Charleston Mercury Quotes
The tea has been thrown overboard. The revolution of 1860 has been initiated.
Many Southern Rebels saw themselves as patriots and secession as akin to the Boston Tea Party—the start of a revolution.
Charleston Mercury, Editorial, November 1860
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The Charleston Mercury was a secessionist newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, founded by Henry L. Pinckney in 1819. He was its sole editor for fifteen years. It ceased publication with the Union Army occupation of Charleston. After the American Civil War, publication resumed in November 1866 before the paper closed permanently two years later in 1868.
