New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-19
South CAROLINA IN TIE REVOyUr,-
ECTURB BY WIN. GILMORE S,,

"a lIrru
Chspn', Chun..h last evening to hear Is.sh
South Carolina in the Revelation, BY Mr.. W. ~ =
more Simms. The auo encc, though few, VA. A. ~
Bancroft and Mr. Hildre,h occupied orc Of the p.. ~
Mr.. Pelham introduced the lecturer, who wa. -
IL silence through the hour ard . half which N. ~
ture occupied in delivery, when b. received ~,
Of applause.
Mr.. SinNs said that sor eighty years the r..,,-
South Carolina had rcposed in the coosr!ou,esi n
they had contributed their III are to The glory Of ~. -
of cur csuptry, azd that tie memory of their sa..~
was safe equally fsom the duii hoot Of the a.s ssS "a
the slimy trail of tire reptiIs u was received n, ~
late day to find Sehator IN the Senate Heass -
could brand them traitors N the Csbinet sod -
ards in the field Was this true' IL So bow hao,sss,
it that South Carolina was identified with - ma
names of desfhless men " hch in the nsscnsl r.coY
were the recognized representatives Of the nohit
roism Was it true that Marion and Sumiar w,,. &c
ulacra men Of STRAW and vspori Was il true tbs, D.
ledge and the Pnckneys were common men, yo,skt..
mere make-weights IN struggle 20 which thew r,.I;
add neither soal nor intelectf He was net sSos.
10 engage Ia the miserable politics Of to-l.r ~.
an outrage upon sacred history which he reseo,.S
a blow aimed at the dead and the living the n.s,
the present and the future. Here and thers 4.
all histories there would be failures among inAviduJ
men high in station. What nation wa free from
this But because Of an Arnold should we decry whN
people II had been alleged that the public seryios
of South Carolina during the Revolution were sngsy
disproportioned TO her ST. engh and ability lie woQ
look into this In l776 the population OF South Carr,
lima was 93 900. This population was scattered Over
forest country covering more than 81, O0O square mes
South Carolina furnished Is 900 soldiers Tor the war
the Revolution. Massachusetts had popuiaioa Of
3a2 COO and her contribution To the war was So GN
men, One word here. They were not to suppose la.
these were so many individual soldiers sen; to the var
The epls,ments being for war purposes, the tame
men, when their first term Of service had expired ses
sean reenlisted. The population OF Massachusetts
all. rtsai Nth
mics and it could DO easily brought together fast
of South Carolina was comprised within an Of
10000 square miles, and could be assembled only with
great diiiouty The people Of Massachusetts, were
homog, neous and all from 8 single stock. That Of
South Carolina was mixed-of sll European nations.
Almost onehalf of her people were born British sub
ects and large proportion OF them had been less than
ten years in the country. They we're accordingly 70
South Carolina lay chiefly along the great water.
courses of the country The colonsts had planted
along the seaboard and had only then begun
to pierce toe mountain region. They had dotted here
Al there little tracts the rich valleys OF the INTERIOR
Some of these settlements purely Irish aud scotch
while others were Germans and others, again, were
Freuch Huguenos. The French and Irish settlements
readily subscribed TO the revolutionary movement
The instincts of the Scotch all loyal, anu the Ger
mans were me sty on the side Of the crown These
were the facts and for them no would offer apollo
w. nor need be apologize for these people. The day
had gone by when the loyaliss OF America were sab
ifc
traditions faithful 10 tho laws and faithful TO their in
siincts a. every sentiment nwhch their childhood had
Leen trained. With these facts before them Was il
, OF wonder that South Carolina should take part in
the Revolution at all, particularly as she had no
such causes of complaint drove the Esstera
colonies into rebellion, hardly one OF the operative OPP
pressiops that prompted New-England TO resistance
and affected her interests. She was purely asriea!-
tural as she at present She employed no nachinr
erv was no competitor with British manufactures,
and sent no ships in rivalry with British commerce.
Great Britain furnished her sufficient market for ell
her law productions and yielded her manufacture at
prices of which she had no reason 70 complain. The
Scotch settlements everywhere, large proporisn OF
The Germans and great majority OF the merchants
were with the British. The agricultural population,
the mechanics the la xyers and the members of the
other professions, and the Irish coonlsts with lev
exceptions, were anayed on inc o'he, sue.
These were the parties which in South Caroins
,a;sed the banner OF revolt in sympathy with Masa
cbnsetts aud were among the rst To send succor to
Massachusetts the very INST moment she was stricken
by the foe And yet the nrst arrow now aiei o. inc
fair fame Of South Carolina came fiom the culver Of
Massachusetts when South Carolina was the first to
ann IN her defense. IL they would look 70 history
hey would that no colony OF this Coniederacy ever
showed tsefm prompt In sharing Inc fortunes o. ~
sschuses when that colony was in danger than Carroll
ma: when the synpathies of the most feeble wereWpr-
cous TO her as the very breath Of life. Yet IN that day
Massachusetts, sent special embassador to Carolina,
one OF her chiefmen nplorng succor-and she obtained
il Even then there was lar seeing Carolina psnter
who said - fofeeee that we shall only exchange one
tyranny for another, the tyranny Of Old England
" for the tyranny Of New.England.' How prophets
this man language was, the present hour declared
In spite of all the odds of the English, Scotch Ger
mans. and red men, all subsidized by the crown and
forming nearly one-half OF the poPuiston Oh ooun
Carolina the patriots Of that State threw themselves
into the breach among the first in behalf OF Massa-
chuses. He contended that purer patriots were never
found whose hands clearer OF sell and freef from
rcproach and base and selfish motives than we're those
of South Carolina. He contended that u w@
quite unnecessary in claiming for South Carolina
a noeition as patriotic as that Of any other
state in the time OF the Revolution, TO show any par
ticuar ubabmiiy among her citizens in resistance to
Great Britain. 1t was quite enough 70 mo" tha. inc
and fron tho beginning did obtain the ascendancy and
main aimed il unto the end through bloody civil war;
10 which other State was subjected lighting for Der
sister States until exhausted and until she was almost de-
serted by them aess ance from the
New. England States, but comiOg out Of tae conflict
triumphsntly although bleeding every pore. This
was the true history the brefest possible compass,
and the records Will prove sS every sys.s 81 be Ss
her proper share in the work of the Revolution
might be slurrcd by ingenious misrepresentation
but she could never be defraudcd Of them. They were
TO be estimated by the difficulties with which she hsd
TO contend by the deficiency of her numbers by the
poverty of her resources by the and strength Of
her enemies by the purity of her purposes, by the
wisdom of her favorte Sons, who swayed her councils
and fought her battles. Her claims to be based
upon the performances of hose who sTove in her be-
half and lot upon the hostility of those who strove
against her. 1t the peculiar boast Of Carolina thh
with population almost equally divided, she was yet
able &c achieve much, and to seLd into the field 70
large portion OF her noblest and into the national
councils 20 meny of her wisest politicians. Her fame
was the greater in proporti IN TO the number who were
thus in her own bowels aboring for her destruction
As far back 1866 the first steps toward Continental
union were taken by her, She was the first Of the
Colonies TO form an independent Constitution 10
March. l776, and prior TO the knowledge Of that