Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-05-31
Forth Adrertiser.
REMlSIscESCES OF THE PALMETTO REGI
LIEUT.. DAVID ADAMS.
Dulcs ct decorum est per pGtria mori
NO. XII,

Dulce et decorum est per PGtrH mof'.
HORACE.
In the call upon the country for voluu.
teers, Lieutenant Adams. Company d.
EdseGeId District, was among The very
foremost to offer his services, and display
cd great zeal in his efforts To raise The CON.
panvto which he was attached. Nor did his
zeal abaie in tIe,me that elapsed between
the first and second requisliun lie was at
Tue time afflicted with rheumatism. q con.
seqpentIy he was beset with the cn'realies
Of friends aud relatives TO remain AT home ;
but his ardent spirit of adventure, urged
on by glow Of warm. patriotic feeling,
led him TO The scene of war in spine ol ev-
cry opposing obstacle. lie was chosen
first sergeant of lns company. in which ca
pacty he acted until aboul the 1t OF July
lS47. when he was elected . | lieutenant
10 I'll vacancy. The first post was too
limited in its sphere :ur his military nc.
cumplishmen,s The second, was NOT sut.
ticienlly large 10 call into proper exercise
all the manly qualities Of mind and heart
with which he was endued. But he filled
alike the one aud the other with great hon
or to himself aud TO his county. AS first
sergeant he was held up as Il model to the
regimen. As lieutenant he had no supe-
Iiur. lie would have been inferior to none
as Captain. Intelligent, high mnGed, and
brave as bravery can be defined TO be, he
could not have failed 10 acquire distinction
whenever occasion offered, in what station
soever he may have been placed
But his bravery, remarkable as il truly
was did not constitute his only virtue.
We never saw man ac'uaIcd by 50 high
sense of duty, with such strict and lofty
sentiments of honor aud prohly. He was
most strictly to be relied on in all his deal.
ings with men, aud in all emergencies that
try meu's souls. A promise was with him
a pledge-a bond not 10 be lrivousIy bro
ken. In consouance with these nnblc i'm
pulses, he was the bold defender Of his own
character, aud a s,aunch advocate l"r The
rights and privileges Of Others He wlliul,
" wrnnged 90 one himself, and would moi
suffer Others waIlony to wrong him nor
those for whom he had frelihss Of close
friendship Bul until an insult was offer
ed, or injustice done, Lieut.. Adams was
silent and unmeddliug. lie made no boast
Of his courase-no threats of his lnien
tions. No one would suspect his lion cou>
rage, nor his strong good sense, until cir
cumstances called them for'h-so uuprc.
tending he was, so free from all spirit Of
boas, or display. When the emergency
arose. however, he was always ready TOR
il. And his capacity always enlarged i-
self as the occasion required. We, never
saw him placed 10 . si:ualian, that he did
Il; .i.i! nSO'c
independence. Clear in Ills noliolrs- o.
Honor, because indeed they were allnos,
The instructive sentiments of his nature.
and highly discriminating in his Judgment,
he always took things in their due course.
and seldom acted oul of season. Not eve.
ry petty consideration stirred up his M
ture. According TO the ShakesPearean
rule Of actoa he did not,