Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-11-27
The Mania OF ExtortiOn.

d the Strength, the fortitude, and tn
Q patriotism OF a nation. We are in tn
/ very midst OF a revolution, which ha
] no parallel In the Past. It's waves or
: dashlng all around ns. There is m
retreat, no turning back; we must g,
forward, or perish, Success, or ruins
victory or annhilation-this is tn,
question. Cortes-like, we have burn
ed our ships, and must go forward OF
; be ruined There is no plank of com
promise to cling to--no hand Of "for
. eign interference" to hold lis up--no
thing to hope from any source, Save
God and our own united cxertions.
No matter no,g whose the blame
upon what heads should rest all the
blood and tears of this terrible epoch.
No matter If II he the work of schem.
ing, ambitious politicians, who finding
themselves at the bottom Of the wheel
of fortune, have sought to convulse
the nation, that, IN its mighty upIieav.
ing, they should be raised have inau.
gurated q civil war, moro bloody and
frightful than was witnessed in the
days Of Cromwell and Naseby, In the
hope that the tide of revolution might
bear them to place and power. No
matter about this war. There Is no
time to think of it. with destruction
bearing down so holly upon us--no
timc, to accuse particular parties or
individuals, Or to cxculpatc ourselves.
Things with us, have converged TO tho
one desperate point that we must fight
IL out or perish. All that nation
holds liberty, life, propcrty-arc al
stake II is past time for thinking.
our only safety now lies in action-in
nHaatmJu of actiun--in pnieI scnti-
mel,t and nstirt effort. The long p,lt
the strong pull, the pull aN t9gethcy--
this is what we want-tllis is our on. |
y lopc. Instead df this, we arc ap.
pallcd to see, at such crisis men pul.
ling against each other Southern citi.
zens seeking to sap the very founda.
tlon OF their conhtry's strength, men
ignoring every noblc principle of pa.
triotism Of justice and of common hu.
manity in tho selfish pursuit of gain.
Tho spirit of cxtortion il rife
throughout the land We SEQ on the
,ne hand, men nobly sacrificing self
ipon the shrine of duty and honor
forward life and property
o lay upon tho common altar, while
'tl'ers, in our very midst are busted I
My in cxtorting fortunes from the
necessities of their saffering fellow |
reat1'rcs~- intent upon counting shin /
lasters and driving bargains, while r
ne nation 's IN peril and crying to /
hem from the depths of her agony t
nd the mightiness Of her need. that if +
hey will lend no hand to lift her c
urdeu, at least, to add nothing to its V
eight. &
The thorough Yankee maxim make o
i you can, and keep ell you get,' 8,
ems the governing principle of ac- il
on at tino when personal interest W
reality, to say nothing Of patriot in
m and manliness. calls for tho exer. cl
SO OF justice and liberality. Upon SC
G united sum of little things, upon til
G combined power Of small individu- sc
efforts depend tlre successful issue in
this struggle. This must bo plain
these man if they possess one par. o.,
le OF common sense; and yet, so pat W
is their love Of the almighty dollar :,
1t an ounce of sltin plastcrs will out
Ugh for them their own final safety -
d the salvation Of their country. oO
Nost of the dry goods, medicines III,
other necessaries of life which the an
lntry now affords, are in the hands m,
SPECTATORS, who will not part with lay
IN except at prices, that many pri
atty in need of them are utterly all
lblC to Give. whiIn thu Eo,. ,,.L. u.