The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-28
Thirty Sixth Anniversary OF the
Departure of the Moore
Guards.

Last Sunday, April 10th, was
the thirty sixth anniversary of the
day when the first company, the
Moore Guards, left the Parish of
Rapides for the seat of war. There
are but few members Of this com
pany now living. We shall take
occasion in the immediate future
|. to publish roster of the officers
and men Of this company, named
after the war Governor of Louisi-
ana, who immortalized themselves
ON many ensanguined fields in
Virginia. We shall also publish
the list of those who escaped the
bullets of the enemy, the ravages
of disease, the officers of the com
pany at the time of surrender, as
we'll as the namhlicaghe survivors
| at the present time. ave shall also
publish weekly, the roster of the
officers and metz of the nine other
companies, who enlisted in the
Confederate service from this Par
| ish. We shall be content for the
present, to reproduce the editorial
reference to the departure, which
appeared in the LOUISIANA DEMO
GRAFT of April oath, 1861:
THE VOLUNTEERS.
Our town has in the last week
partaken of the general enthusi
asm which pervades the whole
Southern country. The insolent
proclamation of Lincoln and the
response of the Wide-Awakes and
the Black Republican Governors,
threatening subjugation and igno.
miny, has fired the Southern heart,
while the indignant refusal Of the
Border slave State Governors to
furnish the Lincoln government
with the contingents demanded,
and their prompt action to place
their States in their true position
side by side with those of the
Southern Confederacy, has ANNA
ted every breast with a buoyant
exultatiou impossible to be ex.
pressed in any form Of words.
We are gratified to perceive the
old spirit of Rapides speaking out.
The arrival of the Caddo compa.
MES en- route for New Orleans, has
awakened manly rivalry, and
Rapides will not be behind in a
patriotic determination to perform
her part in the grand drama now
being enacted. The Moore Guards,
numbering some hundred and odd
men, under command Of Captain
Kelso, leave to-day for headquar-
tiers at New Orleans. The South
ern Guards, a cavalry company.
are fast filling up their ranks and
will be soon ready for service. A
third company has been started,
so rs to furnish our noble Parish's
full complement of men.
While this resolute spirit Is be-
ing displayed by our volunteers,
the planters Of Rapides should not
be laggard in the good work. Con-
tributions have already been made
to some extent for the purpose of
fitting out the company of infantry
just completed, but the men OF
wealth should come forward unso.
licited and see to it that no lack of
means shall be felt in supplying
everything that may be needed for
the present emergency. The plan
ters of this Parish are proverbially
large-hearted and patriotic, and
we feel assured they will not need
a second reminder TO prompt then,
to this good deed.
Let the young men of the Par
ish, too-the bone and sinew Of the
country-step forward and res
pond to their country's call. With
the fierce and fendish minions of
Lincoln insulting our manhood
and threatening conquest and hu-
initiation, what more incentive is
needed to patriotism ? Let all
hearts be united in common pur.
pose, and forgetting past dissen.
sions, resolve to present a common
breast to common foe. To this
end let the voters in each precinct
in assembling, ignore the consum-
nation of an object now no longer
necessary, and express in fit aud
appropriate words and acts their
purpose to stand by their beloved
Southern land i'll this, her hour of
peril.
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