The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-04-19
A LIE WELL STUCK TO.

to the extinction of the rebellion, treats with
tempt the declaration of the Southern papers that
the Southern people will never again live in peace
with the Yankees It says: In the Carolinas
j and in Pennsylvania the whiSs and tories went
! through the Revolutionary about equally di-
vided till, acih Northern support, the wings tri-
umphed and yet history tells ua that the subju-
gated tories fell easily into the order of things
! The Charleston Courier exposes the lie embraced
IN the three words which have placed in italics,
ard shows that with the exception of Gen. Green,
who was the only great military officer that \ an
keedom ever produced, and who became Geor-
gian by adoption, the Northern support" alluded
TO by the Times amounted to nothing. ga few
feeble companies from nsylvania." says the
Courier reached South Carolina and did service;
but beyond this, and few staff officers, perhaps,
no Northerner ever pressed Southern soil in de-
fence of the Revolution"
This is unquestionably true. The powerful ar
my of which the Yankee General, Lincoln, made
gift to Sir Henry Clinton at Charleston-shut-
ting himself up in that city while the enemy was
all powerful by sea and lard, and had nothing to
do but blockade the harbor and throw force of
double his strength around it by land-was COM
posed almost entirely Of men from Virginia. North
and South Carolina, and Georgia. 10 the best of
our knowledge and belief, there were not half a
large army which Gates afterwards SO toolshly
threw away at Camden was composed of the Mary
land and Delaware lines, and of militia from Vir-
gfnia and North Carolina. the greater part of the
South Carolina militia being at the time engaged
with Marion, Sumter, and other partisans and for
tunately being prevented from joining Gates by
suddenness OF the catastrophe which destroyed his
army. The Georgia militia did not join for the
same reason A large body of them out with
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sudden and SO unexpected that they had not time
to reinforce him. In Gates's whole army
confident there was not Yankee company. There
certainly were no Yankees with Marion aud Sum
ter, and they were the men who had most to do
with the tories in South Carolina. Nor were there
any Yankees in Green's army when he took COM
mand. That army was composed, at Gulhord, OF
the Maryland Line, under the command of Col
H. Williams, part of the Virginia Line, General
Hugers South Carolina regulars, part of the
North Caroliua Line, the cavalry Of Co.'s. Lee and
Washington, and the militia of Virginia aud North
Carolina. The whole force numbered /, $50 men
"a considerable army in those days-and there
was not company Of Yankee soldiers among
them. The battle Of Kings Mountain was won
by militia from North and South Carolina and Vir-
ginia. Certainly there were Yankees there.
The battle Of the Cowpens was won by the Nir-
ginia and Maryland troops under command of
Gen. Morgan, the Maryland Line being that day
under the command Of John Eager Howard
There were Yankees there. There no.
Yankees at Hobkirk's Hill, or at Ninety Six, or
at Eutaw, or at Augusta, or anywhere else, during
the whole time Of Green's command. The state
ment, therefore, that "Northern " higs, meaning
Yankee Wings assisted to subjugate the tories in
the Caronas is simply Yankee lie
A Yankee historian named Hildreth, whose
book we glanced over several years ago, says that
Al
body to oppose him, because the planters all
too busy taking care Of their negloes This lie
has never been noticed that know of, yet it
ought to have been. The fact is Virginia had
that very moment with Washiugton's army, lying
before New York, at least five thousand regulars
She had two thousand more either with Green
with other officers, outside of the State, and twice
that number soon rallied around Lafayette She
had sent the year before three thousand militia to
the army of Gates aud she had just conquered,
with her own troops, the Illinois territory
splendid empire, embracing Illinois, Ohio, Indiana,
and Mchigan-which her statesmen, in a mad fit
of generosity, Afterwards presented to the United
States which Was the thing with giving it
to the Yankees.
We fought our own battles during the revolu-
ton, aud we helped the Yankees to fight theirs
The Southern troops throughout the war were the
best and the bravast Of Washington's army. They
SaVeQ the army NdlOI Ill "lHe, wien
the Yankees, in a panic, abandoned their strong
position at Chads ford. They carried everything
before them at Germantown, and would that day
have put an end to the war had they been sup
rortcd by the Yankees. 1t with the greatest
difficulty that Lafayette could induce the Ydnkec
portion of his troops to come farther South than
Baltimore when he was sent TO rally the Virginia
militia and make head against CORVALLIS. The
division of Wayne came near mu:inying when or
dcrcd to Virginia. 1t only during few
months of this year, O7Sl) when Washington
was maneuvering to crounvent CornwailiS, and
while he vas besieging him in York, that any
large number of Yankee troops ever came south
OF the Susquehanna. To that siege, besides the
regulars Virginia sent six thousand men. he
South assisted the North on every her acca>on,
but this was the only on which III" North ever
assisted the South. The Rifles Of Marian assisted
largely to win the fed Of SaIatpga; but 10 an.
kee bayonet assisted Morgan TO win. the field Of
the Cowpens -Richmond DiYntch.
CURE FOR HOG CHoLERA-s-CDi Z = YAH, Of
Danwiddie county after. losing 30 or 10 Of his
hogs, charged <heir fee i9~tto raw inrnil aud he
informs u that ut z:$filsr one died after this
All that weuss. sufi> :n4 from the disease at the
time recovered, and are healthy as ever,
whilst none subsequently attacked ~ II.
We deem this information worthy Of being given