, 1861-05-23
WHAT rs RELIEVED IN OHARHRS~
TON.

We hare Partially for the Charleston
NFrst: above all other secession organs,
because It really believes what it says Il
believes, despite the opinion Of ia own Sd
preme court, that q citizen owes higher
allegiance to the State in which he fesides,
than to the United States Of America ;3t
believes that State has a constitutional
right to secede and overthrow the Consti-
tuition. It believes. that when: State
chooses to secede il has right to -plunde,
everything belonging to the general gov
eminent within its limits. It believes thas
if the general government attempts to re-
take its stolen propery it commits an act
Of flagrant piracy. And On general, prin-
ciples, it believes that to be q South Caro-.
linian isgreater than to be IN American, Il
not greater than TO- be a king. Besides
many other beliefs which are common to
the Coarter with the mandarins OF China,
and the chief herdsmen of Independent
Tartary. There is such an innocence in
these theories that we are charmed beyond
the possibility Of anger. Hence, when the
Courier declaims against Gen Butler, fol
threatening the "brave and high-minded
people" Of Maryland, under the pretext
that they had poisoned four Of his soldiers,
when they-"' overate themselves and were
"brought to deaths door By their own
"greediness,' We can only smile at the
obvious sincerity Of its Indignation.
But when it is solennnly asserted that
the main inducement held up to North
EN- volunteers, to excite their fury, is to
"prey upon the virtue Of our wives and
daughters" I'VE venture to say, at the risk Of
appearing ridiculous, that the Courier has
been misinformed. When this statement
appeared in the Sepoy organ Of New Or
leans, (the indammatory Crescent when it
was first proclaimed in the frantic journals
Of Nchmond-we were content to pass it
over as too wretched q falsehood for any
man's belief. Like, the nonsense which is
travelling over the South, about President
Llncoln'a daily and nightly intoxica:
ton, We, in common with the entire
press fthe North, deemed contradiction
as palpably superduous and ridiculous,
as grave denial that the moon is made Of
green cheese. But the narrowing article
in the Courier Of the 18th inst, assures us
that it is sincerely agitated On the topic to
which VIC refer. "Our homes arc to be
" burned; our women are to be dishsnored,n
it itexclaims, in tones Of indignant e1oquence.
Blood, plunder and lust are the incen-
tiyes that move the uniformed rabble."
Exactly how many homes were burned,
exactly how many defenceless females have
been given over to the brutal passions Of
The soldiery, in Baltimore, Annapolis and
ST. Louis is not disclosed, but to the I'M
agfnation Of the Courier it must be
appalling. We: sympathise with the
Courier in the heroic appeal to
arms with which it closes it,
picture, "Fierce," it says twill be ths
8 coming strife. Steel and lead and iron
twill be clothed will all their murderous
"power. The sword will drink its full O.
"blood Victory Will be slaughter. Ou1
"homes may be clothed in sackcloth, but
"honor is dearer than life to the Southern
Ter. We are prepared for the onset'of ths
@mean and bloody foe. Our arm is tht
"azn Of tho avonsor." We think that I'll.
danes Of South Carolina will now be safi
from the hellish lust Of the Massachusetts
and Rhode Island brigands.