The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-07-02
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OiII'', 40 SlNl IL tllC N!lIc ago, Is Il ue-
generate son rcproaching the dearest and
nearest comrade of his mother. You cam
not get over the errors lie has committed
i'll history; You cannot oGviatc the malig.
nifty with which the arrow has been Shot,
Whether he shot it with the reckless aim
OF one who had h,s hand upon the bow,
and directed the shaft conscious that it
had been dipped III the poison Of others,
| know not; but have unmaskcA him;
| have detected and exposed the man who
charges he with error, AMI such pro
clivity to cnor, that cannot observe the
line OF truth without such d.,'l,iOns =, to
bring on me the ccnsurc, rot O. one ,r..,n.
tionalIy guilty OF lll>,hood, t.,.t enc who,
under the gust and whir.wiul Of passion,
cannot observe the Inc Of truth. ] have
detected him; ! have exposed him; and
now demand Of the .5cnic verdict Of
guilty. pause, SIR.
~
Now, come to another branch of the
suhj"ct and it is, confess, the sorcst enc
of all. The Senator has made II very
grave charge upon John Rntlcl-c-not
upon South CaruliMn in that point Of view.
The facts in relation to that transaction
are these: When Gen. Lincoln WAS call
| cd 10 the command Of the Southern ar
my, Provost was in possession Of Sayan-
nah, ana Georgia in fact was under Brit
ish authority. When l-;"con took COM
manI Of the Soulheim troops, me conceived
the ho!I experiment 6 crossing the Sa-
van"a!I river and rcclaiming G,orgia.----
. lis willy adfcrsHry, WHO was ia Savau.
nah, took advantage Of his being at Au-
I gnsta, about one hundred and fifty mics
ABOVE crossed the RIVER at Savannah, and
mate ms way To ih" gates o! Charleston.
. hen he reached Charleston, there were
about SIX hundred troops under :hc com
. mand OF Mou!uie, and rs many under
l,uiaskl. lie had about four thousand.
? HE militia, and, believe, even the wo-
men, kept watch the whole night for fear
Tie town would bc Stoned. In order to
! gam time, lm!ry was proposed The next
day. Eai!c,iLe sent three different com
missions. lie knew that Lincoln would
be upon the British if he could only de-
tam 'Mrm fora day. That pnr!ey WAS re-
, S"'"'d ~ HIS n'.""S rs s'raiagcm'--
! ''"i'e o' ms enemies were disposed !" as
/ san "'"' '"r II. h'Sl lh'y were on mat
'e'! P'''rr, Mou'NI' |A!u mat lt@!edge
n"' no i'SnI 10 toNCA inc garrison Eo
. ''"'Se'' was So'''ha',ttr-h c""i'' an" lnt-
( ""So eo"." 90 h"U''"S us governor I"
o"F'! WV ','' '''''S "',o'' ,I' "l,PcI'-
""et S"Nr' ne VA" pt"p",'d' llrTc l. Tie
I notice o' II "y 'H' historian:
-, vas P''S"'i't| pE 'hc S"lI'>oh tl"L
/ e','"' i''''o''!' WIN 'H' ann! n"icf ms
'''''"'"' - WIS III c'oSc 'u'Sl"! {. General
''H'' o"' MS precise SITUATION was
! -, m'N"""" I" every person "!'hh the lines.
80 S"'" '''i'e i'll sue" circumstances Wa
"'"''e' o' great consequences whole
/ ""y was therefore spent IN sending and
'e'eN' h'gS. oomih'aai"Mcis from tie
s"'9o" III oH"f''>'oN Nc'' instructed to
/ i'oP'SI "GW''"n'! curing lie war te-
t"t'. "''"' o'''A!n an" -lmeIiCa; and
,""' INC question:, NNclhcr Tie H.a;c shall
,L .:'TS ~ Itc", u,' i''i'"" OF remain one oi
'"' |"'teu "'"'IS' &c determined by the
'''y - PcITt "''"ee'l tncSe loWcEs.
'''9 ,9 i''S'o'!' VOL - p -.
W h'Ist they were upon that paI.cy, it
happened that Lincoln came up and drove
or Prevost. That very proposition of
h"icdge resulted III the safety OF Charles.
ton. Some OF hIS enemies have said that
the terror OF ms situation was so great,
the women aud children Icing in tho
town, with only twelve hundred troops to
defend 1t, that he was wiling 10 capilu-
late on such terms as would save imno-
cc"ce from the dangers Of a storm. His
friends have given 1t different complex
lon' lie that as II may, every body
knows that the Governor OF South Caro-
. ma al 'hat Tune had no power to mako
such an engagement lfevo>t knew it
Just a? well rs anybody else. II he bad
agreed |" IT. presume Rut!edSc could
nave drawn out OF 1t the next day, oatha
ground ihat there was no authority 10
make the StlDu.atlfal IL vns l,tri,,,, a.