Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-01-23
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his coautry. little hcyoni l',.-
Of JOLT RYAN, as stout and valiant IT,.
ever branlshed blade in defoncc Of beauty hon
or, or country. few miles below, in this samn
battalion, lived old y. KE WATSON, who taughta
BUTLER how to fight, and who dying amid tho
flashing Of the rnemy's guns, aud in the moment
of victory, bequcathcd her as precious legacy
to his noble Lieutenant, who, III like manner, has
transmitted her in all her loveliness, to most
generous and heroic postcrity. From your bat
,alion in the darkest days of the Revolution, the
HAMMoNps lion hearted all! drew recruits to their
shattered ranks ;->anj ihe> HANxosDs. lIcd, and
fought and died in tho other Battalion of the
glorious Seventh. Why, my friends, arc
there none Of the descendants Of these immortal
heroes iu your ranks at this heur! How Gun You
keep your places in the background when South
Carolina. gonr aeor natirc land, entreats you to
rally to her standard in cause ten times greatcr,
than that for which your fathers, 80 ayishly pour
ed out their lives? Ii you dully and linser be-
hind, the very blsol in your veins will rebel
against your degenerate spirits 1t is your mother,
iuvironed with many perilS that calls you, with
resistless appeal, to her rescue. Manifest to the
world, that you are not recreant sons, and filth
less to the tics Of nature.
"Sh0w w here
Tho mette of your pasture: let as s,eedr
That you are worth your breeding-;
Fur there is none OF you lnean and buse,
That hath not noble luitre i'll your eye"
Do you need examples, other than your iathers
left yuu. to enkindlc yuur ardur, and incits you
to your duty! Pardon me, tho mention OF only
one. 1t is needless to remind you, that the two
Battaluns of the Saluda reg iment, and the upper
Battalion of tho 9Th regiment, almost at the first
tap Of tho drum, offered more men to the cause
than were actually required Of them. But this Is
the high example will hold up to you,-au e1-
ample that should take its place in history as equal
ling the most glorious instance OF GTcecian or
Roman patriotism. The Lower battalion of the
9TH Regiment, mustered only ninety men III Its
ranks, aud to their immortal bonOr, when the call
of the Governor reached them, SeYcntysis Of that
Ninety cnr,.l!ed their names ns volunteer soldiers
Of the proud Commonwealth Of South Carolina.
say the proud Commonwealth, for Ststo may
VOL be proud, whose citizens can yield SUCH "be-
lieuce tu Ler behcsts, aal can uYincs such ontro
devotion to her unarnished honor, mud the ensign!
Of her sovereign power Such an act, men Of the
Seventh, woald make IL bright chaptc: in the his
t,ry Of the greatest puuple on earth, and while
South Caroliuu eau end such sens to defend her
dag, all the abolition cohorts OF Amorica could
not MAKE i. trail in tho dust. lmitutc the meu oi
the Ninth Let your xenl be fired by thoirs, and
your State shall joy aud rejoice at the courage
uni loyalty You will have displayed on the 9th Of
January.
l know, FROM obsvrvstca, plainly SEQ that
YOU havo Iuuro men i'll line, who nre willing and
.xious to volunteer, thau tho State neodS for her
service but they are restrained from Offering them
selvcs, hy tho four uf being placed under officers
d d;splsssiuy to them, aud by their misundcrstand-
Jugs iu regard to cumpsny othces 1t IL mis-
fortune, that word should be said about officers,
until the requisite numbers to constitute Compn-
nv have been made up. Thereare times whenPstri-
u,ism should bo uucalculuting, and when selhshnsss
should be lost in love of country. In my opinion,
,his il one o: tbose very occasions, that appeal to
the most exalted scptivants OF our nature. Let
tho young especially, follow their own lofty spirits
and uclina,ions, aud they will lead them in the
way of true glory. can say, trust without
the imp..tn!i"n of ,,niy, that about fourteen
years &C. when ny country, country n't half :
5, dear tu us as So:th C.roiua aluuI, enil,o !tr
:he services of tho yong men in war, catered !
he r.:uks, without be- taliVn IA a priTale. ros"
10 hc ,kr,i Corporal, und from third Corporal to !
hirt Lieutenant. From being third Lieutenant, !
rose to be second Luutenant, and at important