Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-09-04

Company J.-Lieut. J!BSCousart, Lieut.
A. J. Secrcst, Sergeant NJ. Nelton, Sergeant
l.. Horton; Privates ]. F. Bdfre, &C. Philips
Company K-Capt.. N. j. Walker, Lieut.
A. B. O'Bannon, Lieut.. Charles Kirkland
Private H. w. Bamburg.
Company L.-Capt. j.. WlJIliams, Lieut.. Fl
C. Higgins, Corporal v. BsPopc; Privatcs
F. Baricc. John B. .BrooksEJ Chapman, A.
Fcagle, ", R. Carey, .A.EH. Little, VIM
Sheppard, Jacob Warner. i:
Captain Marshall submitted the following
plan for an Association ef the Regiment
which was adopted: s
The Constitution of the PahaettO Association.
We, members of the Palmetto Regiment.
being desirous of keeping dive the brothcrly
feeling which was generated and cemcnted
by nearly two years campaiga, unite ourselves
into an association, to be called the "pG-
anetto Association"
LIST. Each member of tho Regiment Shall
be an honorary member ofsahe Association,
and shall become a regulaEmember BY sub
scribing this constitution, anapWing annual
ly The sum of ($3.OO) tbreedQltars.
I'd. The Association shall inject annually
on the lst Saturday after tfIesfourth Monday
in November, in the town Of Columbia At
which time the senior officeSprcsent being a
regular member, shall preside.
! 3D. 1t shall be the duty sof the presiding
officer to appoint Treasures, and commit
tee of arrangements for the ensuing year.
4th. 1t shall be the duty of the commit
tee of arrangements to prdyide-a dinner, as
soon after the the regularsmeeIihg us prac-
ticable. which each regular member shall be
Resolred. Unanimously that William Lou
don Butler. the son of .oiir late lamcn:cd
Col. p. NJ. Butler, be, and is hereby, declared
an honorary member of the Palmetto Asso-
citation.
Capt. Marshall brought.to the notice of
the meeting an allegation made by the Rev.
DR.. Curtis, andsspablisBsd in the Southern
Presbyterian.R Review, TO- the effect that a ma
jority of ihose members. .oftllc regiment who
returned to South CAROLINA could not write
their names; and moved that committee,
consisting of one mcmberof each company.
be appointed toinquire, md report upon the
matter. The cornmittee Stirred, and in few
moments reported thatthsgtotal number Of
the members who returned was 375; that
the total number of tho@ who could rot
write their names was slg: and that the.
sSoutifsrK re y &c iuested
to publish this statement to correct the error
made public on its pages by DR.. Curtis.
Lieut.. Abney submitted the following plan
for the erection of monument to the me-
mory of Col p NJ Butler and the dead of
the regiment, which was unanimously adopt
cd:
The Committee of Officers appointed TO
offer propositions to this meeting relative to
the building of monument, beg leave to
submit the following report:
At the earnest solicitation of many of the
friends Of the State, and of some of its high
est functionarics, the remains of Col. Pierce
NJ. Butler have been permitted TO lie in this
city, that some suitable memorial might be
erected over them. The request was made
in the year lSI7, and Notwithstanding the
promise thus given, no stone has yet been
raised to mark the grave of the leader of the
Palmetto Rrgimcnt-of him who was called
:" the father of his rcgiment"-and who. by
his brilliant conduct on the field, has recorded
his name in history among the proudcst he
rocs of South Carolina.
The Palmetto Regiment, when it left the
State to enter upon the campaign i'll Mexico,
numbered about eleven hundred men. On
the various marches it performed in the bat
tie of Cburubusco, and in the succeeding
"battles of the valley" it sustained very
heavy losses. In word, from sickness and
from battle. about two-third, of the Palmetto
Regiment died in the military service Of their
country. Yet, though the living have been
rewarded by their State and by their. friends
with medals, swords and other tokens of
respect and appreciation, the dead have re-
eeived no tribute, and their friends and rcla-
tivcs have not been permitted to share fully
in the general rejoicing, and in the rewards
of valor.
1. Resolred, That a monument to the me-
mory of Col Pierce M. Butler and those of
the Palmetto Regiment who died in service
be placed over his remains. on some appro-
pirate spot in the town Of Columbia.
3 Rcsolred, That committee Of three
from each company be constituted Il commit
tee to raise funds in their own and the ad-
joining districts.
3. Rcsolred, That committee Of one from
each company, with the field officers, Colonel
GLADDEN. chairman, he appointed to receive
money and reports from the subcommittee
already raised, and from other sources. ma
king full acquittances for the same. That
it shall be the special duty of this committee
to project the plan for the contemplated mon
umcnt, to employ an architect, and to do all
things necessary to it's completion.
JOSEPH ABNEY, Chairman.
Capt ]. D. Blanding moved that the senior
officer present of each company hand in the
names of all the members of his company
who have died since the regiment was dis
charged. The motion was adopted.
Lieutenant Manigault offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously and with
great applause adopted:
Resolred, That we, the surviving members
of the Palmetto Regiment, do hereby pledge
ourselves to sustain the action of South
Carolina in Whatever position she may be
placed bv her constituted authorities.
There being no further business, the meet
ing adjourned.
,,I. AL er;pr nf nno hupdred