Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-19
A PAGE OF SOUTH oARoLINA's
HISTORY.
Her TreaeheroRs and COVHardly Con-
duet In the Days OF the Revolution
--Au her BraEgad0eIa 20 be Taken
at q Heavy Df6eOuufs

Her TreaeheroTIS and OOyEardlY Con-
duet In the Days OF the Revolution
.-A4 heEs BrREEadOe1A 10 DC AA1SH
Rt q Heavy Diseount.
CRrum the New York Timea4
The Charleston MereaRg threatens that
the proud city by the see shall be ''laid IN
ashesH rather than it shall fall into the
hands of the cursed "Hessians.P and tells
Us that black flags are hoisted, indicating
that no quarter will be taken from the ain-
Vadersp We may form some idea Of what
they are likely TO do from what they did on
the occasion of an invasion Of another
sort Of Hessians about hundred years
ago. An oaieer Of distinction in the Brit
ish service, giving an account Of the oP-
erations of His Majesty's army IN South
Carolina, says:
eve arrived beElro Charleston the 11th, CJuly,
1TIs) in the sweating me ENEMY sat aet 1ning
were allowed them 70 surrendsr prisoners Of TaT, Or
take the oath Of allegiance o His MAJESTY and be
3 ~ go of B1tan express hay-
Inc aKfTed In the mean time tom Gea. lincoln with
an aoeount q his ApREUaeh, and that Reimbursement
would Be- In town that day. the enemy greE more
confident, and began 20 talk in higher terms hOWeV-
e. they proposed neutrality for the province until
Tie var between Great Britain and America Eas de-
The following is the proposition made
by Coils. Smith and MeIntOsh TO Col Pro-
vost and Capt. Monerief, At a conference at
Charleston, May 10, l779: 'TRat Caro-
Ina skould re5laia n state Of Rsutrdlity
during tie ror, GHS tie YllettioA -tsAStktr
Garoliaa skould REMAIN an fa&.PeaIeaf STATE
on Gs sB65eet 10 Great BFitaia, Be determined
6y tie fate Of tke ser
Tho proposition on the part Of South
Carolina IS made the subject of the follow
ing bitter comments in Gaines Mercury Of
July IL, 1873: 'sThis proposition shows
in clear point Of view with what ease the
people of Carolina can throw of and break
their most solemn engagement with the
Continental Congress and France, on the
approach Of real danger, or whenever they
think It will suit their private views
ISneh e the much bOdSttd Virtue5 and honor Of
tie inhG5it0Ets Of South caroliadF
How euriously this same spirit Of cow
ardly seIfishness appears in the present
course Of South Carolina. It will be re-
membered how careful that State was to
see that the war WAS kept out of her own
borders and transferred TO the soil of Vir-
giuia, and with what scorn the proposition
Of Virginia TO preserve position of neu-
tfRlity was met by South Carolina Hav-
Jog succeeded in making the a0ld Do
mlnionn the great choppfpg block on
which the contendiug hosts should spend
their destructive blows, South Carolina
the perfdious, the selfsh-With chuckle
of diabolical satisfaction, proclaimed her
delight at having succeeded in the ruseI
and transferred the operations of war far
from her own bordersi
And now that the Government, in the ex-
ereise Of just retribution, has struck a
blow at the very heart of the rebellion, and
planted CALLING thorn in the side of that
naughty, high-bloWn State, her leading
journal, the Charleston Mercury, does not
seruple TO admit that its sole object in mr.
cling an aggressive campaign on the Poto-
mac was for the purpose Of protecting
South Catolina from invasion. The adj
mission deserves to be placed Lon record
first as a companion.piece to the picture of
her conduct in the FIRST revolution, and Sec
oudly, for the present instruction Of the
State Of Virginia. We quote from the
Charleston Mercury of Saturday last;
South Carolina began the war, and It Is perhaps
fitting. in the of things that she should end
It. The rage and hate Of her enemies have preepita-
ted them on her COST They came to punish her for
daring to assert her liberties and iudependsnee.-
Hence, a. Gen Butler, Of Massachusetts, says The
var 3 TO be Illuminated with her burning cities and
Villagel We have toreseen and have deprecated the
State HEhars HiGed Gtdt u leould hare bean oder-
I0fGe, aad tat the redemption Of Maryland and dc
protection Of S1lith 5FOttEd hl0- bee accom- pttsed
bIfghiinS On ne casks QfE5d F6Eo1lGe. Bud SiRee
All our e5oTtG to hieEd South CdToEfRa om fabaFi0H
hare faded, await with cheerfnlness the ATE that
IL upon US. sE
There, then, follows great deal of in
flated nonsense labont slRying Charleston
in ashes" rather than submit, and giving
"the Yankees who shall remain on our soil
prison above it or grave beneath IT,"
etc., etc. II We did not have the historical
autecedents of South Carolina, these threats
might impose on us. But we know exactly
what they mean. The whole North does
not containa single Individual fool enough
not TO estimate this ridiculous braggardism
at precisely its just value. That bubble is
now pretty well picked.