The national Republican., 1861-11-18
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Governor Pickens' message, delivered on III
9Th instant, the day before the surrender of n,
forts at Port Royal, states that South Caroliur
which S6s6,774 has been refunded by the Con.
fsderate Government that she has now IL, ,OOU
troops In the field, exclusive of 5000 on wal
footing In Charleston, and of twenty one com
pauies Of cavalry at various points, held ready
for immediate service that Fort Sumter is
fully armed that soldiers ought to be en-
listed for the war, instead of for twelve months
as heretofore and finally, that there Is no dan
ger Of the "sIgugation Of The South" The
Governor concludes that, II South Carolina
does fail, after all, in her laudable endeavor t.,
establish free and independent republic,
:" the public mind will d spondingly turn to the
stronger and more fixed forms Of the Old
World" The suspicion is very current, that
the mind Of Governor Pickens, and Of the othrr
political chiefs Of South Carolina, was turned
in that direction m my years ago, and not de-
spondingly either, but rather with watering
mouths, as the unbelieving Israelites hankered
after the aeshpots Of Egypt. 1t is doubted. in
deed. IL South Carolina was ever fairly weaned
from the love of a colonial connection with
European monarchy, and IL the same temper
aud principles which filed her borders with
tories during the Revolutionary struggle, Lave
ever been anything but dormant and su-
pended, aud ready to break out into new Ite
at the convenient opportunity.
haa In, AL
equal to 10 per cent Of her white population.
tins ratio called for in Virginia by Governor
Letcher, the number would be 29, ,l62. In
stead of this, South Carolina, with all hel
zeal 10 the cause, claims only 1900, and this
doubtless means the numbers on the roll-
when the regiments were originally raised
aud not the numbers which the regimen's
now muster. Gov. Pickens means, tben, /,
state the number of soldiers enlisted and n
Ito the wars,' not their present number do
ing duty, or even in existence. The truth il,
the 10 per cent. requisition Of Gov. Letch-r
10 impossible to be complied with, even
where slaves remain to perform the labors OF
agriculture.
Governor Pickens enumerates nineteen re-
giments in the service eleven Of them in
virginia), and it is the aggregate Of these
regiments which he states at $4,000 men. The
regiments iu Virginia never had more than
600 men each.
Gov. P.'s message has the following para
graph in relation to free negroes:
1T is u source Of great satisfacti on TO nj,
10 draw your attention to the fact that al
classes Of cur people, without exception, hav
been loyal and devoted to the State in this he
day OF trial, aud among them | would parti
cuIarly say that the free people of color hav
done th ir duty also. At an important tim
last Spring. when the whole of our population
were intensely excited from Columbia, AM
Charleston, and elsewhere, they formally Of
fered their services to me, to act in any ca
pacity in which they might serve their Statt
They were in many instances employed.
trust the day is far distant when this State wi
refuse to extend her guardian protection t
this unfortunate and helpless class 1ot on
people"
From thus complimenting free negroes, I
emancipating slaves, Is not q long step, al
It is a step certain to be attempted by Il
rebel leaders before they will submit to Il
consequences Of defeat in their present enter
prisA