Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-08-02


and tlIa yield proved to be the most abun
.ant known i'll cur history. Many believe
the supply adequate to two years con-
sumption Of our population. Cotton, su.
gar, tobacco, forming the sprplus prodac,
; t'ons OF our agriculture, and furnishing
the basis of our commercial interchaug g es,
present the most cheering PROMISE and a
kind Providence has smiled on the labor
which extracts the teeming wealth of our
soil in all portions of our Confederacy
1t is the more gratifying to be able to give
you these facts because of the need aoi
large and increased expenditures in sup
port of our army. -.
Elevated and purified by the sacred
cause they maintain, our fellow citizens of
every condition of life exhibit the most
selfsacrificiug devotion. They maintain
q lagdable pride in upholding their indie
tpendence, unaided by any resources other
than theirso&n !; and the immense wealth
which fertile soil and genial climate
have accumulated on this CauieIeracy of
ragrcultursts could not be more strikingly
displayed than in the large revenues which
with eager zeal, they haye contributed at
the call Of their country. In the single
article Of cotton, the subscription to the
loan proposed by tho Government caunof
fall short of fifty. million dollars, and will
probably largely exceed that sum and
scarcely an article required for the cons
sumption Of the army Is provided other.
wise that by subscription to produce loan
as happily devised by your wisdom.
The Secretary of the Treasury, iu the
report submitted to you, will give you the
amples details connected with that branch
OF the public service but it is not alone on
their prompt pecuniary contributions, that
the noble race oflreemcn who iphabit these
States evince: how worthy they are Of
those liberties which they know so well
how to defead. In numbers far exceed
ing those authorized by your laws, they
have pressed the tendor Of their services
against the enemy. Their, attitude OF
calm and sublime devotion to their coun-
try, the cool and confident courage with
which they are already preparing tc meet
the threatened invasion, in whate yer pro.
portions 1t may assume, the assurance that
their sacrifices and their services will be
required fiom year to year, will. unfalter-
ing purpose until they have made good to-
the uttermost, their right to self. governs
ment, the generous and almose unques.
tioning confidence which they display in
their Government during the pending
struggle, all combine to present a specta.
Gle such as the word has rarely, if ever,
seen.
To speak Of suhjugating such people,
SO united and determined, is to speak a
language incomprehensible to them-to
resist an attack on their rights or their
liberties, is with them an instinct.
Whether this war shall last one, or
three, or, Gvcyears, is a problem, they
leave to be solved by the enemy alone.
F It will last till the enemy shall have
Withdrawn from their borders, till their
political rights, their altars, and their
homes, are freed from Invasion. Then,
and then only, will they rest from this
struggle, to efjoy in peace the blessings
which, with the favor of Providence, they
have secured by the aid of their own
strong hearts and sturdy arms.
II =, JEFFERSON DAVIS.