The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1862-05-10

IMPoRrAar,-Whys are not the peo-
ply of this and other parishes ofsaili-
zinng for Aomr de fense1 Are they. wal
ting for the willy enemy to come, and
tie them hand and f,at. 1imtly organ
izstio,n can effect a great deal, i is
,selcsa.so send our fanilias to The army
to figh. our battles for US il. We are go
ing TO subni, talntly q. home. All OF
Louisiana should be a military camp at
:is rery u,o .nent.z !Wecan stay at home
and do just as good, service withoa. rx-
pcnse to ,kegevrrnment MS if We behng-
ed to the army. Let each parish organ
-;-.. 1T. 6esl,.i,.s men. and L.t them hold
themselves iii daily readiness te fly to
any lseality the enemy may. invade
Thrr- y scarce any place in i, so remote
that we cannot re ,ch it in twelve hours.
We all h,y,. ponies, doubfe barrel guns
SC and it se ara willing to fight ii: our
evamps we can prevent thu enemy from
scattering about among us. In this way
We can make him stay away from lis,
and we can save our property Ws have
every advantage and we should not fail
to avail ourselves Of it. There, is no use
in talking any longer about these things,
for action is imperative. These are
times that t,y mems souls and We wanl
to see every man in this parish whS'lias
a family,o defend property to protect
or. "a soul to, save. come forward apd
.isnify +his. Willingness undertake
these things. Now is the time to org,n-
ize, Col. b. W. Blakeweod proposes to
raise mounted regiment, 1 and Capt.
Joseph Capper proposes to organiz' all
those who are willing to fight FOR their
rights, and both propose to organize fos
local defense. -, !! ~ "a .e%t 81 ,'1
Will the people join these gentlemen!
Remember, gentlemen they propose to
keep you a. home and to call you out for
active service only when the enemy
makes his appearances in Tire parish o on
its borders. Your drilling WILL consist in
saddling your horses as speedily as pos
sible when you are needed, in ! 'ading
your gun with trusty buck-shot and in
hiding yourselves at night or By. day be-
hind the trees, logs, stulnps and palmet'
toes of our forests and swamps, in sue /,
proximity to tae enemy. a' to enable You
to pick out you, man, take good aim and
to count on baggins him. If you should
prefer long range guns to those you lave,
just ,acI, upon these suggestions, and
there is no doubt but you will get them
if the enemy has them. The scheme is
infallible if you have the bravery to put
It into operation. We can soon get as
good guns as the yankees have BY xii.
ling them. and taking them from them
Come, gentlemen, yos, are called upon e
build no, fortifcations, to make no Long
marches, nor to expose yourselves in thu
open field We only ask you TO organizi
Immediately, watch the movements o
the enemy, fire upon him when YOU car
kill hin withou. exposing yourselves
!, and to liz, low and keep still when> yol
Lcanno. This is simply enough and it !
practic.lblr. You Gin be With your faini
iiss two thirds ofyour time and wll al
ways be withina few hours ride Of home
\ our business need not be neglected ant
in fact the fight is just into our hands
/ you will only think so and act with con
cert and una.limity. Come forward the
and let US prepare for i without Vi ut the lea'
delay.
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