James L. Petigru, Attorney General Of South Carolina ;

‘After South Carolina seceded  from the United States in 1860, Petigru famously remarked, “South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.” Petigru opposed the Confederacy, although he did not believe that South Carolina would return to the Union.’ (Wikipedia)

He was right on one count.

The above is in the Charleston council room in city hall.