The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-12-22

S. G.: WELDON, ,LieutenantsC. 6. JOHN SgIGTRR..'
and Lieutenant c. 6. WILpEN, be appointed T.
+ Committee on the part OF, the Jackson Creek
Blues, to tender, in our names, to the officers and
members OF said Company, our highest consider
atoms OF respect and esteem, and that the same
be published in the South CaroEinia1. i' !.
= We copy below, the Report of the Board of
ohcers awarding the Plume and Bugle, at the
late parade in Columbia, to! the ecsollses ca
dets," as the best drilled Infantry, and TO the
estate Rights Troop" as the best drilled GavaL
ry corps. The first of these aembleHs ofedis.
tinction," twas understood and believed before
the parade, ioouH be givento the College Ca,
dets, for the purpose Of imbuing the College
witha military spirit, and thereby disseminating
it through the State, as they graduated and re.s
turned'to their several homes. However Ia,ulas;
tble thisdesign, in general Yew,it was Unfair
to effsctthe pnrposeby ma king the
otheE corps, who were brought INTO This seeming !.
competitionWitlthem. The difficult yIniglhit have
been obyiated and the object as well accomplish
ed by awarding plume 10 the. ,Caaets, as the z
best drilled Infantry, and d separate emblem 10
the Rjqsmen distinction in tie: arm Of !.
service. Z = ~ = : go. X 81.
we mean no 5desparage gement whatever to the
fog better or more gallant corps, in
uropinion, never ''shouldered nlusket orhan-.
died cartridge, "or more deserved the COM
mendation Of theH superior offieere, forthe zeal
they had manifested, in: voluntarily undertaking
at HaImasr srnater,"ito learpthe drill and sdiscir.
line of soldiers that they might be prepared at.
thesame time. that they .adonned the togo, as
citizens; to grid on the sword to defend, il need
be, the citizens rights. We only mean to say
that in our opinion, justice might have been
done them, without doing any injustice to,aHy Of,
their fellow soldiers. Altho' no plume was awar-
ded to the troops Of our District yet distinctions
of more substantial kind, in being the volun-
tary tribute Of strangers, were abundantly con-,
ferred on them, and "od Kersha@', has every
reason to be proud of the reception they met
abroad, and Of the spirit caught from the sleep!
ing ashes of their sres, that still anirnates her
sons. -
The Boardsof officers appointed to award pre- :.
miums to the Cavalry and Infantry, for tie best
drilled Companies, take the occasion to express
the great qualification with which they have !:
witnessed the performances of the day. It iss,
with the utmost difficulty that they have been
able to come to decision, SO we'll has each COM
pany acquitted itself. But being compelled to-
select one corps in each armlof service, they
have felt bound to permit their Judgement tobe
influenced by the slightest shade. And award
ing to the Free Trade and State Rights Troop, =
and the College Cadets, the respective prizes,
they cannot do justice to therown feeling, with
out expressing their high admiration Of the per
formances of all, and their unanimous andzs sin
opinion, that it cannot be excelIed, in this,
or any other country. .ss'. 80 -
4sssss JNo. BUCHANAN.