Life of General Marion Embracing Anecdotes Illustrative of His Character
Life of General Marion Embracing Anecdotes Illustrative of His Character
Saint Athanasius
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The most distinguished patriots who had escaped, did so by abandoning the State ; for to have been known as a patriot left no chance or hope of secu- rity. In the absence of proprietors, their property was destroyed ; and the more humble citizens, who might have escaped from their enemies by the mere circumstance of their obscurity, were pointed out by partisan hate, and their houses fired, and pos- sessions ravaged. Many concealed their sentiments or held their peace, not daring openly to ackn...ow- ledge their friendship for their country. LI FE OF 31 A R ION. 69 During this period, where was Marion? His name was too well known, and the character of his services to his country was too well and too widely celebrated to make it possible that he should rest in peace. His disabled condition prevented his remov- ing from the State, and for several months he was hunted from place to place, from thicket to thicket, and from swamp to swamp, with eager animosity. But his gallant services had raised him troops of friends among.
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