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 TO THE CITIZENS OF NORTH ALABAMA. 
 
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 In pursuance of a requisition bade by Gen. A. S. Johnston, under ihe authority of the War 
 Department, upon Alabama, for twelve months troops, the Governor issued his late Proclamation, 
 calling upon our section of the State for Volunteers, for that term. We havp seen the letter of 
 Gen. Johnston, and believe that we are correctly advised of our true situation — of the forces of 
 the enemy, as well as our means of resistance. We would not needlessly alarm or excite our peo- 
 ple, but we would earnestly imprest upon them the necessity of the most prompt and energetic 
 action, by which we are c onfid ent success ean be obtained: while, without sneh action, suece- 
 doubtful. The enemy is concentrating in heavy force ufoon Colunibus, Kentucky, and if we arc 
 overwhelmed with Numbers at that point, Memphis will next be invested — the contest will have to 
 be carried on in East Ten lessee, and you* own valley may suffer the unspeakable horrors of inva- 
 sion iron) a ruthless and unrelenting foe. Prudence and -at.M\ require us to meet the enemy on 
 the threshhold — to defend the outposts rather than the citadel- — the door-sill rather than the hearth- 
 stone. The valley of the Tennessee hafe already Bent forth her volunteers to defend the soil of Vir- 
 ginia, and to protect our Gulf coast fr6m invasion: it is necessary that they should rally now for 
 the protection Of their own families and tire-sides. This ean betet be done by defending QolumblM 
 ami Memphis. Your volunteers are required at the earli nt; noHiime is to be li 
 
 Every arrangement is made to facilitate the transportation! of troops to th< where tl 
 
 vices \\ ill !"■ required, and to supph them with subsistence and cquipn All they want t 
 
 prepared to sflrVt, are Arms: - Guns ^r Rifles, their Bullet Moulds, Shot Pouches arid Powder 
 Flasks.! Every Gun which is furnished, will be returned, or paid for; and no man who has one 
 should hesitate in furnishing it to those who are to use it for hi- The honor, as well as 
 
 the safety of the State, is involved in promptly responding to the requisition, and thus avoiding 
 the necessity of meeting the exigency by a draft upon the militia, which nfusl otherwise be 
 
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 Aayoui Representatives, wo have den 1 it advisable, in view of the mpmeutous iuiw 
 
 which are involved, to address you. and most earnestly to solicit your speedy action. 
 
 jg@=- Editors are requested not to publish, but to use every other means, to emulate. 
 
 K M rvTTnvV^ *' ~f J.C.OPR, W B. MARTI k, | 
 
 JAMES II W Ittfl HI KSPOON, T. M. HARDW ICK, R. 
 
 WM. M. JACKSON, FRANCIS W. RICE, E ' I •!; 1 1 "Ujfc. 
 
 u (i NELSON JONATHAN LATHAM, W.N CRUM 
 
 \ \ hughes, t. t. cotn \m. a. •'■ coleman, 
 
 r jemison .ik. thomas j. McClelland james middleton, 
 
 wm. ii. jemison, .1. p. com \ \ •' w logan, 
 
 V \\ S"J KES ■ ■ ■ 3 \Ml.s SHELTON, M. L. DAVIS, 
 
 S c POSEV S. D. CABANISS, \. HILL, 
 
 \\ M \l GRIFFIN, T.L.HAMMOND, WM. GRAVL1 
 
 \ SNODGRA CAN NADAY BUTLER, L. W. LAW1 
 
 (i W MALONfi, W. W. LITTLE. 
 
 JOHN D. MILLER, T. A. W VLKER. CB ^S. CAR'J 
 
 \'. R BRINDLEY. S. M. CARRUTH. B. W. GRt 
 
 .1. B.TALLEY, S. D. McCLELLEN, R. 0. PI< 
 L W. LYNCH. 
 
 Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 1st, 1861. 
 
 

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