Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-12-11
The Port ROyai Affair and what
the Rebels are going 20 do.

We extract the following paragraph IRON
a late number of the Charleston Merc,uy:
Our enemies have invaded South Carolina
for two purposes. First. to crafty their
hate and revenge; and second. to crafty
their avarice. The first re have To meet
with fighting; but the last must be defeat
ed by policy, where fighting fails 70 de-
feat Their avarice, our policy should be- 70
destroy the objects their avarice proposes TO
feed on. General plumber is undoubtedly
designed but the special objects of their
appropl iation will undoubtedly 5e our slaves
and cotton. What shal! we do with them
Shall we leave them on our plantations to
be appropriated by our invaders 1t ap-
pears to US, cur true policy Is, TO take of
our plantations our slaves, horses and cat
tie, and to burn up our cotton. To leave
our horses to ann them. our cattle 10 feed
them, our slaves to str -ngthen them, and
our cotton TO enrich them, or to run their
factories. appears to us to be the worst pos
sible poli~y.
We imagine the LDcolnites hate all por-
tions Of the South alike. and Il al they would
conn it as many atrocities on the coast of
Louisiana, if ever they obtain possession, as
they will in that part OF South Carolina now
unfortunately under their mslign control
/ Their malignity is unparalleled; If extends
( to all the Confederate States in equal pro-
! portion, and il leads them TO violate all the
! rules Of civilized warfare
That they contemplate wholesale plunder
| is unquestionab,e. Hence. rs the cxp0sed
! planters are bound to lose more or less o;
property, Is 1t not altogether better that
! they should destroy what they cannot re
move, than u allow 1t to fall into the hand.
! of RELENTLESS enemies. and thus to permit
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in consequence We think so and. there
/ fore, heartily endor.e the suggestion thrown
3 out by our Charleston catemporarv. Let
every bale of cotton be burned before a sin
, Gle fake Is allowed To 60 into the grasp OF
( tine ruthless invader. Indeed. some Of tLt
planters On Hilton Head Island have alrea-
( dv set the noble example OF destroying eve
+ ry particle OF property they could not trans
port to place of safety
/ IL the cotton or other property falls into
the hands of the LinCuinises the planters
lose. while the Enculuites are cCrrespon
! dinghy advantaged but if the planters burr
! their cotton their loss will be the same an
the Abulitiohists will not be benefited
Neither horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, corn ncl
cotton, should be permitted to pass int,
their possession. All should be removed d,
| far as practicable, and the remainder des'
/ trOycd, the moment the fact becomes appa,
! rent that the enemy caunct be successful,
repulse1. BY adopting such a course q:
this, the common foe will be compelled Il
draw all his supplies from points some thou.
sands Of miles distant, through a costly ant
! hazardous process. The case is a hard one
all round /; but to our mind, as the Yankee,
are lowering about our coasts on marauding
| expeditions, and as they will never pay fol
| anything they steal or ruin, it is best 10 in
| convenience them as much as possible, by
destroying all things they are bound to cap'
| ture, rather than let them take, appropriate
| and enjoy, effects thus villainly obtained.
BY v1y of illustration There are twelve
or fourteen millions of coin in the vaultS o.
the banks of New Orleans. Suppose, fol
the sake of argument, that New Orleans was
bound to succomb before the overwhelming
| forces of the enemy. Would it not be thi
| part Of wisdom, policy and patritism, Il
| sink this twelve or fourteen millions of coir
| to the bottom of the Mississippi, rather thar
! to let it go to into the Golfers of the 'GoriI,
/ Ia" at Washington, to aid them in enslavine
/ and robbing the people of Louisiana and the
| South 2 We pause for reply.-N. o
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