Maine, and Huguenots from France and Switzerland, all zealous of their peculiar religious tenets, and many, if not most, with tenacity of bigotry and fanaticism. Carolina was a Church of England Province under its charter, and the Fundamental Constitutions, while offering the greatest religious freedom, provided only that God was acknowledged and publicly and solemnly worshipped, still provided for the establishment and maintenance of that Church."
In 1706, the Spaniards, who had always been
a menace to the infant colony, made their first
and last attack on Charleston, and, one hundred
and ninety-three years later, when it was
rumored that Cervera and his fleet would menace
the South Carolina coast and storm Charleston,
the old story of their futile effort was read
with intense interest. It was in Havana that
Monsieur Le Feboure, the captain of a French
frigate, planned and organized the memorable
attack. His fleet of four armed sloops stopped
at St. Augustine for reinforcements and supplies,
and on August 25th "five separate
smokers appeared on Sullivan's Island as a
signal to the town that that number of ships
was observed on the Coast." Yellow fever was
then raging in Charleston, but Lieutenant-Colonel
Rhett, commanding the militia, ordered
a general alarm by drum-beat, and sent
