National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-10-23
SOUTH CIRoLINA AND HER FIRE
EATERS.
ounttlebum. Commando. and NOW unmnto

Qunttiebunn, Commander, and Now Hampton
South Carolina may be set down as tho
political pCstilenco of tho SOUTH She was
never happy in tho union, and she was very
unhappy out Of IL. We remember her away
back in notification times, when Old Hick-
DRY had 10 kick her into good behavior Tho
mixture of Huguenot aud Hibornian blood
has undoubtedly had something to do with
the restless character of her people. Another
and still stronger cause Of tho unhappy state
of mind her people are continually getting
themselves into Is tho fact that she has had
too large an assortment Of "stHtesmcn" with
heads full OF cOuceits instead of common
sense. aud who coud make frst.class fools Of
themselves on tho slightest provocation. IN
deed, It Is entirely safe to say that what
brains South Carolina had sho Invariably put
to bad purpose. Prenliss Of the Louisville
journal used to call South Carolina Culum.
bias bad little boy, and make her statesmen
(2) the target of his wit For thirty years aud
moro she appealed to tho larger aud more
prosperous states of the south to take hold Of
her coai-tuil and see how quickly aud nicely
sho would land thcm outside Of the union.
They were not disposed 10 take hold Of her
coat.tais, however, and finally, to show that
there was nothing mean or selfish about her.
she condOSceuded to follow them out of tie
union. And yet she was first TO got unhappy
and complain that she was cold aud hungry
| IN tho con iederaUy.
South Carolina, 1t must not bB forgotten.
was tho most active agent IN getting up tho
Nashville convention of l5j0-a machine es-
| pecially invented to dissolve the union. The
willy JOif Davis was charged with being tho
father of that curious offspring. He WIS not.
He merely played fuglcman to South Caro-
| linn's statesmen.
We lived in South Carolina y number Of
years nro, and made whilo there tho acquain,-
! auce oftwOHs fierce warriors US could h" found
anywhere. Warriors, did we say2 Well they
| were orators, alesmen and warriors com.
| bined, and of q typo unknown outside of
| South Carolina. One of those terrible fellows,
| whose ambition was to keep tho country in
| continual state of alarm, was General Quattle-
bum of the Spartan rangers. The other was
General Joseph Pickens, commander. Quat.
| tlcbuui's home WAS In Whppey swamp. where
| ho did most Of his Grating General Com
mandcr was il We remember right, tho hero
| of CHrist'S church parish. The fame Of this
terrible warrior of forty years ago WIS not
| confined To South Carolina; IL extended over
| tho whole country. The highest am.
billion of this fcrco fellow, Quattle.
bum, was TO Stay or drive every yanSce out
of South Carolina, to talk blood aud thunder
to his Spartan band" and show them how
easy it would DO to thrash the north into good
behavior. When QuattlGbum issued his fiery
circulars saying that he would crate on the
great questions dividing tho north aud south,
all tho natives Of Whippey swamp men,
women aud children, turned out to hear aud
| cheer him. AS soon as lie began TO crate all
| the snakes IN the swamp would raise their
| heads and move off, aud the gophers would
| 20 for their holes Commander was equally
| successful as an orator, but us a warrior he
failed to make an impression even in his own
| state. South Carolina also had u distinguished
son in Colonel Keep, who combined the
| orator and warrior TO n remarkable extent
| But little was heard of these fierce fellows,
| Quattlebum and Commander, during tho war,
aud we had almost forgotten them. Indeed,
we arc indebted TO Wade Hampton
| ton of them. That our old friend
shoulders of Wade Hampton is beyond dispute.
His unfortunate little affair with Mr Sccre.
tary Sherman settles it. The idea OF saying
that 50 chiyalrOus a gentleman rs Wade
| Hampton Quattlebum belonged to tho in
famous ku kluX How very distressing !!
| And then to think that Mr.. John Sherman, n
common person, should insult such very
| heightened sou Of South Carolina, aud then be
unwilling to mako Il journey to Columbia just to
! give him satisfaction. 1t looks to us very much
as If South Carolina was the only state in the
union where man could make an ass of
himself with immunity, aud Wade Hampton
| Quattlebum furnishes tho best example. Wo
| suggest to General Hancock that he order
| Mullett to make mansard roof big enough ia
extinguish this modern Quattlebum, and
employ John w. FOruey OF Charles \. Dana
10 write his obituary.