Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-12-11
4 pITHY SPEECH

We commend to the attention of our soldiers and
our people the following short and eminenty sens-
bic address, delivered by Col Thomas of the 18th
Regiment Georgia Volunteers, on the moruingsof
the 18th October, at the Camp, near Genueyilie,
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!, SOLDIERS. The appearances surroupding Us indi-
cate We viii have fight in Q few days-perhaps IN
day.. We have been mistaken 80 often, however,
that will not venture to prophesy with perfect
certainty. --gS - SAINT = sfz7"5 80 ~-si
l. like yourselves, have never been In battle. 1T
will be as novel q sensation to me as TO you Bat
by inquiry among those who have seen and felt 1t,
/ have learned something that perhaps would BE-
useful and interesting to you, The great object
enemies seem to have 10 view, is TO invent some
means or to find some plan, by which they can Kill
Us without being hurt themselves II We adopt
some method TO circumvent this single feature OF
their tactics they are helpless, and we have them
at our mercy. The sole thing therefore necessary,
is to go up close Weare told some Of the rifles in
your hands will kill man half mile Don't you
believe it; it is all stuff No gun will kill man
that far, and if they could, no one can hit o msn
three hundred yards with any certainty You go
up within hundred yards or less and then your
craftsmanship will tell Get close to them, stand
firm, aim well, and not single regiment they have
will stand before you five minutes. ua7 r laii'SF
But their artillery-their terrible big guns--we
hear they have two hundred of the finest pieces Of
artillery in the world Well, hope it Is true-we
want the guns-we are entitled to them--we know
how to use them, and they don't--aud Providence
never intended that fine cannon, nor any thing else
should be held by those who understand not their
use. After dIligent inquiry, can hear Of but one
single man on our side killed by their cannon atthe
battle of Manassas Plains. Providence fought with
us at Manassas. He will fight with us again If We
are brave. He loves valor, and he loves q valiant
soldier. He will help US, but He will not drop can
non down to US out of the skies. He expects TO
help by putting it into the hearts of our enemies
to bring the cannon in our reach and there He ex-
poets US to take them. sg.a3s14sG y''3S72aA
Another marked feature of the fight, if we get
into one, you will find to be the whistlng Of the
shells. Our enemies have succeeded. admirably in
constructing harmless instrument which makes
curious and unpleasant noise, and it has this won.
derfu PECULIARLY; it seems to be coming straight
at every man who hears it Now, we know il can't
be coming at but one man, or, at most, two; and
the truth Is, it is coming at nobody You have moth
ing to do but pay close attention to your hind sight,
and the whistling of the shells will, attera lttle,
become rather small matter N the grand drama
you are acting. The man. who hears thunder is
never struck by the lightning. The great imple-
ment of war you hold in your hands--the musket
and the bayonet-and your enemies have none BET
ter or more terrible. rFsn,H. a.aeq fai "l-" ''s.
Another feature of the fight win be the falling Of
the killed and wounded 1t is atryng thing to, a
20 his friends fall by his side, and our FIRST
impulse is to carry them to the rear. But retnem-
ber the best way to your wounded friend is not
four five to leave the ranks and thus weaken and
break your line. This will insure his destruction
and your own by the tramplng and bayonets Of our
enemies. Your wounded friend ought to be in the
rear, and you ought to be between them and the
Now, the plainest and most efectua way to do this
is to close up your ranks and advance on the enc.
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Soldiers, you fight for your liberty, your country,
your wives and your children You cannot afford
| to be defeated Your fate would be "hewers oi
wood and drawers of water" to an enemy you abhor
Your enemies are bought with price-fifty dollars
per head bounty and large pay induce them to entel
the ranks TO destroy your rights Can you yielt
to such foel Is r..Ia os .g'. 20. s-'..lt. <. = *
With one powerful blow let us crush them, and
| return home to our families and friends ~ ~