The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-11
Tribute of Respect.

Tribute of Respect.
Extract from the proceedings OF tho regular
mcGting OF tho Palmetto Association, held on
the 4th instant:
Tho following preamble and resolutions
wore unanimously adopted
Feelings of profound grief filled the hcartr
of tho survivors Of the Palmetto Regiment,
who compose this Association. on receiving
the Intelligence OF tho death Of Gen. JAMES
II. CLAhTON, II citizen and native s0n Of our
sister State OF Alabamn. and onr cuInra1e in
tho military service Of the United States
during tho Mexican war; aud our sorrow was
tho moro intense on account of the maDner
OF his death His was not calm and quiet
setting OF the sun Of life after it had ascend
cd the meridian, thence shedding ita niatnred
glory upon society, and thon gradually and
peacefully eliminating along rrsplendont
path toward tho reposo Ut tho grave. On the
contrary, his death WAS fearfully sud len,
tragic and sangninary. Distant from Ills
home, 80 dear to him, from his family and
friends whom he loved well, in the per
formance Of q high professional trust fer his
state, dreaming Of 10 danger to himself, or
neditating injury to others; blessed with
large physical and intellectual powers conse-
cratnd IL the service Of his Statu, aud with n
heart rnpobed with every chivalrous and
generous impulse. Gen. Clantone career was
closed III II nlnInent Of timo by cowartily and
nlurderous violence, and now u cloud OF
mingled blood and darkness cnwraps his de-
cayinS flesh. 4 brave and useful man has
thus fallen by the hand or the assassin. How
ino1presaibly mouriIful is such al end Of such
Il citizen! '|'
Gen. Glanton joined our Palmetto Regiment
~ Mobile, think. on our why 10 Mexico, and
At that time quite Il young man, served with
Tho regiment with the ardent devotion OF n
true patriot and brave soldier. from tho re.
duction of Vera Cruz to tho fall Of The AIexi-
can capital, always doing his whole duty,
whether in the camp on the march on punfd
Afni0Ht tha npriIs nf huf la
Quoted safely by the hand of Providence
through all those dangers, ut the close of tho
war he returned to the purAuits of civil life,
devoting himself to its honorable eueape-
ments with successful nssiduty, until the war
between the North and tho South burst Iortll
with its awful tlireateninGs-too sadly rea l.
izcd-of blood and carnage. into which ho
dIHhed with tho enthusiasm Of his earlier
days. nnd the chivarous energies Of ripened
manhood, as tho leader Of brigade of his
fcllow-citizens-as gallant men as over illus
tratod the annals OF war, at the head OF whom
he Er6vcd upon history and tho hearts OF his
Southern countrymen an immortal record of
hohor and glory. Few men have lived so uni
Versaiiy respected through life, or died Ho uni
yersally mourned in death All ages, races,
sexes and conditions of his people respected,
honored anu loved him, and upon their tueti-
mony wo are authorized to record OF him in
our archives, that by his ability, attainments
and fidelity, but, above ALL by tho constant
exhibition of those traits of moral manhood,
unsclhshness, courage and generosity, which
most attract our admiration. lie lived long
enough to die i'll possession of the fullest con.
hdenco and esteem OF his country; and it NAV
bo said Of him, rs it has been OF Wiilium of
Orange, the Father of the Dutch Republic,
that M long 0s he lived he wne the guiding
star Of u whole bravo people, and when he
altd the llttlO children cried IN tho streets. 1t
is grateful to our hearts to know that it is the
privilege OF the members Of this Association
to mngie our tears with those OF the children
Of Alabama, in token Of our sorrow for thc
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