New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-23
Vote spsinst the extension Of SAvery-vote tor
Fremont,

| DariaOns of her industry, wealth., comoi'' "
and intellectual progress and condition, Win those
Of the Free North. These studously ignore the
fact that all we urge on these heads has besl even
more forcibly, pungently set forth BY eminent
soutbrops, and by them traced directly to the IN
| eusncs Of Slavery. The speeches in the Virginia
| Constitutional Convention which met ABOUT foU'
and especially those of Mr.. Charles James Fa"'A-
ner. now Chairman of the Buchanan National Con-
mit,ee might b. cited to this eiYsrt. The writings
Of the Southern Revolutionary pstri0fs are iuii o'
| such statements II is but very few years since
Southern men of s1y caliber or naus began to deny
| that Slavery was ~ great social CuFse, and the
source Of moral, political and industrial dageneracy
A friend stood, hardly ten years ago, beside Zen.
Zachary Taylor, then oa visit to the Nationa
Armory at Springfield. Mass, and pointed out TO him
the beautiful, magnificent view of the Connecticut
River Valley from an cruinence near that eity.
Gen. Taylor looked long and earnestly, and then
turned 10 our informant with the natural remark,
L" You cannst see such prospect as that ina slsve
" State"
II ia now common for Southern men, and espe-
ciay for Carolinians to scout the Suggestion thao
the North bore the brunt of the Revolutionary
struggle, and that the South did comparatively
little toward bringing that contest to a triumpTt
issue. But this vas not denied by the Southrons
who bore gallant part in that exhausting conflict
In proof of this, we summon to she witness-stand'
one whom South Carolina justly honors as the peer
less psladin of her Revolutionary era, the chval-
rous. undaunted FRANCIS MARION
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popular Life of Washington" wrote the Blogra-
ply of Gen. Marion assisted by Brig. Gen. r.
Horny of Marions Brigade who, we suspect from
internal evidence, did no more than narrate to
Weems what he had seem and heard of lis beloved
commander And the last chapter but enc OF the
book is devoted to the authors account OF his last
interview and conversation with Marion, o few days
before his death, from which We copy thetolowins
I'VE quote from the seventh edition, by ~ Carey
& Son, Philadelphia 1927
Marion begins by deplOring the prevalence OF
prsdigaity, idleness and vice among the people OF
his State especially the young men, OF whom he
Gays "many hundreds" who were born to afiluence
and every social advantage, "by drinking and
gambling fooled away their fortunes, parted from
"tbcir wives, and rendered themselves the
"verest beggars and blackguards on EARTH
This fearful decentralization he attributes to !
iCnorsnce-the lack of common schools and OF edu. |
cation in that State-and he proceeds to Lecture |
her politicians who fail to provide such schools as
follows:
"Only let such politicians remember what poor |
Carolina has already lost through her ls3DsahGe.
but her lack of knowledge! Had the people been en-
Ighened, they would have been united and nsd tney
been united they would never have been attacked
sec nd time by the British. Ft<, after that druDDing
they got from us at Fort Moultre in l776, they would
ss soon have attacked the devil ~ have attacked caro-
lima again. had they not heard that they 1--WE, were
"a house divided against ITSELF IN oan ,r br,"@b
among us a great number Of Tories men, VINO, through
mere ipsorance were disafected in the cause of LID
erty and ready to join the British against ter own
co,intrymen. Thus, ignorance bcgot i"ryism anu
Toryisin begot losses in Carolina, OF which few have
any idea
Marion proceeds to compute the fearful snount
of these losses and says:
"Now, it is generally believed that the British after
their loss of Burgoyne and their fine Northern army
would soon have given up the contest had II not been
for the foothod they got in Carolina, which protraced
the at least two years longer
He proceeds to contrast the state Of things pre-
sented in Carolina and in New England, as follows:
when the broke out, you heard of no divisions
H-E
effects: no houses in flames kindled by the hands of
feliow-citzens; no neghbos waylaying and shooting
their neighbors; punderng their property, carrying
of their stock and aiding the British IN their cursed
work of murder and subjuganon. But on inc con-
trary, with minds well informed of their rights, and
hearts glowing with love for themselves and their pos
tery they up against the enemy firm and united,
as band of shepherds against the ravenng wolves.
And their vaor in the field gave glorious proof
how men will fight when they know that their cal is at
stake. See Major Pitcairn ON the memorable 18th OF
April l775, marching from Boston with one thousand
British regulars, TO burn the American stores at Con
cord. Though this heroic excursion was commenced
under of the night the farmers soon took the
alarm, and, gathering around them with their Dwng-
pieces, presently knocked down one fourth Of the
number and caused the rest to run as if like the swine
in the gospel they had legion of devils at their backs.
Now, with sorrowul eyes, let US turn to our own
State, where pains were ever taken to eighten the
minds of the poor. There We have people natu-
rally rs brave as the wEnglandes, for mte lack of
knOrLedge of their blessings ossessed OF the danger
threatened, suffering Lord CORVALLIS, with only sixteen
hundred men, to chase Gen. Greene upward of three
hundred miles In fact to scout him through the two
great States of South and North Carolina far as
Guilford Court Housed And when Greene, joined at
that place by two thousand poor ierate mlitiamen
determined at length to fight, what did no gain by
Them with all their numbers, but disappointment and
dsgrace2 For, though posted very advantsgeousy
behind the cOm-feld fences, they could not stand
single fire from the British but inspte of their officers
bruke and fed like base-born slaves leaving tnen
loaded muskets sticking in the fencecorners!
80 But from this shameful sight, turn again 10 the
land of Free Scholastic Bunker HILL There behind
poor ditch of half nights raising you behold fifteen
hundred mlitiamen waiting the approach OF Mres
Hopsond British regulars ruth hedry tra'n OF arf't~
lry! With such odds against thein such eariu odds
in numbers, discipline, and martial fame will they not
shrink from the contest, and, like their Southern
friends. jump up and run Oh, no! Toa man they
have been taught to read, to a man they have
hem instructed 10 knOv, and dcarer than life to
prize, the blessings of FRKrpom. Their bodies are
wing behind bitches, but their thoughts on the
wing darling through eternity The warning voice OF