Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-03-04
From the New York Times.
The ChlvaIry on the wing.

inis ia'ce Is not WnaJ was prOmlSeu-
Ii is down in The bills that the Palmetto
State will either conquer or die. The hour
has come. The word waits.
At every cock crow for generation, the
South Caroliuians have vowed to anuihl.
ale their enemies or shed their own last
drop, whenever the deal shoald come =
They were iace that carried every man
of them in his arm the might OF dozen
ordinary heroes, and under bis ribs heart
that would accept Ihoussnd deaths soon,
er than submission. When il was first an
uounced that Sherman was seized with the
mad purpose OF marching his hireliugs into
the sacred soil, we shudder. Appalling
visions burst upon US OF the chiva,ry fred by
passion. Every rood, from Savannah to
The coast, was alive, we fancied, with glist
euing falchions and brstling bayonets.-
F.om Scatchnose Inlet all the way to the
upland Cowpen, we saw the brave closing
their rivcts up, and bounding TO the fray
We scarce could draw cur tigbteud breath
when We heard the cry, Hol Quatllebum
TO the rescue! as it went ringing through
Boggy Gut, and Catfish Greek, and Alli-
gator Hole. aud Polecat Pond. aud Whip
Pr Swamp aud Pudding Pit; aud We quite
stopped breathing as it sped sh;iler up
the Tugaloo, and the Akapou, and the
Wataree and the Congaree, and both
the Pedees, little and big. We worth the
day, we felt; aud our marrow froze, our
Imagination struck ahead and saw the chiv
airy turning out-their barbed seeds toss
ing their bluz ny before the gale, aud
their rauks closing up, uuder the flap Of
the palmetto, in terrible array. every
knight resolved to do or d Q. We beark
ened for the clarion; we looked for The
spring, the swoop. the shock, the shiik,
a-d then for the myrads of blue coats, all
cleft to the midritf and biting he dust
or, if our vahdal host.was too great lor that
for string of Snighlly corses all the way
from Gum Swamp in the river Tiger, lying
stark and stiff, with visors down, every
hand clenchiog a blade dyed to hilt. mid
catiff invaders piled high about. We have
looked fjr this, we say, but iu fact are iud
ing nothing of the kind We only see the
chivalry
Turn tail, and run away.
And willout blows give up the day"
Nov, we have go tasle for blood, aud
feel much zeal satisfaction in Shermau's
easy march. through South Carolina. But
it is impossible not TO despSe the Don-ress'
tance. Under The circumstances, it is
opposed to all manhood South Carolilll
was tho pr;memoyer of secession. She be.
gan it becaute it was, as she declared, an
insuIfer able degradation to live longer in a
Union with the North. 1t was not so
much any particular grievance under the
Uuion that she resented, as the very theory
of the Union regarded as q bond of re
s,raint Her hostility to it had bee n-the
most active element in her for generation
had termenied in ever vein, and ranked
in every tissue II was feeling that haC
its oaigin in the loftiest sentiments anc
finest seusibities, sister to the same feeling
that impeled Tancred and Godfrey OF old
Nor was it feeling only. There was righl
involved which could not be surrendered
The right of independence, dearer than
life. II the protestalions of South Carroll
ma to the world were TO be credited, ne
pcopls ever felt themselves constrained Il
! ly o.arms by more sacred principle
And equally strong was the language il
which they pledged themselves 10 maintain
it to the last All history was seareh,C
for examples of the transceud4ut heroisu
they were going to initiate. There was Il
he no eud TO their prowess. They woue
scatter iner foes before them like chatf =
IIf, perchance--wLat were hardly possib
they should be overpowered by number
they would make stand and spill the
, last drop of blood n style of self devotio
that should be memorable through al
coming ages.
, In no,lns,ancs since this war have Sou.
Carolina evinced any of the peculiar valo
they laid claim 10 before the war. Pei
hups they have fought bravely enough :
How this may be it is hard to say, for W
believe onr soldiers have never yet had
distinct view OF them since that NoVembe
morning v hen they were seen scaDperln
fir Jm Dupoiut's bat cries for the woods
rear of Fort Walkers the Charesto
Mercury expressed it, quitting the seer
of their glory" If the enivalry sfterwaT
found new sceue of glory. We have NJ
heard of it. Bat one Thing is certain, the
5 is au opening now. The f!e eaters mi
. not have tie strength to drive Sherm'
back, out at least they can give him hgt
5 If they can't conquer, they can die
Would they but do lhs-would but ev
} a bare handful of, them plant their rat
r snake flag in some terrapin swamp, a
e fgat TO the dealh-Thermopyl@ fashion
r the act would challenge an admlra,i
I which would 60 far 10 atone for all
> past folly of the State. There is that
D true devotion which will shed certl
e lustre upon even the worst cause. 1
y sincerity that seals itself with life, ho
y ever misbcgotten, is always allied WI VI,
9 nobleness. Even in that pride which eoO
!, destruction, sooner than bend, Ibs'
+ something respectable. Ifit has 10 iIOi ii
9. element, it.at least involves a'poT% - ," =,
u But South Carolina. it now s,ai, sss no
3 neither conviction nor pride TO 'u',a'r ",. -
s. She has clustered very 6sreH'' 0D'' y
ls squat very low. - ~. r
d The ENDLESS Resi- I.s,e tSo ao ~ .iss a.
c. heads or wsa-y heart, o' 'ne o'uef ;n s,u, :,
y sSes, sSesUu for T1S 1Ss 'tsi o Il ealh The vail
afl osasaI ,os, will be enhanced ny VI