The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-30
SOUTH CAROLINA IN l71e AND
IN 1876

/ serve a. guide TO US IN the present.
/ During the war for American inde-
( pendence South Carolina suffered Sc
verely at the hands of the British, and
she furnished the American cause a
! number of psrtinsn leaders whose names
and deeds have come to us as the purest
and most dauutless defenders OF our liber-
/ ties in that soul trying period. She had
! her SUMTERs, her HAYNES, her RUT-
/ LEGEs, her HASPToNs and her MARIoNs
These men had laid their lives and for
tunes upon the altar of their country.
! But alter the State had been oyerrun
by the British troops Ii number of her
citizens were disposed to submit hoping
thereby to receive protection from
the military. But contrary to their ex.
pectstlon their submission only pro-
voked, repeated Cruclties and outrages
from their invaders, until at last, driven
to desperation, they took up arms and
joining the gallant band of the psrtizan
party leaders struck the blow for their
independence.
The hearts of the sufferers were filed
with the deadliest hate of the British, and
brought them IN crowds to the stsrd
ard OF MARION, HAMPTON and SUMTER,
with muskets IN their hands and vows of
ETERNAL REVENGE in their mouths. 1t
was during this State of persecution of
the Carolinians that we have from MAR
IoN's biographer the views OF that cele-
brated leader as to the effect that British
cruelty would have upon his country
men. We take the following extracts
from the Life of Marion:
cts harsh ned,cine,' he used to
say, "but it is necessary; for there is
nothing else that VIII l0ork them And
unless they are well Oorksd and s:ourcd
OF their mother milk, or beasHimg par
tIallv to the English, they are lost. Our
| country is like man VINO has swallowed
\ mortal poison. Give hun an anodyne
TO keep him easy, and he's dead man
But II YOU can only knock him about,
ard so put the poison in motion as to
make him deadly sick at the stomach,
and heave like dog with q bone IN his
throat, he IS safe. Cornwallis has all this
time been lulhng them by his proctan'd-
tioas, and projections, and lies. But,
thank God, that time is pretty well over
| now; for these unieeling monsters, these
children Of the devil, have let out the
clorea foot, and the thing is now begin
ming to work as ! expected. Our long
de!uded people are opening their eycs,
and beginning to see aud smell the blood
and burnings OF that Tophet, that poiit!-
! cal bell Of slavery ard rum, 10 which the
! British arms Is now endeavorlng, oy
murder ana rapine, 70 reduce them"
This was truly the case; for every day
the wings were coming into MarioEs
! camp. Those who were too old To fight
themselves, would call upon their sturdy
bows TO "turn out and JOIN General
! MariOn.'
1t was dlyerting to see how they would
! come staving upon their tackles oelted
round with their powderhorns and shot-
bags. with rifles in hand, and their hum
! bile homespun streaming in the air. The
finely curling smile Frightened i'll the
tsce OF Marion; and his eye beamed that
laughing JOY, with which father meets
his tnoughtless boy, returning dirty ana
beaten by blackguards, from whose dan
gerous company he had sought in vain a
Thousand times TO wean him.
. well. my sonl' Marion would say,
"snd what good news do you bring us?'
Why. why, why, sir, General re
plies the youth, half cooked with rage
and stsmmerlng for words, 'as l was
overlooking my fathers negroes IN the
rice grounds, the British and tories came
and took them and carried them all
away; and only au le'' "'0H0 ~ WI
you"
Presently another comes and says;
As | was driving the horses and cattle
down TO the pasture, the British and
tories fell upon them, ard carried them
all away; aud alone am left t tell yon'
While ne was yet speaking, another
comes and SAYS: 1.-The British and tories
came with fire and burnt our houses END
goods, and have driven my mother and
the children into the woods; and only
Am left alone TO tell you
Next comes alother, who says: my
father and myself were ploughlng to-
pether in the field, and the BRITISH anu
tories came upon us and shot my lather;
and I ONLY am left alone to tell yon.
Another comes and tells, that Lord
Rawdon is taking the whig prisoners
averv week, out of the Jail in Camden,
snd hanging them up by half dozens,
near the windows. like dead crows IN
cnrn-ielI. to frlghtcn the rest, and make
good tories of them"
Another states, that "ColoneI ChafieS
Pincknev, prisoner in Charleston ior
striking a couple of insotcnt negroes was
cursed by the British officers as ID
,.c5sl and driven with kicks and blows
into the house. for daring to strike his
b, itqnnic Majesty S subjects! -
Here Marion snapped his fingers Tor
iov and shouted, "Hu==a, that right!
| jbgfs ,igh! Q, my noble Britons, lay
On Law on the spsniels stoutly they Wsnl
British projections, do they! y, the
rsguesl show them TO quarter, but give
!, 10 them handsomely break their backs
ike dogsl cut them over the face IKE
ca,.r hang them like asses! thank ye!
thank vel Cornwallis and Rswdoni most
noble lords. thank vel you have at last
brought the wry face upon my country
men, the cold srceat, the sdrdon'c 9rp
Thank God! the potion begins to work!
huzza, nv sons heave! hesve! aye, there
come the bile; the .otrabiliaryj the black
counting which portends death TO tn. IN.
enemy, Now, BritoDs, look to your ships
for Carolina will soon be too hot to hold
YOU
Wha. more vivid picture could We
have OF the suffering, persecution ano
f outr.ges that the white people of Sou'f
T Carolina are undergoing to-day thaH
:, +his LITTLE sketch. |