Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-02
A Southern Bobadil.

On the 10th inst Hon. LAWRENCE VI. KE1rT,
| of South Carolina, delivered speech at Lynch
| burg Va at the invitation OF the people OF
that town, on the present political struggle, III
which he INDUCED in a strain OF aduiation OF
| his own State aud of vituperation of the North
which the united efforts of PAROLES and a
Thcrsites could hardly have equaled Mr..
KEIrr is a lover of the Union, after a fashion,
and will submit to the Constitution upon con-
| ditions which he named, as follows
" am as much q lover Of the Constitution
as any man, but when You ask me to love the
Union, when my constituents are not equal to
the men who catch codfsh--when you ask me
| to love the Union in which the gallant sons Of
Virginia. the descendants of WASHINGTON,
JEFFERSON, MADISON, MONROE, and other dis
tinguished men of the old SchooI-when the
gallant sons of Virginia are not the equals OF
| the poor, crazy constituencies OF GInDINGS ana
others of that stamp, God help me, am against
the Union | want no graphing at the same
cards with these fellows whose hands are greas-
ed with black grease. | have been as much
friend tf the Union as any man. ain now
but never will admit that they are our Supe-
rors | love the Union to reasonable eX-
tent trust none of You love it any more !;
but, when | am asked TO put my constituents
under the foul domination of such set OF
black serpents as GREELEY, SUMNER, SEWARD,
Wilson, CHASE, and GIDDIEGs, all L have to
say is, if my constituents submit. let them"
OF course we do not quarrel with Mr.. kEITr
on matter of personal taste, and if the men
WHO Catch miggers are more savory in his nos
trils than those who catch Goldfish it is no bu-
sness Of ours. But, when the Honorable gen
tleman goes on to utter foul sanders upon the
men of the Free States, it is another matter
Mr.. kEITT said
Massachusetts and South Carolina have
been sometimes arraycd against each other
| will run the parallel between then, Col. DUr
IER. the brother Of Hon. Mr.. BUTLER, the
Senator from South Carolina who was so base
ly slandercd by foul-mouthcd Abolltionist,
was the leader Of the Palmetto regiment in
the Mexican war General QUITaAN told me,
when an order came to him for regiment to
engage in the battle of ChepuhePec, Col. But
LER, who was sick, went to him and said,
demand right to be in that battle" OUT
MAN replied, You cannot go, Sir-yOu are
sick" "J am sufficiently well to CO." said
BrrLER QuIrNAH remarked, " shall see,
and thcreupon a physician was sent for. He
declared him unfit for active service and Gen.
QUITMAS insisted that he should not go.
ask it then as favor" said BUTLER, " and |
demand it as a right Go, then" said Our
MAN He led this Palmetto regiment on to
the fight In that battlefield two Frcc-State
} regiments ran, while exposed to the fire of the
: Mexican lines S!ooa this regiment trom my Olcn
State s,rrp Bv grape and canister that regi-
ment stood, while each man was wrIthng III
the blood of his companions. Exposed in this
fire, that regiment stood, firing not gun, lev
cling not a bayonct While men were falling
by scores they stood there. Loud cheers !
FreeState regiments had broken up and re-
treated Most Of the regular army was cut
up, and there was nothing but disaster in the
perSpcctive.'
Col BUTLER fell in the battle of Cherubus-
; CO. long before the battle Of Cheruitepec was
fought and, as a matter of course, lie could
not have been in the latter fight. But, Mr..
X EITr meant the former battle, we presume,
though all bis essential points are as wide Of
the truth as in that particular. The only Vol
nnteer Regiment in the engagement besides
that of South Carolina was the New orl
Regiment, which certainly did not run. The
statement that q" two Free State regiments ran
in that battle is a pure fiction, as is the absurd
boast that the South Carolina Regiment was
swept by grape and canister while each man
was writhing in the blood of his companions. .
There was not a single charge of either grape
or canister fired by the enemy at that point OF
attack for very good reason-they had no
artillery. The battle was one Of the bloodicst
fought during the war ; all the regiments Ell
gagged in it acted braycly, and it was the sue
cessful charge of General WORTH that gained
, the victory. SO far from the South Carolina
regiment standing to- be shot down without fir
ing gun OF levchng bayOnct, they retreat
ed with the NewYurk Regiment behind the
hacienda of Los PortaIe to escape from the
fire of the enemy, which they could not return
Southern demagogucS may safely venture to
utter such perverSons of history before their
own people, for the purpose of exciting hostile
feelings against the North, for there is no one
there to- correct their falsehoodS. Mr. kEIrI
) sets ont with an assertion that he will draw a
parallel between Massachusetts and Soutl
Carolina, but he has not q syllable about Mas
sachusctts and only vaguely tells of the de
fection of two Free-State regiments. Gene
raj PIERCE was the favorite candidate ofSouth
Carolina for the Presidency, and out of res
pect to him Mr.. kEIrT ought to have said as
little as possible about the battle Of Chepulte
pec-Nc,c- York Times
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