the incalcuable services rem
dered by South Carolina to the cause of lnde-
pendence. $3.50.
Ills. excessively true that during the revolu-
ton, poor South Carolina was full of fight.
Fora long while the fight was desperate be-
tween her own sons, her wings and tories. At
length the tide of fortune turned against the
wings, and toryism triumphed. The imperial
bird Of Jove lost its conviyiality and flew in
dismal flight from the colony-patriots were
declared guilty of treason, and Were hung On
trees-and the colony was cowed by John
Bull, and succombed. :
While things were in this interesting state
it happened that Slab sided Yankee from
Rhode Island, Quaker general, named
Greene, marched into South Carolina at the
head of few Yankee regiments on feot. He
drove the British away--frightened the tories
into submission, and enabled South Carolina
Ito rise. up from her PROSTATE condition. This
Iis the bitterest Renaissance in her history
Her heroic sons never recur to it. They talk
[rapturously of Marion, and Moulaie, and
Sumter, and the rest f.the good fighting men,
and make tia point of conscience never 70 re-
Z fer to the Yankee invasion under Greene
witch relieved the colony of British thraIdom
and tory insolence Governor seabrook does
nof, as we see, brook the idea that the State
over whichhe has ruled the sway, was indebt.
| ed TOY ankees for emancipation from tyranny
Governor Means declares that no4such means
were nsed to extricate South Carolina from
| the clutch of the tories and the hoof-of Bull
| land Rhett Ietches up his breakfast whenever