Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-12-16
VOLUNTEERING.

Volunteering.
We understand at the time of writing this
article, MONDAY, 7th,) that there has
been no company officially reported TO the
Executive under his call for volunteers;
but he has been notified that he may expect
one company from Pamela, one from De
Soto, one from Marshall, one from Tippah,
one from Lowndes, one from Attala, one
from Lauderdale, and we learn that Gen.
Buckley, late Adjutant General of the
State, is getting up company in the go-
rious old county of Lawrence. Efforts TO
form companies in Copiah, Kinds, Yalo-
busha and other counties are being made,
and the Governor, we are glad to learn,
entertains no doubt of being able to report
the regiment full by the 18th inst. We
take occasion to express our unqualIhed
condemnation OF the course pursued by
some of the press and few individuals,
in giving utterance to the opinion that the
regiment will not be formed. Does any
one seriously apprehend that all the chival
nv and patriotism of Mississippi has been
sent off III one regiment? Is 1t not pro-
vokingIy ilIiberal towards the volunteers
who were so eager to GO last summer, to
be saving that they are not as patriotic
now as they were then? It's an insult to
these gallant spirits to say that they Will
not buckle on their armor with the same
earnest zeal, for this second term, that
characterized their conduct III the hrsl
Instance.
Ten companies are wanted, and ten we
earnestly hope will be had, and thus let the
unworthy insinuaIion that all our patriot
ism and chivalry has departed, be put 10
the blush. Some of the above companies
INFORMALLY reported) may not comply
with the promises given; then let othersbe
formed; let all report and when the l8th
arrives the Governor will proclaim, to the
satisfaction of the whole country, that MS
sisippi has redeemed the promise gIvefby
him TO the Secretary of War, that she
could furnish another regiment, equal Il
the one that so CALAMITY met the enemy
Monterey and so gloriously repnlsed him
We are panied 10 hear invldious com
parisons made between the ardor of on
citizens to volunteer now, and that display
ed by them last summer. The cases ar
widely different. Then it was known to
DAYS, nav for weeks, before the requlsltlo
was received, that it was to be made-ev
erybody was on the hp-toe OF expectatIo
-preparation had been long and earnes
" made-the companies had alread
formed and were ready, as it were, to lea
at the first blast of the trumpet. But
this instance, TO one was looking for
reauisition-the published letters OF tt
Secretary of War had induced the bell
that there would be no further call, ar
because everybody is not as ready now
they were then, 1t is predicted that thel
will be a failure. With American cItlzel
and soldiers there never has been. and
trust in God there never will be such
word as fail. Down, down with the IN
nation that there is even remote prop
bilitv of a failure. Where is Clay, al
Bradford. and Daniel, and King, and Abe
and Clarke, and all the gallant hosts viii
they would eagerly have led to battle al
TO glory9 Say you that among all tines
the laurels which the one glorious re,
ment has entwined about The brow OF nj
sissippi. are to wither? No. Mexico "
vet learn that the blood of our citizens
the seed of our army; and when s
strews our plains with one Of our re-
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around them. Let the insolent, SUPERB
ious enemy, gIorying as he does III
own shame, feel and know that IN aro
ing the martial spirit of this people, he
aroused nation possessing all the &c
tleness OF lamb with the power OF Ia
Mississippi stands FIRST among those "
SO glorIousIy conquered at Monterey.
when the great fght-lhe greatest e.
fought on this continent perhaps-con
of at San Luis Potos, where will she II
be? Who is there that does not want
participate in the dangers and glories
that fight2 The battle of Monterey ,
a greal, glorious fight, but when our
my meets Santa Anna, fifty tn us
strong, at San Luis Potosi, there will /
conflict such as has never been witnes
on this continent; and We predict