The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-07-23

a' CaihoridSe, alter the battle of LeXing-
ton, which was on the 10th of April, 1875.
On looking into the Washington letters,
1t will be perceived that the period of ser,
vice OF this whole body of troops ended Oh
the lst of January following SO that
they could not have been enlisteI for
more than eight months. When that
Time expired, IA very large portion Of those
men were enlisted again, and served for
another year, to the beginning of the year
lrH. SO far as | can gather-and |
have looked very diligently at authorizes
the troops OF Virginia, of PENNSYLVANIA, of
Maryland, Of South Carolina, and. proba.
biy, ol other States, were enlisted to serve
either during the war, or for three wears.
My impression is, that the Virginia cont.
mental line was enlisted TO serve durino
the war, and that her own Stat. line. rs
1t was called, which was five regiments,
were enlisted for three years.
Mr.. Hunter. The Virginia State line
Was composed Of seven regiments.
Mr.. Evans. Now Of New Enclanl,
massachusetts included, unless towards
The end Of lhc war, when some eytraorIi.
nary ln"Hcemcnts were held out, all the
eniistmcnIs were for one year. ICVirrin
Ia hau htteen regiments, and Massachu.
Scits hiiccn, and both Of them filed their
regiments, Virginia for three wears. and
Massachusetts for one, then at the end Of
three years Massachusetts, would have
furnished momin1l!y three times as MANY
men as Virginia; Ihatis, she recruited her
regiments three times when Nirrinia had
recruited them but once. Without wost.
ing the time "f the Senate, it will be found.
OH investigation, that it IL that, and that
alone, which las made this m;n htv diner.
ence. Th,rc is not pr,tense-i affirm
1t on this occa>ion-there is not pre-
tense IN history, tl.erc is nothing in the
resolutions Of Congress, Which | have
carefully locked over, to authorize the
conclusion, that Massachusetts, from the
time when Congress organized the army
OF ZIG up 20 the end Of the war, furnish.
ed one man over and above her SHARE
There is not title Of proof Of it that |
! have ever seen.
mean no reflection of Massachusetts,.
| DO not heiieve that General Knox. If he
ever made the statement TO which tho
Senator alluded, sent it into the world with
any view either to cXalt Massachusetts or
20 cast any suspicion that other States had
not done its duty. 1t was made out, |
have no doubt, 10y some clerk in the Office
from the muster rolls, showing the enlist.
mcnts. II Massachusetts enlisted John
Doe and Richard Roe three times in three
years, she had the credit for three soldiers.
but was entitled to oily one That IS the
way in which this mighty difference has
occurred. lshou!d be sorry, sir, i'll should
say nyth!ng here which could be con.
strucd into any unkindncss for Massachu
Setts. | admit, and believe that, in that
struggle, every State did its duty to the
best OF It's ability. 1t is true, as the ho.,-
CRADLE Senator who is present TMr. Wi.
son SAID very triumphantly the other dav,
that Massachusetts had fifty times as ma
ny men as South Carolina! There is
something Ike that stated in the history
of Sabine to which have alluded. do
not know where il came from, but he saw
something like it IN Sabine's history. Hc
is Massachusetts man; and | believe
The Massachusetts people are so strongly
impressed with the idea that they are
ahead OF all the rest Of the world, that
| there Is not history, rs thick AS an al
manac, in which you will not find some
cuIocy on Massachusetts, or on New Eng
land generally, and her particularly
They are entitled TO great credit, and God
forbid that should detract from it but
when they set up such inordnate claims
that they did fifteen times as much as
Souh Carolina, | must state the truth OF
history.
South Carolina had only nineiy-three
thousand people; Massachusetts had three
hundred and tifty-four thousand. If the
the Senator, or anybody else, will trouble
himself 10 make the calculation, it will be
found that the six regiments furnished by
South Carolina were over her proportion
compared 10 what Massachusetts did
Virginia, having population Of three
hundred thousand, furnished fifteen repi-
ments rs well as Massachusetts, aud Mas
sachusetts, bad fifty. y.four thousand more
population than her. do not know but
that being shareholders some additional
regiments were put upon her for that rea-
son. 4 know this much that when Con-
gress determined TO issue paper money by
way of creating a sinking fund TO niain-
tain IFS credit, they called upon the States
to furnish S3,00O,oOo, and that money
was not 10 be raised on the white people
but was TO be raised upon the whole pop
ulation. muIattoes and negroes incIuded;
so that when the money was raised our
negroes were taxed. IL may be tnat we
had to furnish an additional number OF
troops on account Of our negroes, or, as
| think is more likely, the men Of that day
met together as patriots, and each one
was willing to contribute to the extent o.
his ability.
bave a great deal OF information here
on that subject which will be very salts
factory as.to what the States furnished tc
the regular army. / admit it is possible