The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-09-11

South Carolina, 10 mise the country. "A n
had been overruu fol three years before.
1t was then he. Will his command. isll in
with Col Pyl-smsn. on Haw River. N. @.
in the night, AMI cut 900 of them, TO pieces.
while they wee crying, "God save the
King. as they 'upossed Gen. p. ,orces ere
CoLrIarhon's. TSton, In his account of
me soush',n Csmpyiyn. says the most mur-
derous hre he ever ecountered was the e, Q
OF the militia uude Col. Piekens, at the
Cowpens Gov. Smio. now President Of
SnarPrh Hiii University, wrote ma he had
,onnd out that whet Gen. Davijso died,
that the Brigade he cnuina handed. from the
Mee'en6uig z section. eSeetrd Gen. Pickens a
General over ihGn TO command. and he
was actually Ge,er.l 10 both States. This
was done because pf their Presbyterian at,
taehrhent to Gen. hckens, I suppsse. Iwiil
mere slate remarkable isct, that, ,Geup,
f'ekens never recegsd a cent of pay from
me State or Coogess for any service as
Captain. Major, Colonel or General through
The whole war. Yong Mr.. Black, whom
your Legislature appointed agent for Revo-
lutionary claims, WsshiDgton, was the
hrst TO inform me Of The fact, and ha. ex.
amined the records at Columbia fully. and
certified the fact; and il j, also fact, that
he Is the only officer, q any grade, who did
not receive any pay whatever. There are
hundreds OF certifcat- Of his on record
nPon which other officers received their
pay, out there is M Evidence whatever of
MS ever having taken q cent himself. u you
see him. you can know the full facts. and II
90, u Is very remarkable fact. You are
aware that he was the frat man who con
quered the Cherokee Indians, the most pow>
eriul ot all Southern tribes. He fought
m foA 4 al.
In the country by common blacksmi,hs. and
then he held the Treaty of Hopeweil. the
81 article OF which fixes the boundary Of
the nation according to his own will, with.
out their consent by that Treaty, the Wes.
tern part of South Carolina was obtained,
&C. And 1t is upon that Treaty that tho
Georgiaos claimed their right TO the emf
nent domain, allowing the Indians only the
riYht OF temporary possession, denying
them independent sovereignty. &C., DC. He
was offered comm ission, by Washington.
in the Northwesten army, raised Tor a
general war against the Indians but he re.
lused it at that time. Jefferson appointed
him Commissioner to run the line between
Georgia and Tenn.ssee, and he actually.
with Others. did run It. And furnished
Gov. Swain. when Governor of North Car
olina, the original commission, on parchs
ment and his notes: aud he wrote me that
u saved to North Carolina possessions worth
100000 He wns one OF the Commission.
ers TO run and settle the line between Geor
gia and South Carolina He eheld the Trea.
~ OF Milledgevi.le, by which large terrific.
rIes beyond the Oehmulgee were ceded to
Georgia. He he'd the Treaty OF Hunts
Vile also with the Indians; and also the
ires'y Of Matches. in Mississippi; and also
went down the Cumberland river. Louisi.
ana, before any white man, and was of, en-
shot at from the bshks. by Indians and he
examined all OF Georgia, Alabama and Mis-
sIss'rpi. when all was an Indian couutry:
and 1 have notes, Of three volumes. in his
own hand writing, as TO the whole country.
You know that pant Of bis life when, with
old Col. Cleveland, of Greenville. he .xer.
csed unbounded authority over the upper
country OF South Carolina. administering
justice, law. and everything eIse. He sat
IN the fret County Court ever held at the
old Black house. near Abbeville Court
House. And my father. a child, drew the
hrst jury that ever was impanneled in AZ
bsvihe District, sitter Independence.
He was elected to Congress 1898, and
went to Congress 1874, when he resigned
his office OF Major General, held from South
Catolina. from the Revolution until then:
and in his letter of resignation TO the Leg.
islature, he recommended that they should
appoint Capt. Wm. Butler his successor.
and they actually did so. which is the rea.
con Judge Butler was named after hin, as
he WAS horn coon after that event. You
are aware that the test vote on the Consti-
tuition OF the United States was taken in
the Legislature OF South Carolina, on the
question as TO the call Of a convention, and
it passed by but one majority. / think He
was in that Legislature. aud often q mem.
her; and was elected again, without hi,
knowledge. In 1912, and. at great age, took
MS part Tor the war: and was offered, or
rather requested to become Governor, but
he declined upon The av.rred ground, that
the struggle should be left to younger and
more active men.
! mention these general outlines of his
lite. because | really think they are not
generally known, and as lar as The lower
country is concerned, never have been ap-
preclnted and do really think It will be
erue! injustice in them. IL they refuse him a
place In the new State House, and place
Sumier and Marion there. | write YOU
this freely, because have entire confidence
IN the purity shd integr ty Of your charac-
ter, and because l know you feel deep
aud proper interest 10 all that interests tn.
honor or the rights of the upper country.
1t Is natural that they should feel great
animosity TO me, for l have ever scorned 10
take counsel from the cliqurs aud club. who
have, of lac years, governed our State; but
think 1t hard they should visit it upon one
who served his country and periled his life
IN her cause. through the Revolution, and
never asked or received a single cent for
bis services as ao officer. at any time, and
is the only officer who did not take his pay.
Dat of our State, 10 the general history Of
The country, his name. and Marions aud
Sumters, are eDtwined together as the
great pariizan officers Of that day, aud they
ought to go together in our State. trust
ana not trespassing too much on your
kioduess 10 call your earliest attention to
this subject, for our low country friends
will act together. 10 advance, and fix upon
The nance TO go into that State House, be-
lore you in the upper country thiak Of il.
The historical papers Of our section were
not properly attended TO. My Hather, who
was named Andrew. too, early in life ac-
'epted the commission Of Colonel, Of the
lULh Regiment. 10 the Regular army, aud
was 10 those severe campaigns on the Ca1>
ada frontier, in the war OF 1872; and be, /
ore the close, you know. was called boms
BY being elected Colonel 10 the State Bria>
,de, s. T., raised tor her own defence, and
Judge Huger was elected its General, aud
Drayton the eLi,uteDsntlColoneI; and then,
1917. was elected Governor, aud immedis