We have always accorded to
Major Anderson the meed of chivalry as well as courage in the performance of his duties in
Charleston.
But if it be true, as reported in the
Northern papers, that in every speech he makes to gaping crowds, he complains of the barbarism of the Carolinians in firing upon him whilst his fort was burning, he is not the high-toned man we have thought him. Nothing could have been more generous and noble than the treatment this man received from
Carolina, even after he had made that ill-judged movement to
Fort Sumter, and departed from the mutual understanding that the
status of the forts in the harbor was not to be disturbed.--His table was daily supplied with provisions from the
Charleston market, and every courtesy and politeness extended to him that Carolinians are capable of,--and when we say that, we need say no more.
Is it possible that
Major Anderson, knowing the true character of
Charleston, the most civilized, orderly, benevolent and pious city in Christendom, can move around among depraved Northern savages, who are howling for Southern blood, and complain of
Carolina barbarity?