The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-07-03
sPARTANBURG, S. G., THURSDAY JULY 3 1856

fury, no less valiant
Il am no more inclined - uphold the
south IN the continued practice Of a moral
wrong because they gave us bread when
we Were hungry. n they Certainly did. than
was Sir Matthew Hale to decide favorable
Tor The sutor who sent him the IA, buck
'June "a, l774. Twenty four DAYS at.
ter the port bill went into operation. n
public meeting was held at Charleston
South Carolina. The moving spirits were
the I,apiers and the EIiotis, the Horre.
and the ClMkSons. the Gadsdens an the
Pinckneys. Of that day; and resolutions
were passed full Of bro,herly love and sym.
paihy for the inhabitants of Boston,"
New York, August l5, I774. Satur.
day last Captain Dickerson arrived here.
and brought three hundred and seventy.six
barrels of rye from South Carolina. to be
sold, and proceeds RENTED To Boston, n
! present to the sufferers; n sill larger cargo
Is TO be shipped for the like benevolent pur.
pose"
Let the work Of abolition go forward in
digni6ed and decent spirit Let US argue.
and, SO far rs we rightfu!ly may, let us
legislate. Let Us bring the whole worlds
| Il W tic "oIh OI CHARACTERIZATION,
But let us not revle and vituperste those
who are, to all inten,s aud purposes, our
brethren, as certainly as if they lived Jus,
over the RoSbury line, instead Of Mason
aud Dixon's. Such harsh and unmitiya
ted scoihng and abuse, as we too cften wit
ness ARE equally ungracious, uugentleman-
iy and ungrateful."
! The Senator says that TIE southern
Staies, IN Consequence OF slavery, betra7ed
during the revolutionary war shameful
imbeciilty." | challenge him to the truth
"' hls,ory. There was not n battle fought
south oi the Potomac which WAS not fought
10y southern troops and shareholders, even
II yun choose 10 exclude Pennsvlvania.
which was at that time slavehoIding
State. MnhIenberg's conlnenta! regiment
was a ways with them. and love to allude
toit; tr, not a New England squad, compa-
ny, or regiment ever passed Tie Potomac;
and yet the Senator SAYS that but for north
ern aid the southern States could not have
sustained themselves.
Sir, who fought the battle Of Kings
MorntajnT Il WAS not fought by anybody
IN pay. Patriots fought ii, but they never
received a dollar. That battle made an
impression; perhaps the most remarkable of
any during the war. Itturned the tide of
events. v no fought tive battle Of Cowpensi
There WAS none ~ tha; battle from the north
q! Maryland. The commander IN that battle
was Daniel Morgan; the hero Of the day
was perhaps, John Eager Howard. Col.
Washington, commander of The cavalry.
and Pckens. y citizen OF Soulh Caro-
.p. gG ~
war, commanded the militia. anI thew
never SAiank iroia their duty. II has been
s,ld os the South Carolina militia, during
The Revolutionary war, that they were on
~ raw troops, who stood To their guns and
position, whenever they were mustered in
TO ;he service, aud called upon 10 perform
dutv
Who fought tle battle Of UobIirk's Hill?
General G'een WIS the mmander: and
/" Afterwards became p STAKEHOLDER. and.
"i h'N own choice. lived and died in 4
southern State, among friends aud com
'"IeS III ANS Who fought the hattle Of
Eutawf Was there any New Enrlaud re
giHeni, or c'nPany, oc squad therei Not
one. That battle, the most distinguished
which has ever been ton .ht in the southern
p"ruun "i the C"nielefacv, was fpnyit hy
southern Ia'vhodrr, irom Maryland vir,
g'nih. Soulh Carolina. North Carolina. and
Georgia. T,ey were exclusively southern
uoopS. In tie face of these taci-, the Sena.
tor SAID the mbecilIIy Of the Sputh. ar;,iny
from slavery, VA, such that they could moi
light IheW battles without Md.
Shame! call upon the shade OF a Han
cock and Adam, 10 luol; down aud reprove
degenerate son who can thu. invade the
very sanctuary Of The history which ha,
gwen them immortality.
Do yon think that, ,ir, hy ,hi, remark
reproacli the troops "f New Enslandl No,
sir. When Yorktown surrendered. tire
was hot - New England regimen, there;
have list ot tie troops who were present.
But because say that southern troops and
ihos" 'icm Pennsylvania alone engaged in
these distinguished battles. do reproach
the troops OF Massachusetts, God forbid,
They were under the command Of Wash.
Inglon n, the time when TO went TO York.
town, and, a, wa, his duty, lie sent them to
deten the vulnerable points Of New York
anl Boston
Now will make a remark which hone
the Senate viii remember: Notwi,hstand-
ing their relative numbers compared with
the pay list OF New England. you may
take the hEnng days-lfy you have a mind
I" compute 1t as you would Iabnr-vou
may take the fighting days during which
the troops OF Sou.h Carolina we're engaged.
and IN the computation the balance will be
found greatly against Massachusetts. II
you have mind to draw some other test
III yos wish to test tho question of
sacrifice, and measure it by blood, South
Carolina has poured ont hogsheals of blood
where gallons have been pou,ed out by
Massachusetts.
In proof of this give list of battles
fought in South Carolina, and each was u
bloody haIIle:
Battle of Fort Moultrie.
Battle Of S,ono.