Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-11-22
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When South Carolinh hegan the wicked rebel
lion, the first fruits Of which, we nust, are now
being felt upon her own shores, she did 1t under
the dcusive hope that the horrors aud desOlaiions
NJ war might be trnnsfcrred-after the fall of
Sumpier-from her own soil to that of the border
States Her traitor leaders had no idea of
having my portion of their "chivalrc" State
madc the field of blood aud carnage, even for
the cause of negrodom hence their anxiety to
keep Maryland and Virginia in such u position
with the general government, rs, that if battle
must be had, those States would of necessity be
compelled to furnish the fields of slaughter. All
their energies tended in that directiOu all
their hopes seemed to rest upon its successful
consummation Had they succeeded in whole,
Delaware would have been plunged equally with
Maryland and Virginia iu all the cruelties and
agonies of the war, and her now peaceful soil
would be wet with the blood of her own sons
and citizens.
But-South Carolina has been frustrated in her
designs. Her own soil has been made the scene
Of carnage and blood, which she 80 generously
offered to the border States; and although but
a single blow has heen thus far struck within
her borders, she quails and murmurs, and in the
agonies Of her despair lets out the secret OF her
designs upon her sister States of the border.
She has prided herself very much upon having
begun the war, but she seems to gritve greatly
that the national government intends to make
her carry on the war for short time. The
Charleston Mercury. the mouh-pecc of rebellion
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folds their purposes, now that they are no longcy
available. We quote from its issue of the yti
inst: -
'souTn CAROLINA AND HER INVADERS,
"ScuM C0rolnG begaR Me trar and il is PR
maps Gting, in Me nature Of Mmgs, hat she sdouli
! end IL. The iage aud hate OF h,r enemies have
preciplated thtm on her coast. They came tn
punish her for daring to arsert her liberty aud
Independence. Hence us Gen. Butler, OF Mas
sachusctts, tays, THE war is to he illuminated
by her burning cities aud villages We have
oresetn and have deprecated tho wrctchel policy
which has induced the invasion of the State
We have wished that it would have heen ether
wise aud that the redemption Of MARYLAND.
and the protection of South Carolina, had bren
aec0mpli he'd by fighting on the banks Of the
Potomac.
"But, since all our efforts TO shield South
| tAhhhh iioHl iuNuaiuu nave lllitlt we await Wlth
cheeriulness the fate which " upon ny. There
are few cilnmitea without some redceming ail
yantaRes TO those who suffer. We can anl We
Will, make this invasion another occasion for
illustrating the characteristics of Southern SOL
dicrs. Let the invaders come, is the unanimous
feeling OF our people Our Yankee enemies will,
sooner or later, learn to their cost the difference
between invaders Tor spoils anl power, aud the
defenders of their liberties, their homes, and
their native land. II they can take Charleston
with twenty five thousand men let them Lave it,
We are unworthy to possess it; and it will be Il
fitting inemoral-luid in ashes-of our inibcel-
lity and base degeneracy.
"But if, on the contrary, We shall give to
every QUE Of our invaders, who shall remain on
our soil, prison above it or a grave bencnlh it,
will it not end the contest? Carolinians, the
great cause of the Cunieieracy rests on your
arms Strike for the independence Of the Con.
toderate States, your homes, aud your native
land 1t has pleased God to place upon you the
responsibility of cosiug as lie did of commencing
this glorious war Free and far let your names
spread amongst the nations Of the eai til as one
OF the frerst, bravest and most enlightened peo-
pie that has lived in the tide of time Let Us
all, with one heart repeat the noble sentiment OF
one of her dead sons: alt is better for South
Carolina to be the cemetery OF free men than the
home Of sayes.'