New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-27

q ,yt,pi, vii not ssy Who for the Question: on th'
y eli rem.b that Mr John Edpuds, one Of The Pr'y Con
ell worth, ctizeu aud very respectable rer'hsnt o. o'e'
ton vas 50 al, cd weep and sad y Ai' are W. 70 i'
up the town ~ ,at"
"Tb~ 0o,srnor sad Council adjourned TO Col Beebm-ns
IAN, IN the lirs a, the gate sent Col John bsuro a. iro "
IL b o. ee III, fay o. lie wOud carry message nom th'
Governor aad Council 10 OcE. fIoVoti bot when ne f'" Wv
ourno. lie begged be rrcusfd ofs carrying fen
that was much sranst lie noinston that no wond 90 ~
thing 10 50 rgo a country but be cond not tinA
p.,s al, tAtl then ssut for Col Mcintosh and reqy'
ia onld 90 with Col Porsr Smith who was called on % N'
ov,rror with the message. They both begged "ono
bso Loped ard requested would 7e' some o'ner p''n
Io,svsr pressed then compliance which tae''s "
follows; - ,, ors., sri,,j,
and A'ies .nd he qvesiioa ss %, STAT 'soI ssoTg -
o ysaar one Of tts Jni,ed Slater, bs de''i'uueu
-. ~ ,,s,ty of r.,ce between those two powers
Chief Justice Marshall, in his life of Washing
ton. thus chronicles this disgraceiul business:
"rs town vas summoned 20 surrender. and the d'g va
, In ,endc end receiving hgA The neutrality OF pou''
C,ou, during ,he ygsr leaving e gasoa i'eler ha' Na
J y,, 5losq 10 Grea Britain re rnsd 'ta'e' 70 DO
a in H. rea-y Of peace proposed by The garrison shd
rejected by Preyo,s' ,
Ramsay. in his history, published in l7S9, thu
states the action of his own State;
oni.onsrs Of the garrison instructed to propose
s,,Bv durny the war between Great Britain and AHi'le
n5t.t n. quon rhher The S1e saA 6e0H2 70 drea b'li
sr one Of the United states. be decided by the treaty
ofpesce between these powers"
The Britsh commanders refused this adYanta-
peous offer, alleging that they had not come IN q
legislative capacity, and insisted that, as the M
babitant. and others were in arms, they should
surrender as prisoners Of war
Prof. Bowen of Harvard, in his Life OF Lin-
coin (see Sparkss American Biography, remarks
upon this ignominious proposition;
"T proposal did not como merely from ths commander Of =
military z7on In which case, Of course it would nave 0eeh
only un.to; the Governor Of the state clothed win o'e
fiona. yer VS. Ia the place, and probably most OF ms 'ou-
n ;,i him Whether such proposition would have heeo
u.fable any circumstances is question tnA n nov
h rs.d a. my rate would not have eyincsa llo A,'
or,te or p,,ots feeling. But to make sncn an ono' " ~
nro,r. Gaze IS CONDUCT s short Of treason. Iu ".''
It'll. not m enemy. Go bad pressed their poundi snd
svn now, the British held strong position hsa csP'"ieu
Of s.ir tort. sud occupied only the little space auss
covered y the Array in front OF he town The garrison qaeo
nj. ,uy Ia strength and Nigh safely bid defiance NO sue
- r. Al hand for tie British while the certain srfi' a Of
J,,op within week would place them between T." nfes ana
- r EDITION ernineny hazardous. Yet, with these pro'-
meet. before them the authorities Of tho Place n'ae PopO'
lion which was equivalent % an offer from t'e H14if "
~ aleq.e 70 ne Byigsh erovH The 'a'"'tioh oe''v''
,l.y notice here because the surrender Of Charleston IN the
wear surrender brough, shout by tie prevalence Of
s .siae eeli5gs made The ground Of some very
min, ,.aer.iors upon The conduct Of Lncon, their miSTy
commando"
This was South Carolina in l759, and she was
"a cogardly sud selfish in 1880, as the record
proys.. Several Of the States had reason to
rourn the apostacy Of degenerate sonS, hut South
Carolina il the only one which, in her sovereign
capacity. enacted the treason Of Arnold without
bis bravery. and made such sons as Moultre and
Marion ashamed that they owed allegiance to
such n State.