Until 1865 the State of South Carolina was ruled by the parishes along the coast. Early in the life of the Nation. Patrick Calhoun rode his horse across the State to Charleston to urge the establishment of courts of justice In the back country. This sentiment of supporting home rule had spread with the tide of immigration to the southwest after the Revolutionary War. The "orator of secession." William Lowndes Yancey. of Alabama. was a native of the Piedmont country of South Carolina. The political leaders of the South often found it necessary to change their stride in order to keep pace with the people.
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