Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-12-02
A, ,Proclanaiion from Gen. Price.
SEDALIA, Mo, Nov. 80.


SEDALIA, No, Nov. 80.
The following is Gen. Prices proclamation, is
sued at Aeosho, but bearing ne date:
<e1oi0 Csfissns. In the month Of June last
was called to the command OF . handful Of Mis-.
sourians, who nohly gave up home and comfort to
espouse, in that gloomy hour, the cause Of your
blee9ln9 country, struggling with the most cause
less ana cruel despotism known among civilised
men, When peace and protc ction could no longer
be enjoyed but At the Price Of honor and liberty
your Chief Magistrate called for $1,000 men TO
drve the ruthless invaders iTom . soil made fruit
Iul ~ your labOrs and consecrated by your homes.
To that call less than five thousand resp ponded out
OF male population exceeding 900 men one
IN forty only stepped forward to defend with cir
persons and their lives the Of constitutional
liberty and human rights. Some allowances arc
to DO made On the score Of the want Of Or
ganixstion, supposed want Of arHs, the necessity
OF = retreat Of the army southwark, tho blockade
oi the rlver and the presence OF an ,rmed and or
ganlZsd foe, but six months has now elapsed and
crops have been titled, your harvcsts have been
reaped, your preparations for winter have been
made the army Of Missouri organized and equ p
ped, has fought its way to the river, the foe is
still in the field the country beeds and our people
groan under the infections Of foe marked with
all the characteristics Of barbal GUS warfare and
where now are the $4,000 men to aveDge our
wrongs aud free our country. Had fifty thousand
men Hooked to our standard with their shot guns
hirelngs in the Staie to pollutc our soil; instead
ot ruined communities, starving families and dcso-
lated DISTRICTS we should have had q peopie
blessed with protection and with stores to supply
the wants and necessities and comforts Of life.
Where are those fifty thousand men Are Mis-
souTians no longer true to themselves? Are they
timd, tme-servlng race. tit only for subj lection to
dcspot: Awake, nay countrymen, to sense Of
what constitutes the dignity and true greatness Of
people! A few men have fought Your battles,
few men have dared the dangers Of the battle
field, q few have borne the hardshps Of the camp,
ascorching sun Of summer, AMI frost Of winter tho
malaria Of tne swamps, the privations incident to
our fatigue hunger and thirst, Of
ten without blankets without shoes, with the wet
earth for bet, the sky for covering and a stone
for pillow, glad only to meet the enemy on the
field, where some paid the noblest devotion known
among men 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 iaduced by privations and toll. During
all these trials we have murmured not. We offer
ed all we had on earth at the altar Of our cvm
mon country-our own beloved Miss0uri-and We
only new asks our brethcYen TO come to Us and
help to wear what We have gained, and to win our
Inheritance from the hand Of the spoiler and op-
pressor. Come to US, brave sons If Missouri Raj.
ly to our standard. must have 1000 men. l call
upon you in the. .name Of your country for sc, 900
men. DO you stay Mt homo to take care of your
cause you stayed at home. De you stay at home
for qualification More men have been M urdered
at home than have lost in five successful battles
No, you Stay ut homo to secure terms with the en-
emy! Then warn you the Gay may soon come
when you may be surrendered t. tho mercics Of
that enemy and your substance be given W to the
ilossians and the Jayhswkers. | cannot, | will
not attribute such motives to sou my countrymeD
But where a'e our Southern rights Friends, we
must drive the oppressor from our land. must
have $4,000 men. Now is the crisis 0, your fate .
Now is the day Of your political salvation, The
time for enlistment for cur brave band is begin
ming to expre-do not hold their patience hey ond
cndurance-do not sickcn their hearts by hope
deferred they begin to enquire where arc our
friends! Who sha! give them an answer? Boys
and small property holders have in the main fought
the battles for the p'otecto Of your propcrt and
wherc, they ask, wheTo the men iur whom We
are fighting? How shall |, how can explain, cit
izcns Of Missouri? cal! upon you by every con-
sideraton Of interest, by every desire Of safety by
every tie that binds you to home and country
Delay no longer. Let the dead bury the dead
Leave your property to take care os itself. Com.
mend your homes to the protection Of God, and
merit the appreciation and love Of childhood and
womanhoo by showing yourselves men. The sons
OF tho brave and free who bequeathed to us the
sacred trust Of free institutions come to the army
VI M'sso"ii "os to- week. or month, but T. free
your country!
"striko till the last armed foe expires,
strike FOR your altars and your fires,
Strike for the green graves Of your sires,
God and your native land"
the burning fires Of patriotism must inspire AMI
lead you or all is lost too, lust st the moment
when all might forever be saved. Numbers give
strength numbers int,nlate the foe numbers
save tho necessisity often Of fighting battles
numbers make our arms Irresistible; numbers
command universal respect and insure confidence
Wc must have fifty thousand men. Let the herds
man leave his folds let the farmer leave his
fields; let the mechanic leave his shop let the
lawyer leave his office. till VIC restore The SURE
macy Of law let the as prants for Office and peace
know they will be weig ghed in the balance Of pa
triotism and may be found wanting Ii there ar.
any craven, crouching spirits who have not The
greatness Of soul to respond to their counirys
call tor help, let them stay at home, aud let the
brave and true come out to join their brethren on
tented field. Come with supplies Of clothing
and tents IT you Can procure them !; come with
your guns OF any description. they be made
to bring down a foe If you have NO arms, come
without them and VIC wlil surPly you as tar
that is possible. Bring cooking utensils and "a
tons for a few weeks bring blanket and heavy
Shoes and extra bed clothing il you have them !;
bring no horses to remain with the army except
those necessary for transportation. We must
nave fifty thousand men, Give me these IA IL and
by the help Of God will drive the hireling
but if Missouians fai! Row to rise in their strcug,h
and avail themselves OF this propitious moment
to strike for h.nor and liberty, you cannot say
that we have not done oil VIC could do to saw Q you
Hoa will be advised in time at what point to ,e-
port for organization and active service. Leave
your property at home. What if it be al taken !;
we have two hundred million dollars worth OF
Northern means in Missouri which cannot be re
moved. When we are once free, the State will
indemnify every citizen who may have lest
dollar by adhesion to the cause OF
your country; VIC shall have property Or its
value, with interest," but in the name Of God and
the attributes of manhood, let me appeal to you
by considerations infinitely higher than money
are we gene alton of dwelling, sniveing, degra
ded slaves, OF arc We men who have the courage 70
assert and maintain the rights which cannot be
surrendered, and defend those principles II ever
lasting rectitude, pure and high and sacred like
Gods, their author? Be yours the Offices to choose
between the glory of free Country and . just
gov crnment, and the bonlage of your children.
will never see the chains f. stened upon my coun-
try! will ask TOR six and half feet Of Missouri
soil On which to repose, but will not live to see
my people enslaved. Do hear your shouts? Is
that your war cry which echoes through tho land?
Are you coming, fifty thousand men? Missouri
shall move to victory With the tread Of giant !!
Come ON brave boys--50 600 heroic. gallant, un-
conquerablc southern men. We wait your coming.
fSiguedl SrERaLNG PRICE,
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
From Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 90.
It is reported that the bridge Of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad. over Reming Fork, was