Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-19

comrades Of their ancestorsi
But there was ToRYEsn in South Carolina in those
days Alas yes When has the tine beer that the
counses Of the brave have not been traTersed, and
their struggles numbered with the plottngs Of pro-
Higate and sycophantie traitors2 There wss Tory
ism in South Carolina, and let drag it to the light
and so cover those with Shame who now taant with
its presence the descendants of those who had TO
| fight It and their foreign enemy at once.
There were two elements Of Toryism in reFolu-
tonary times, and South Carolina suffered severely
from both
First: there was a lawless proihgste popuia1iOh
who settled upon the unreclaimed lands far beyond
the settlements, who lived partly by hunting part
ly by foraoes ON the regular setters-driving off
their cattle or stealing the pigs and chickens, ac
cordinp as they were strong or weak-they were
the natural allies of the Indians, to whom they as
simulated in their mode of life; both together were
the crse of advancing culture in South Carolina,
and shortly before the Revolution, their depreda
tious were SO audacious and numerous, that the
border settlers took the matter IN their own hands,
and repealed force with force, Selling and hanging
the depredators wherever they could catch them
Union among the settlers caused union among the
outlaws, and finally state tantamount to civil war
was established between the antagonist classes then
the Governor took up the matter and sent an agent
named SoovIL to settle it he to have thought
himself commissioned to take side rather than to
arbtrate and he took that of the depredators against
the regulators, as the confederate settlers were
called henceforth. the struggle was carried on by
the parties under the name of Regulators and Seoul
ltes, and lasted down to Revolutionary times the
representatives of the outlaws. the ScovilItes
fighting for the British till the last rascal Of them
punished on the gallows. Such was one of the ele-
ments of Toryism in South Carolina; they were in
the colony but not of it; they formed no element of
its social or political system; they were chiefly
low. irresponsible men, of foreign origin, banded
against the true people of the colony with some of
the offscourings of the American population enc
mics, not citizens, of South Carolina, joining with
her foes not through loyalty TO Great Britain but
through deadly hatred of South Carolina itself.
Another element of Toryism in South Carolina,
existed chiefly in the city of Charleston itself A
number Of merchants resided there, chiefly English
and Scotch, whose interests and feelings were all
attached to the mother country rather than the
colony. and who cane there for the sake of making
fortune and then returning home they opposed
upon it diminished the activity of trade, their
warehouses and cOuntlng-rooms told OF impeded
business and eurtaed profits, they were not identi-
fed with the industrial resources of the country,
but rather made common cause with England in
taxing it for their profit; they were, in Short the
middle men who made the productiveness of the
colony subseryient to the enrichment of the motAer
country, enrichIng themselves in the process The
honor the political rights of the colony were moth
ing to them, and they saw in the revolutionary
movement nothing but check to their gains and
frowned on it accordingly. Thus in beth its forms
the ton yism in South Carolina was an extraneous
element not identified with its true permanent pop
ulation and its presence should be looked upon as
her honor rather than her disgrace because it en-
HANGED the demands on her courage her strength |
and her endurance to have this and her foreign foe
TO combat both at the same time. As for her deter
mining her own course in the present emergency |
without waiting for the border States to decide their
policy it need only be said that she had come to the
conclusion that the secession she resolved must
be executed at once and the State government Or |
gained before the Inauguration of the new Presi |
dent She we'll knew that at that time all the Dor
der States were infexibly opposed to any movement
to have consulted them therefore would only have |
impeded her own movements without leading to any /
other result Tennessee has not yet determined her
course and seems TO be unlikely to do before the
middle OF close of March;-we believe ourselves that
she will eventually find herself compelled to follow
the example of South Carolina. We admit that it is
not fattering to our State pride to ..folow-every
one prefers to take the lead, but neither men nor
States obtain that position by standing still to see
what others are going to do, till the time of action is
past. 1t should not be forgotten that in November
last South Carolina had but email encouragementto
ask the advice Of Tennessee; large portion of the
press of this State at that time pouring all sorts
Of contumely upon her, had been doing so for many
months before the election and has been doing so
time will soon come when we shall need the coop
Grafton of every Southern State in struggle for
very existence.
We have almost ost sight of the little book which
we were reviewing when we commenced this arti-
cle it was written for the use of schools, and Is
therefore only rudmentary, but even rudimentary
information in relation the history Of this State
in question seems to be marvellously scarce con-
siderng the amount Of talking and writing going
about tand we recommend our readers either to get
the work and read it or for very shame desst from
their vituperation Of noble and chivalrous people
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