The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-12-02
Prices Proclamation.
Sedalia. NJ. Nny. 30

Sedalia. No, Nov. 30.
The following i. Gen. Prices proclama-
ton, issued at Ne0sho, bat bearing no
date Fellow Citi1eus--In the month of
June list, | was called To the command of
a handful OF hissourians who nobly gave
I up home and comfort to espouse, iii that
gloomy hour, the cause of your bleeding
country, struggling with the most cause
less and cruel despotism known among
civilized men When peace and protec-
ton could no longer be enjoyed but at tile
price of honor and liberty, your chief
magistrate called for fifty thousand men
to drive the ruthless invaders from a soil
made fruitful by your lahors and eonse-
Grated BY your homes. To that call less
than five thousand responded, out of
male population exceeding 200, GOO men.
One in forty only stepped forward to de-
ieud with their persons aud their lives the
cause OF constitutional liberty and human
right. Some allowances are to he made
on the score OF the want ct military organ
izaiion supposed want Of arms. tie me-
cessary retreat OF the army southwark the
blockade OF the river and the pres nee Of
an armed and organized foe but nearly
slA months have now elapsed, your crops
have been titled, yonr hareests have been
reaped, Your preparations l9r winter have
been male, the army Of Missouri organized
and equipped. fought it, way to the river,
the foe j. still in the field, the country
blee'ls, and our people groan under the IN
Elections of a foe marked with all the
characteristics ot barbarian warfare -
And where now are the tifiv tn 1usand
To avenge our wrongs and free our coun-
try d. hai htty thousand men foeked 10
our standard with shot guns i'm their
hands. there would not now be Federal
hlreings in the State topollute our soil
Instead Of ruined communities, starving
families and desolated districts. we should
have had people blessed with protection
and with stores to supply the wants and
necessities and comforts Of life Where
are those fifty thousand men, Are Missou-
rians no longer tr1e to themselves Are
they tinlid, time-serying race, fit only |
for subsection to despot Awake. my |
conntrymen, 10 a sense of what consti- |
tutes the dignity aud true greatness of |
people A few men have fought your
battles; few have dared the dangers of
the battle field !; few have borne the |
hardships Of the camp-the scorching sun |
Of summer and the frost of winter-the |
malaria of the swampsrthe privations
incident TO our circumstances; fatigue
and hunnar and christ .4tx II
kets, without shoes, with Insufficient.
clothing, with the cold wet earth for
bed, the sky for a covering and stone |
for pillow glad only to meet the enc
my on the field, where some paid the no.
blest devotion known on earth To the
cause Of your country and your rights,
with their lives But where one has been
lost in the field, three have been lost by
disease induced BY prisation ard toll
Enduring all these trials, we have MUIR
INJURED not We offered all we had ON
earth at the altar of our common country
our own beloved Missouri-and we on
~ now ask our fellow citizens. our breth-
rem, to come to US and help to save what
we have gained, and win our glorious in
heritance from the cruel hand Of the spoil
er and oppressor Come to us, brave
sons Of Missouri Rally to our stand
ard | must have fifty thousand men,
1 call upon you, in the name OF Your
country, for 10000 men. DO you stay at |
home TO take care Of your property
Millions OF dollars have been lost because |
you have stayed at home. d. you stay at
home for qualification More men have
been murdered at home than | have lost
III five successful battles DO YOU stay at
home TO secure terms with the encmyy |
Then, | warn you. the day may soon come
when you may be surrendered to.the mer-
cies Of that enemy, and your substance
given up to the Aessians and the jaw
hawkcrs. | cannot, will not, attribute |
such motives 10 you, my countrymen.
But where are our Southern Rights men2
We must drive the Npprcsso,s from our
land | must hayeaU, uni, men. Now j.
the crisis OF your fate Now ii the golden
opportunity to save the State. Now il