Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-07-04
South Carolina Gentlemen.


Away down in South Dixie IN
a, r.- South Carolina Gentlemen.
Russell states, in his letter from South
Carolina, that at their dinner parties the
Csrolinians told him that they were de-
eend3 foss Sen6epwaI ToJ1issouledWag
replies that Il was the greatest decent
known in history. The claim set up to
tin sorsaofss Secent isspsoof.o OF much more
vanity than truth. In point of fact South
Carolina has many ladies and gentlemen
of whom she may well be proud, but it is
entirely false that she had any more gen.
tie ancestors than in any other of the
osigmi colpnels- ,The praprietors OF
South Carolina 1t its sfrst setile u1ent 5wete
mobiles, but not one of them ever came to
America. They had grea. difficulty in
SETTLING the State. and gave great encour-
sgement to emigrants. The first co!onists
were from England; the next were Dutch
none of them were gentlemen-eo nonai-
ne. Afterwards. many poor Germans oil
the poorer class came. AT. one Zine a
considerable number Of Huguenots came
- ts from these. possibly, that the gen
tfsnen By decent came There ave still
in Charleston and its neighborhood a
great many French names.DIn 1894
many persons came from England and set
lied. and the historian says great multi
tud9s from ireland. - Thus ne find that
the settlers of Carolina were Just what
they were in Pennsylvania and most OF
old States. English, Scotch, Irish, Ger
NAN, Dutch aad French. only different II
having few more French Huguenots.-
We find nethiae in this decent from poor
and mostly uneducated emigrants upon
which 70 found = patent 20 mobility b,
blood. On the contrary il must be re.
garded as rather. q remarkable example
Of those personal haIlucinstions to
which great vanity. frequently leads. In
fact, these sSouth sCsroIinsi gentlemen.
whilssipping their hook and elaret. seem
bent on inpressing the gnhible English
man with two sidieas--their, own impor-
lance and their ;atense hatred of the Yam
kees.- The first was mere Drag. bnt the
second was real. BIT why The fsnl
KEGS have never done anything but good to
South Carolina. They Invented and sent
-: slssss sssy s ss Astf ssst 5s4
furniture. food and arms. and furnished
colleges and schools in which to educate
thsss rising gentleman For what, should
the Yankee be hatede For exactly the
same reason that Hannah hated Mor,lecai
The YapRes hSH ttoSd Ga Tie King
gate. ana were goferned BY an@hef code
Of social and civil law. The South Caro-
iins ssgeutieman' hates the Puritan, as he
spleth, Esnkee; .bscausss 4 Abe Puritss is
right in his views and conduct, he is q
stS6diAg sePsoSeH sud ssbsks 20 4hs South
Caroline gentlemen. The YANKEES, jn all
grades Of lie and Condition honors labor
MORALS elueAtioassaBd SfrsedomsK The
South Carolins gentleman" dses neither
He degrsdss labor BY making man slave
He degxades. .norals By spsrmitting cad
practicing all the vices to which Slavery
,1e(ffsfTfleSfs sad With @aick tie nRs
tiers Of slaves are familiar. He degrade,
education by leaving The large class o.
poor whites ignorsnt end upinstracted---
he degfades ffeedom By making Slavery
the cornes stone Of his institntions. In
one word. the code and society of ths
"South Carolins gentleman. are the d.
s. ia ssIis sss Y Yss;
he prospeyed and grew beyond anything
y0oOud0d n history an s-rsrss ~ lssgsos sss<
This. the South Carolina i gentleman
neither appreciates or approves. He can,
&IU5xi46<t mimi l6@S hive moan