New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-19

:ucLt upon memory which witness could undertake.
Bat Moulire did not tell us that Rutledge was fright
ered as some newspapers had told u.s.. The dillyday-
Ing OF Provost on account OF the saved 1c
city. We were not TO Cea with historic reputation In
the loose of the ncwspaper press: the vulgar
world was alsays eager 10 adopt iaitn when
would bring down greatness TO the vulgar
level In sorne Of the papers there had pcen TO-, t
articles in which authorities had been qu,ted when
were rot authorities at all. Col Harry Lee was no. ~
South Carolina until long aNer Cen Greene nN "a
testifes in behalf Of Rutl'd,e Jucge JOunso hra
aso been summoned a witness but ne was no. 10
AT the tine There was great Jealousy between .n9
civil and military authorities. hisoIia ,,.;on m 10
who could enter into character ana tI Nc
its original motives There were "y The United States
than half dozen persons living IN tn liz. on M, ~.
Who ,yere cspable Of an adequate on t,s a..
Of our Revolution Were they pern,n ~ .a,phio ~
fully their revelations would DC &c orr ss;siIsnt o.s
n1,t.n ouaYers But, said one OF ooi asoal'an' cS'
Ian i"sr after Provosts attempt South Carona,
9TH Nortbern army to assist her was resoy 70 sur
render. Now no Io SP,,b n SaroI;na ~ ali teg.
cs ne ~ pennsylyapiaDs did come when the fight was
~, Ter The South sent hundred men east Of the
Indson for New Highlander who came TO their ald
.rcept at the siege of Y orktown. II all these New
England men could not drive three thousand British
fIon Newport how could they expect 20 much from
South Carolina Her Tory populst m was brought
into action than elsewhere by her frontier po-
sion and in consequence Of the facility o. access into
her interior The charges which had been made
against her were chiefly from persons OF the more
ignoront than malignant, and thar was saying
great deal Those who read the history OF South Caro-
Ina Alright and with DO malignant determination TO
rake up the evil and suppress the good cannot deny
that the services rendered by the of South Caro-
lima in the days of the Revolution were of the most
examped character rejecting the greatest credit upon
her hutory. The battles fought there followed close
npon those Of Lexington and Bunker Hill AZ he had
already said, che defeated the first British feet. 10
those days no part Of tho COniederacy declined her
services and did not become any State to do
Let The services OF the present be what they might
neither party could possibly gain by brutal defana
lion Of the other. II there ives to be strife between
any Of sections and if the future TO witness
conflict between ourselves, and this great empire was to
be made the scene of commissions and civil war; let the
issue be mixed. If South Carolina, mbecile in the
past, be imbece, no matter from what cause,
there eed be Argument to prove the fact ~, the
imbecility would prove itself in action South Caro-
lima scorhed the imbeoiles. She would not contend
with them bot would crush them uodcr foot. They 10
South Carolina would only argue with those who cond
ooerce their respect No State would gain anything
by showing that South Carolina was inbecie. Let
them establish the fact i'll this case and what lowed
Was tho argument meant TO persuade the lmbecle
suietly to submit without Il struggles What real
mower ever condoscended to su n a miserable orgu-
ineut? Drawer end nobler the short process of the
mailed hand and the biting weapon-beaer for
both rarties, for the honor Of the one and
the proper CONVICTION of the other. Standing before
them on purely literary mission, With all his tastes,
feelings and habits opposed to deeds OF violence, ne
ap ealed to the sympabes OF no sectional power ana
he asked for no fo bearance He did not AK any to
forbesr with regard to his arguments He demanded
of ust and conscientious people, at moment of com
parative calm in hall sacred TO p' ace, religion let
fers and art Justice for his State. She had been more
faithful ard more submissive to the North than she
ever was to Britain--m0re true TO the interests
of the North than che had ever been to her own
No State of this Union could gain any thing of honor
which should lend an eager ear to the defamation of
South Carolina in the past. In conclusion he would
ask the audience to forgive him if he had spoken too
warmly, but his heart was in the subject, and they
ould not surely have him defend in fgid utterance
The honor of mother lAppausel.