Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-09-29

elght pitcned pattleS-gained eight VIC
tories! Covered with glory this land
and nation, shaken the dry bones of
despotism throughout the world--im-
pressed upon hoary Legitimacy lesson
of moderation not to be forgotten, and
settled The question of foreign investion
for thousand years. Will a Congress
ofsovereigns,think you, MIR. Chairman,
will the principaities and powers of
Europe be found in this day and gen.
GRAFTON gravely mooting the point of a
military occupation of this republic.
Will the descendants of Bucher and
Suwarrow think of planting their bloody
standards on these shores, of sending
back for the edi6calion of royalty
the triumphant tidings, that "ordsr
reigns in tie American Warsaw."
lfliberty here is to be cloven down
il the Union of these States is to become
a bye-word, and a dream, foreign
prowess is not 10 be the instrument.
The Gorgons of disccrd and bigorty will
be the drdmatis persona of this por-
tenlious tragedy. The Cyclopes who
are to forge the thunder bolt that is to
rive, this political temple 10 its funda-
tons:
The Palmetto Regimen, ! What
shall I say of this little Spartan band,
of its suffcrings and of its valorl We
at home, Mr.. Chairman, by our families
and fire sides. under our vine and fig
tree, know no, and never will know
half of lhe difficulties of the American
Army on the plains of Mexico They
had 10 battle with open enemies and
midnight assassins, with driving sands
pitiless sunshine, with rocks and ravines,
the chapparel and the mountain.-Their
march by day, their camp at night, their
long drawn trains we're infested and SUR
rounded by wolves and blood hounds, in
the shape OF men.-The animal, the
mineral, the vegetable Kingdoms were
Mexican bulwarks. Notwithstanding
all this, where is the American Eagle 2
Entanglcd in the chappareL foundering
in the dust, chained to5a scalaboosel
! No But cleayinga The high air, mouns.
ting above the clouds, and swhiie gracesg
s||fuIIy ba,hingysher wings IN the: upper
sunshine, eyeing mannifcent panorama:
Of ocean. mountain and plain.
| The Regiment of South Carolina when
it crossed The Savannah River tten
months ago; numbered more than thou
sand men. On tie plains Of Contreras
and Churubusco 273 only appeared in
military array. On the memorable
night Of the goth Augush 1877 camped
unhurt on the battle field, and 1856 we're
biting the dust and weliering in blood.
Where are the 700 Carolina Volunteers,
the remnant OF this we'll appointed Regi-
ment7 Are they at home amid theil
families and friends : Did they like
Neslor and Ulysses return in safety TO
their P Pylos and their Ithaca2 No they
would not leave their comrades in forlorn
hope in the midst of eight millions Of
enemies. Hundreds of them are lin
gering in hospitals, from Pueba to the
Gulf, many have paid the debt of ma
ture, long since, and gone from time TO
eternity some perhaps victims to the
lasso by the way.side, and like I1omer's
heroes feeding the vulture and the wolf
dog:
Look over the world, Mr.. Chairman,
box the military compass Of nations, and
we're is there an example transcendenlal
to all this? To the feats Of the volunteer
and regular, TO the battles of Taylor and
Scott. Was it at Tic Straits of Their
mopylea? Where Leonidas was prutec-
ted by the ocean ON one side, by preci-
pitous mountains on tile other. Was
it in the campaigns ofthe great Napo-
leon? OF him whose genius eclipsed
the blended greatness of Ceasar and tire
Scipios? In which of bis bulletins is
recorded greater sacrifice. a nobler
heroism7 In brewbeating the Gar Of
the Russias, in overrunning the empire
of Charlemagne, were against such
fearful odds do you find him planting
his eagle, or scaling and storming bat
Element?
Mr.. Chairman, let us 60 info detail.
Let US contemplate for moment the
commander Of the Palmetto Regiment,
Col. Pierce M. Butler. Broken down
by lingering sickness, PROSTATE upon his
back with fever, surrounded bysurgeoq,
by medicine, by all the paraphernalia
of disease, when he heard that the flag
of South Carolina vas waiving upon the
battle field, what did he do2 Did he
cover himself in his bed-clothes? Did
he redoubie his groans? No, sir! He
threw aside surgeon, and nurse and
medicine, sprang from his couch, noun
ted his charger, placed himself at the
at the head ofbls regiment, and mingled
like Diomede in the bloody strife. His