Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . s at the North attending the Congress, andChristopher Gadsden was appointed to act in his stead: To satisfy the citizens and explain the circumstances. Then Lincoln held a council of war and proposed toevacuate the town with the Continentals, and with such ofthe militia as could go. A debate arose. The generalhad not the command of his officers and the language wasvehement. Colonel C. C. Pinckney, with less than hisusual courtesy, exclaimed : — I will not say that if the enemy attempt to carry
Charleston, the place and the people, by St Julien Ravenel With illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey . s at the North attending the Congress, andChristopher Gadsden was appointed to act in his stead: To satisfy the citizens and explain the circumstances. Then Lincoln held a council of war and proposed toevacuate the town with the Continentals, and with such ofthe militia as could go. A debate arose. The generalhad not the command of his officers and the language wasvehement. Colonel C. C. Pinckney, with less than hisusual courtesy, exclaimed : — I will not say that if the enemy attempt to carry ourlines by storm we shall be able to resist them successfully;but I am convinced that we shall cripple the army beforeus, that although we may not live to enjoy the benefitsourselves, yet to the United States they will be incalcu-lably great. Considerations of self are out of the question;they cannot influence any member of this council. Myvoice is for rejecting all terras of capitulation and for con-tinuing hostilities to the last extremity. Spoken as a gallant young soldier fighting for his. SIEGE AND FALL OF CHARLESTON 269 hearthstone; but although John Laurens, Colonel Hender-son, and others supported him, military policy prevailed,and the evacuation was decided. But they had reckonedwithout the new Lieutenant-governor — Gadsden had noidea of resigning his own town at the bidding of a militaryofficer. He absolutely refused, and the members of hisCouncil — his particular friends— vehemently supportedhim, and roused the populace. There was danger of anSmeute! The mob, called in, told Lincoln that if. heattempted to withdraw his forces, they would open thegates to the enemy and cut off his retreat, and Lincolnwas not the man to resist a mob. Soldiers say that heshould have paid no attention to these proceedings, andhave gone his own way, that the civil authority had noplace at that moment, and that the general should haveasserted his own. But Gadsden, who claimed, mi
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