Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-05-08
For the USlos
Union and Energy.

the present moment. New Orleans ha
been surrendered into the, hands of th
enemy, aud. it may soon be our turl
to make personal sacrifices and to .bea
personally our share in the burdens o
the war. Let lis do it checrfuly arlt
as becomes a people who would hane
down to their descendants the blcs
sings of liberty. The promised Pot
is now opened for Europe, and it onk
remains to see whether the cotton vii
be forthcoming. There can be no mdc
cffecttal way to thwart and disaDpodt
the enemy, than to withhold il. Let
us at once stop all useless recrintila-
tions and complaints. Nhateserthe
faults and omissions of civil ormilitary
leaders may have been, the bal is now
thrown into our own hands. the great
and fatal blow rests with the people
to strike, and any man who would viii
Hllngly let one bale of cotton fall into
tlIe hands Of the foe, is traitor aud
deserves traitors fate. We must.
at ali hazards, support the policy of
the government we have isaugurated.
we must maintain our integrity. at
whatever sacrifices; we must risk the
exasperations of the enemy, when he
llhds himself foiled; we must, if need
be. leave cur dwellings TO his depreda-
ton and make our homes in the bills,
the result will repaysuss We have no
need to be discouraged either: we have
q large and noble army Of brave men,
whose achievements will yet retrieve
onr rcverses, aud Washington may vet
be an offset against New Orlp6ns. Sup
pose the worst-suppos6 our army
slloull be destroyed-tha all our large
seapotts are aken-zYhatfollowing o1ir
water courses, in here alone is tIleir
strength grcVGr than, ours, all our
towns fall ixfo their hands, if We are
true f. ourselves, what will they have |
galneH Can they afford to garrison
eFeg town in the Confedcracy? Have
[bey men enough? Have they means
anongIl? Why, to support such an
army would exhaust the treasury Of the
world! Suppose they could do it
should we let any garrison tey would .
'e likely To place in NatcltocI6 re-
main there? If they were to put men +
ere. to cultivate our fields, should We
ui1er them to remain2 Is there q man
I this parish who would let stranger
nd an enemy lord it over his domains
'hlie he could hold riAe2 No! all
epends now upon thepeopIc Be but
nlted, true to ourselves, firm in resist
nee and al the power Of the NORTH
'ere it ten times greater than it IS
annot subdue us.
The river is now navigable, there is \
0 strongly fortified place below us,
ld we may receive q visit from their
nnboats. Their course may be az it '
as on the Tennessee : conciliatory. t
ct US not be weak enough to suffer I
em to say that they find in OUR midst
e neucleus Of i Union party. Sup d
'se that all refuse to take the oath Of c
leglance, what can they do? They 6
I'VE not l5astilles enough for lis all
ey will hardly make us all marks for
cir rifles, and they will do as they
c now doing in Nashville, return
sccmagcd and disappointed. t
There is no such thing, there can be i
such thing as subjugating a people Jt
termined to be free. The war is now
ing "carried into Africa Our SOL y
we have q noble army with IL
bic leaders--m maddcned by this re- IS
rse, will fight as becomes brave ia
N who struggle for all they hold Y
ar, and before two months, New
leans is sure to he in our hands &c
ain. July and August will bring n
a powerful auxiliary. This war pc
mot last Europe, though we do not en-
ID her, will look rueiully upon the tn
Of cotton and it's utter fail lis
for this year and the next, and the re
fare Of tie world demands that the ed
uggle should cease The hour of
al is VOW. Let there be no weak III
asons, no shrinking from it. When
smoke of the conflict clears away,
sball find ourselves fully able to
g from the work before us. We
llIpav what we can of the accumu-
ed debt Of the Confederacy, and our
ldren will pay the rest it is but or'
t that it should be SO. del