The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09

| Europe" In South Carolina, on tho other
hand during the later colonial epoch, there
were few gentlemen who had not been in Eu-
rope Their sons were continually sent abroad
either to Scotland or England, for their educa-
ton. Parents often went with their children
thithcr, and not infrequently resided In Eng
| land for a season In order to supervise the odu-
cation Of their boys Many OF the young Caro-
| linians who came into public life Just before the
| Revolution had spent the whole of their youth
! in England. first at Elton or some other
public school. and then at Oxford or Cam
| bridge. Chief Justice Charles Pinckney, when
| he retired from the bench and went to London
as tho agent OF South Carolina. took with him,
| besides his two young sons Charles Cotes-
! worth and Thomas), William Henry Drayton.
and left the three at school there. Among
others who were sent to England for their
| education may be named Arthur Middleton.
| Thomas Hayward. Jr.. Thomas Linch. Jr. three
| OF the sgners Of the Declaration Of Indepen-
| dcnce). Christopher Gadsden. John Rutedge.
| Hugh Rutledge. Henry Laurens. John Laurens.
! Gabriel Manigaut. Peter Manigault and Will
liam WragR. In view OF these facts, Hugh s.
| 1.egare has expressed belief that tho sons
| OF the opulent families OF South Carolina were
much superior to their Northern contempora-
| rles as regards their attainments in polite
| literature, and that the standard Of scholar
| ship In Charfestown was higher than in any
| other city on the American continent. DR..
| Ramsay. the Caronian historian. has directed
| attention to the fact that the natives OF Caro-
| lima who were educated in Great Britain wore
| not biased in favor OF that country. bat. for
| the most part. joined heartily in tho Revou-
| ton. This Is pronounced by him the more re-
| markable, as the reverse was observed to be
the case in the other provinces. A foreign
traveller in the country after the Revo-
luton described Charlestown as. Of all the
! cities in North America. the one in which lux
ury is most met with Another visitor de-
| scribed the planters travellers, readers and
| scholars. and declared that the society Of
| Charlestown might be compared in refinement
with any city OF its size in the world.
| In the final chapter OF this volume the opin-
| ion is expressed that had the British Govern
mont confirmed Charles Pinckney's appoint
ment as Chief Justice and made the Bulls,
father and son. full Governors and gathered
around them the young men returning from
the universities. Peter Manigault, the three
| Rutledges, c. G. Pnckney and Thomas Pinck
ney. Arthur Middleton William Henry Drayton
and Thomas Hayward, thus building up CO.
| lonial support; had it allowed domestic leg
| islation to be perfected upon tho approval
Of the Governor in Carolina. instead Of
subjccting it to the delay imposed by
| transmission to the Board Of Trade in
| tnRlanu, bduSuen might not nave Deen
| able to carry South Carolina with the north
| ern provinces on n theory Of taxation in the
| application OF which the colony had no imme-
| diate material interest AS it was. however.
| there was no opening for young men OF aspira-
| ton in the colony: places OF profit and honor
| were practically closed to them and filled by
strangers from abroad. william Henry Dray-
ton had tried his fortune with the King; but
he was soon made to realize that there was no
| chance OF important promotion under his
| Majesty. There was no home rule. No meas
ure however pressing, could become law un-
| til it had received the sanction of a board which
sat 5000 miles away and took not the slightest
| interest in the welfare Of the colony.
| Although. therefore. as we have said. the ma
| jority OF the Charlestown merchants engaged
| In extensive business we're opposed to sepa-
ration from the mother country. this was not
true OF most OF the planters who dominated the
| low country. This is evident from the COM
| position of the Council Of Safety formed In
June. 1775: it was made up Of Henry Iaurens
Charles Pinckney. Rawins Lowndes. Thomas
Ferguson. Miles Brewton. Arthur Middleton
Thomas Hayward. Jr. Thomas Dee. John
Huger. James Parsons. William Henry Dray-
| ton Benjamin Elliott and William williamson
".
Up to the Declaration Of Independence the
| revolutionary movements in South Carolina
| were. for the most part. confined to the low
| country surrounding Charleston, and. in a
| great measure. indeed, to the town itself where
| Gadsden and the Liberty Tree party were In
| the ascendant In South Carolina. unlike the
other colonies. the leaders OF tho popular up
rising belonged. with scarcely an exception to
the Church of England OF the Council Of
Safety, the new governing body, to which We
nll oh1ro
and OF the stock Of the old settlers. Henry
Laurcns. the President. was a Huguenot:
the other members were OF English or Irish
| descent. On the other hand. the Germans in
| Orangehurg in SaXe-Gotha and in the Dutch
Fork between the Broad and the Saluda rivers.
looked with stoid indifference, il not aversion.
upon the separatist movement. To them King
| George III. was not only sovereign Of England.
| but Elector of Hanover well. They were
prospering and were not inclined to involve
themselves in revolution for the sake of an
abstract principle Of government in which they
were not concerned. The Irish at Williams
burg were ultimately to furnish admirable
partisan soldiers for Marions brigade; hut.
as yet, they do not seem to have been
more Interested than consulted about the
proceedings in Charleston. Tho Welsh on
the Poe Dee. with few exceptions. were also
Indifferent. Tho Scotch refugees who had
left their country after Cuoden. had had
enough Of rebellion in 1745 to last them for
more than generation. The Scotch-I IRISH
Presbyterians. stretching across the northern
section Of the province from the Waxhaws to
Long Cane used but little tea in their settle
mcnts. and were little disposed to follow the
churchmen on the coast. in whose Assembly
they could obtain but little if any representa-
ton. Gibert's Huguenots and Stumpcls Ger
mans in Abbeville were too much engaged in
arranging their new homes to take part in the
controversies in the low country
All these people were to be at last aroused
when the tide Of war rolled back upon them.
1t required British bayonets, however, to drive
them into rebellion. South Carolina was 10
become the bloody ground of the Revolution
But this was rather the outcome of Sir Henry
Clintons unwisc policy in reIudatinE the pa
roles which he had accepted; of Tlrleton' 4
aabrrs flashing upon the scotch Irish. whom,
he mistook for rebels bccaus" they we're Dis
scuters. and Of the licenti0usness. rapacity
cruelty and tyranny Of other British officers
than It was the result OF Gadsden,s zen or
Rutlcdges elouuence, The truth is that it was
while all the original leaders in tho revolution
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