Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-06-20

held by the niger aristocracy of South
Carolina. Read for yourselves, ye frcemen
of the North
From the London Times.l
CHARLESTON, S. c., April so.
Nothing / could say can be worth one fact
which has forced itself upon my mind in ref.
erence to the sentiments which prevail among
the gentlcmen of this State. | have been
among them for several days | have visited
their plantations, | have c0nversed with them
freely and fully. and have enjoyed that frank
courteous. and graceful intercourse which
constitutes an irresistible charm of their so.
ciety. From all quarters has come to my ears
the echoes of the same voice it may be feign-
ed, but there is no discord in the note and il
sounds in wonderful strength and monotony all
over the country. Shades Of George Ill. of
North, Of johnson, of all who contended
against the great rebellion which tore these
colonies from England, can you hear the cho-
rus which rings through the State of Marion,
Sumter, and Pnckney, and not clap your
ghostly hands in triumph? That roice SayS
II ace coatld 0fty get one Of tie royal race cf
England 10 TUlc oCer as, are Sh0Uld be cORteat.'
Let there be no misconception on this point.
That sentiment, varied in hundred ways,
has been repeated over and over again.
There is a general admission that the means
to such an end are wanting, and that the de-
sire cannot be gratitied. But the admiration
for monarchical institutions on the English
model, for privileged classes, and for land
ed aristocraey and gentry, is undisguised,
and apparently genuine. With the pride of
having achieved their independence is ming
led in the South Carolinians' heart a strange
regret at the results and consequences and
if we could An intense affection for the
British connection, love of British habits
and customs, respect for British sentiment
law, authority order, civilization and litcra-
ture, prominently distinguish the inhabitants
Of this State, who, glorying in their descent
from ancient famli on the three islands,
whose fortunes they still follow, and with
whose members they maintain not otunfrequent-
ly familiar relations, regard with an aversion,
of which it is impossible to give an idea to
one who has not seen the manifestations, the
people Of New England and the populations
Of the Northern States, whom they regard as
tainted beyond cure by the venom Of Puri.
tanism."
Whatever may be the cause, this is the fact
and the effect "The State of South Carroll
ma was" | am told, founded by gentlemen"
1t was not established by witch burning Pu-
implanted in the North tho standard Of Tor
quemada, and breathcd into the nostrils of
their newlv-horn colonies all the ferocty,
hlood-thirstiness. and rahid intolerance Of the
Iuquistion. It is absolutely astounding to
stranger, who aims at the preservation Of a
decent neutrality, to mark the violence of
these opinions. "If that confounded ship
had sunk with those -- Pilgrim Fathers on
board" says one, eve never should have been
driven to these extremities!" 1--WE c}uld
have got on with the fanatics ifthey had been
either Christians or gentlemen" says anoth-
er; ''for in the first place they would have act
ed common charity, and in the second they
would have fought when they insulted us; but
there are neither Christians nor gentlemen
among them." "Any thing on the earth -
exclaims third, 'any form of government,
any tyranny or despotsm you will; but
and here is an appeal more terrible than the
adjuration Of all the gods-"nothing on earth
shall ever induce US to submit to any union
with the brutal, bigoted blackguards Of the
New England States, who neither compre-
hend nor regard the feelings of gentlemen
Man, woman, and Child we'll die frstr'-
Imagine these and an indefinite variety Of
similar sentiments uttered by courtly, we'll
educated men, who set great store on nice
observance of the usages of societ}, and who
are only moved TO extreme bitterness and
anger when they speak Of the North, and you
will fail to conceive the intensity of the dis
like Of the South Carolinians for the free
States. There are national antipathies on
cur side of the Atlantic which are toierably
strong, and have been unfortunately pertina-
cious and long lived. The hatred of the
Italian for the Tedesco, of the Greek for the
Turk, of the Turk for the Russ, is warm and
fierce enough to satisfy the Prince of Dark
ness, not to speak ola few little pet aversions
among allied Powers and the atoms of COM
posite empires; but they are all mere indif.
ference and neutrality of feeling compared
to the animosity evinced by the gentry Of
South Carolina for the "rabble ofthe North.>