The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-07-03

Fattle Of CRANKY. 5,>-
Battle Of Cedar Spring.
Battle Of iiammond's Store.
Battle Of Quinby.
Battle of Eutaw.
Battle of Rocky Mount.
Battle Of P"rt Royal.
Battle Of Tnlafinny.
Battle OF Coosahatckie.
Battle of Washaw settlement, between
Beaufort and Tarle,on.
Battle Of Clouds Creek.
Battle at llays's station. ~
Bloody battle Of Kettle Creek. fought by
General Pickens.
Battle Of Houcks defeat.
Bloody battle Of Twelse-Miie Creek in
which Salvatore fell.
These were all fought in Soutl, Carolina.
and in which South Carolinians we're en-
gagged. aud were bloody battles. In add
ton there were almost daily skirmishes
fcughtby Mui n and Sum er.
But do not blame Massachusetts. for
have said she had gory enough, and she
WAS covered with glory erouph bv ,nk
ing the bold st,nd which she did in nut.
ting the hail Of revolution in motion; but.
when the Senator undertakes TO ca, re-
prosches on The history Of South Caro-
Ina, he will have 10 take hard corn.
PARSONS. She got bread from her comrade.
lhe man who now reproaches South Caro-
lima, rs said little while ago. is q de-
generate son reproaching the dearest and
nearest comrade Of his mother. You can
not get over the errors he has committed in
history; you cannot obviate the u,slipnity
with which the arrow has been shot,
Whether lie shot it with The rockies. aim
OF one who had his hand upon the bow.
and directed the shaft con ,cious ,ha, il had
been dipped in the poison Of Others, know
not; but have unmasked him., / have de
tected and exposed the man who cbarpee
me with error, and such p procIvity to er
ror, that cannot observe the line Of truth
without such devatious ns TO bring on ine
The cehsure, not of one Intentionally guilty
oil ialNehood, but one who, under the gus,
and whIslwInd Of passion, cannot observe
the line OF ruth. have detected him. |
have exposed hun, aud now demand OF
the Senate verdict of guilty. pause, sir
Nov, | come 10 another branch Of the
subject, and II Is, | confess, the sotest one
ot ail. Tie Senator has made a very grave
charge upon John Rutledge-not upon
Soulh Carolina in that point Of view. The
'actS IN relation 10 that transaction are
these: When Gen. Lincoln was called Il,
The command oi The Southern army, Provost
WAS III POSSESSION Of Savannah, aud Geor-
g'a 10 fact WAS under British authority.
When L.ncu!n took cormand Of the South.
cru troops, he conceived the bold experiment
ot crossing The Savannah river and reclaim
lng GeOrga. HIS willy adversary, who
WAS IN Savannah, took advantage Of his
1eIng a: Augusta, ABOUT one hundred and
my miles above, crossed the river 1T Savaf,-
nan. and made h,s way 10 the gates OF
Charleston, When he reached Charleston,
ihe'e were about six hundred troops unter
the command Of Moultrie, and ss MANY
under PULASKI. He had aboul four t.ou.
sand. The militia, and. / believe, even the
women, Kept watcli the whole night for
lear the town would be slnrmed. In order
10 gam time, parley was proposed the
next day. Ru!edgs sect three diife-en,
commissions. He knew that Lincoln would
bc upon the British # he could only ,ietain
them tor day. That pa,ley was regarded
10y his friends ~ stralagern. Some ofh
enemiss were dI passed 10 aSsail him for H.
HmIst they were or iha. very pa,lev,
M"nirie said that RuIedge had no right
10 touch the gIrri,On; lie himself WAS com
mander-ln- ci,ief, aud Rutledge could do
nu'hnng as Governor to comply with The
terms which, Tor appearance sak-, lie bad
proposed. Here Is tie notice OF il by the
historian:
III WAS presumed by the garrison that
General LIncom, wilh the army nnder his
command, WAS IN close pursult Of General
Provost. but his precise situation WAS an.
known 10 every person within the lines. 10
gam une III such cIrcun tances WAS 4 mat
ter ot great Consequence. y whole day
WAS therefore spent ~ sending aul receiy.
ing dags. Commissioners from The CaIri-
SON ~ Charleston were instructed 10 pro-
pose x neutrality during the war between
Great Britain and America: and ;hat the
question, whether llIc state shall belong To
Great Brilan or remain one Of the United
States, Oe determined by the treaty of peace
between these Powers" Ramsay's History,
yu!. >, +. %.
Whist they were upon that parley, it
happened lliat Lincoln came up and drove
oil lTevos,. That very proposition Of Rut-
ledge resulted IN the safety Of Charleston.
Some Of his euem Is have said that the
terror OF his situation WAS so great, the wo.
men aud children being in the town, with
only twelve hundred troops to defend il,
that lie was willing TO capitulate on such
terms rs would save inuocence from the
dangers of a storm. His friends have riv.
en- II a different conplexion. BE that rs il
may. everybody knows that the Governor
Of South Carolina at that time had 40 pow.
er to M" ke such an engagement. Provost
Know II just as we'll as anybody else. Ifhe
had agreed to II, presume Rm!edge could
have drawn ont Of it the next ,.Ay, on the
ground that there was no authority TO make
the stipulation. IL was during the time
when tins matter was nader Consultation.