Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . iption aloud to the people. LordChathams health was drunk, and the artillery from Gran-ville Bastion saluted the defender of liberty. Happy it is for the sons of men that the prophetic visionis not theirs, and that none foresaw the dramatic scenewhen Chatham, magnificent in flannels, was taken dyingfrom the House of Peers, after spending his last breath inprotesting against the dismemberment of the so he had done great good. He had taught theAmericans to know their rights, and when
Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . iption aloud to the people. LordChathams health was drunk, and the artillery from Gran-ville Bastion saluted the defender of liberty. Happy it is for the sons of men that the prophetic visionis not theirs, and that none foresaw the dramatic scenewhen Chatham, magnificent in flannels, was taken dyingfrom the House of Peers, after spending his last breath inprotesting against the dismemberment of the so he had done great good. He had taught theAmericans to know their rights, and when once known,they could defend them alone. The statue, classically draped, represents Mr. Pitt inthe attitude of vehement speech — too vehement for therepose of art, but probably entirely suited to the feelingsof those to whom it came. It had, when erected, , the State House, and the old beef market, 174 CHARLESTON where the City Hall now stands, to the north, east, andsouth of it. It has shared the fortunes of the town, for inthe siege of 1780, the right arm was carried off by a can-. VW-» vWa-^JK^ St. Michaels Churchyard non shot. Some time after the Revolution, when theenthusiasm for Mr. Pitt had subsided, it was found (veryjustly) to interfere with the traffic of that crowded thor-oughfare, and it was removed and stored. Later on it wasagain placed upon its pedestal and set up in the OrphanHouse grounds (where it was generally supposed by thechildren to represent General Washington, as one of them GOVERNOR LORD CHARLES MONTAGU 175 said just getting out of bed ), and during the confederatewar it lost its head — which, however, was merely crackedoff, not broken. This interesting monument was, about eighteen yearsago, rescued from its obscure situation, repaired, and placedin the centre of Marion Square, east of the City Hall, notmore than a hundred yards from its original position. Thearm, however, has never been restored. The young men still in England were ev
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