The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1862-09-20
Foreigners and the Consc:ipsion
Law.

The Avoyellrs Pelican, after silence
pfsnrosc
jet. suddenly awakens and comes out
with All Order datrd.June 9th, requiring
all foreigners, whether natnralizcd or
not. to be enrolled as ronsclipts.
III consequences OF hat Order, Lieut.
C,l. w. f. Cheney revok.s all exemp-
tions given by him to those claiming
them en- account of not being natural
zrd-
Now, this antiquated document being
published without any com ne1ts, We
would ask fiji nd Lafargue. or Col. Che
ney, the reason Of its thus being again
bro ght out to light, after the well known
decision of the Secretary of War revo-
knight.
Should our friends Of Avoytlles be
yet in the dark Oil the vrxed question,
we will state for t rir Information that
it has undoubtedly been finally settled
No 10 ger ago than last week, we have
seen letter from Adj't Grivot. Of the
24sh uh. It st trs that Maj. Gen Taylor
in orln.d him at the question being put
f,r decision. the Sec -tary o. War had
decided that foreigners, no nat ralize !,
were not liable to conscri ption.
NatcA,toches U.i0n.
In answer we shall b. brief for want
Of space. The " Union" mistakes us
Str.ngplv. because tire silence hr is COM
planning of is not and cannot be ours. but
Is witt Col w. +. Cheney, should he
he guilty of an, silence at all. and over
which we have no control Il =" Union"
will learn that it is customary with us
to publish in our paper atrver orders
or official docu that are sent lis, at
50 niue per square, whether the docu-
nlents are antiqm ted .or not. 1t lap
p-n-d that Col Cheney took rom his
nor, folio the order alluded to by the ul'-
lucky + litnr. and W.. inserted it in our
i--,,,. Of The 23.l, ult. charging the State
for lh,. SAM. accordingly. The g Unio."
asks u o: Col. o rnry the reason ot its
Muy b. ing uy"jm brouy to light. Why
DC 50 little posted up upon our aff'irs
here when on shows a taste TO informed
die? The order in question was pub
lishrd only ONCE or for tie first iinr "',
the above date. 23th ult W. OCCASION
al. publish orders Or documents from
other Paris ,rs wl,~n We think them
good for general Information, but that
DOES not account for Avoyrllr>. We have
!, l. our sphere Of ac1i"n; Col. q -,''y
is in a.tI,oritv and whether right or
wrong, whether H.. comes before the pa
rush late or early, h. can claim to 'ave
his orders pub isl,-d and to that end we
wouid give in every encouraging scrd.
The friends If til. ]" Union i'll Avoy
.;llrs, would b- much indebted to that
paper FIR inform III "a whenever needed.
but in the case Of the . vexed question
they say that thrv have never been in
the dark Lung time before. the Union"
ofthe 4 Ii Was pnbis ed their just rights
we're liste cd'o aud granted and the, are
nov in perfect kevn,its. !. They soue Int
the hig est authority in Western Louis
lana f'r the application Of tie Co"scrip-
tion Law to their case, when it was de-
MED them at ONE.
W. forgive our friend Of tie Union"
for this time, because Of the nairefe of the
question he pr"pounds, and we hope e
will infi,urr. not apply to us,t E Editor,
that whit essentially belongs to an.,.of-
fcer invested with the military author
ity Of the Parish Of Avoyrllrs.