SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE THE WAR.
The Part taken by the State in the Political Affairs of the
Nation. -- Basis of Representation. -- Classes of People. --
Lowlanders and Uplanders. -- Climate. -- Cotton. -- Parish
System. -- Assembling of the Legislature in 1860. -- Remarks
of W. D. Porter. -- Secession Principles. -- Adjournment to
Charleston. -- Hibernia Hall. -- Rev. Dr. Thornwell's
Preaching. -- The Teachings of the Bible. -- The Province of
History. -- Negroes for Sale. -- Women of South Carolina in
Favor of Secession. -- The Charleston _Mercury_. -- The
"Patriarchal Institution". 444