The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1862-04-12
THE 1EfEyTFuL MONTH.

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The Bee Of yesterday morning cor
tanned wellconsidered and timely al
!, tielt;S,lfgillg he planting, Of corn AM
other food crops, instead Of cotton, an
presented irrsfutablr arguments in f,vo
Of its proposition. The grounds takel
i press Of the Confederate States, with a,
unanlmity rarely paralleled il journal
ism. Whether the influence Of the press
has been as great upon the. planters a.
/ circumstances inppratively require, we
do not know, although We ar., confde,l.
that u great deal of good has been, &c
complished, :~anu that tens Of thousands
| Of patriotic farmers arc about devoting
their exclusive attention to fhe growth OF
food crops, to the temporary neglect of
the great staples. At all events, they
will not rtis, any more cotton than is
,, absolutely necessary for home consulnp-
ton. "
We have said, in the ht,a,ling t this
article, that this is to bu the eventtul
launth. That it is to be 80, and in a two
teh sense. We feel almost as sure us we
do Of our own existence. But, we have
more apprehension in regard to the food
Question than.we have in regard to the
"sr question vitality important as the
latter undoubtedly is. We Ito not now
entertain, and never have entertained,
the slightest doubt Of the .Soutlijrlss4u 4uo-
pie to light their way tllroug, to irsss-
pendtnce, ii tltp were proptrl sustain
ed BY the cultivators Of the soil ; G..
this especial point, however, TIE nr.
speaks 30 forcibiy that we adopt its Ian
guage as our own. Says the Bee: !" w
are near y elltirel y cut off from the s'lp-
plies ot kentucky and Misso,.1i-t-4rse
fertile granarrs being in the power. Of
the t''.derall,ts. Ii the Cotton States
fall TO produce cora i'll large guam i.iex.
not only viii tue people suffer greatly
for want of provisions, but our armies
will starve We casuot keep hundreds
OF thousands OF soldiers in the field with
out feeding them, and where is the GJ-
vernlnrit to procure their food, unless
furnished by the Southern States The
extensive cultivation of articles of nojn-
lshmem becomes, then, absolutely i'm
perallve. | here is no getting round it
or ovei. it ile planters mall directions |
must make up t:..il minds, if they 10 !,
not wish he war to come to a disgrarttul I
and hunilia ing cad, and themselves 10 /
ue rterua!l y liable to the bitter repro,ci. !
'f betrtyl1ig the country to its ruin-wt I
say they must resolve, from stern and |
solemn s..n,e OF duty, to replace this
year most if not all, their cotton with
corn and other vegetables. Let them
10 this, and We shall have no dread Of
| famine. Oar armies will b. plentiful :
'uppli d with food, while the planters
themselves will hc ric;,l Y rewarded for
heir patriotic anl praiseworthy conduct
The question will soon b.. settled, a. the
,erlo for planting has nov arrived"
We fully ayre with our c,tesnporary,
md SO far as our means Of observation
lave enabled us to jugde, we can truth t
ully say that concurr,nc. In the senti-
nents expressed is universal throughout
he Sonth. And, in many of the Cot
on States, planters have given public
lotice Of their determination that The
people aud soldiers of til. Confrdaracy1
hall not want for food, if it il in their
,ow,r to prevent it. All credit and hon
r is dno such noble and patriotic citl-
ems. Tiiev deserve and will receive
be gratitude Of their countrymen,
nd t'e admiration IF honest men every
vheIe. ss 81 -
In warlke point Of view, the present
Month is destined tobe nightly eventful.
'his April vii! ''.,,ake history which
lay last for ages to colne-perhaps. It's
ong as the language is spoken, read Or
,ritten On all sides in tho North, the
last. the West and the Soutll-a ruth
sss enemy is pressing upon us with all
that can be broug' t TO bear.
We may anticipate that this pressure
'iH continue to grow greater and greater
$ the days come and 60 We musthols
orward to, and be prepared tnmeet, the |
.st and .n,ighties effortst Of the enemy.
,hat these will be put forth during 'tfe
aonth that is upon us, there is little or
% room for question: Tile Lincolnites,
bove all things, desire the possession Of
lew Orleans and the Valley Of the Mis-
issippi, as well as of the Southern sea-
oard cities. They foolisl,ly think that
ucll successes would be tantarnount to1
he overthrow of the South, when the
var would be: further IRON termination
han ever, although our losses would: .bsl