Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-12-18
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RALEIGH: WEDNESDAY, DEC. Is, 1861.
IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI.

A-"A SL'A-A-'l ClNOh ~ IcCOOhI.
RoLLA, Mo-. Nov 29th, 1861 IA gentleman who |
left Springfield on Tuesday last says that Ben Nc |
Culloch's forces had marched for Arkansas having |
passed Pond Spring
AT the latest accounts the army under General |
Price was still moving northward
PROCLAMATION OF GEN. PRICE
SEDAIIA, Mo-, Nov. 30-The following is pro- |
camation from Gen. Price, issued at Neosho, but |
bearing date:
Fettooo Citizens: In the month Of JUNE last I |
was called to the command of handful of Missou-
ranS, who nobly gave up home and comfort to |
esponSe, in that gloomy hour, the cause of your |
bleeding country, struggling with the most cause |
less and cruel despotism known among civilized |
men. When pea:e and protection could no longer !
be enjoyed but at the price of honor and liberty,
your Chief Magistrate called for fifty thousand men
to drive the ruthless invader from soil made fruit
iui by oar abnrs, and consccrated by your homes
and to that call less than 5000 responded Out of
a male population exceeding 200 00U men, one in
forty only stepped forward to defend with their per-
sous and their lives the cause of constitutional b-
erty and human rights. Some allowances are to be
made Oh the score Of the want of military organza
ton, supposed want of arms the necessary retreat
OF the army southwark The blockade of the river
and the presence of an armed and organized foe-
But nearly SIX months have now Clapsed-your
crops have been titled, your harvests have been
reaped, your preparations for winter have been
made-the army of Missouri, organized and equip
ped, fought its way to the river The foe is still in
the field, the country bleeds and our people groan
under the infictions of foe marked with all the
characteristics Of barbarc warfare; and where now
are the nifty thousand to avenge wrongs and
free our country? Had fifty thousand men locked
to our standard with their shot guns in their hands
there would now be Federal hirengs in the State
to polute our soil. Instead of ruined communities,
starving families and desolated districts we should
have bad people blessed with protection, and with
stores to supply the wants and necesSarieS and COM
forts of life Where are those f(ty thousand men
Are MiSsourians no longer true to themselves? Are
they umd, time-serving. craven race fit only for
Subjeciion to despot? Awake my countrvmen,
to sense of what constitutes the dignity and true
greatness of people A few men have fought your
batleS-a few have dared the dangers of the battle
tied-a few have borne the hardShipS of the camp,
the ScOrch!ng sun Of summer, the frost of winter,
the malaria OF the swampS, the privatOnS incident
to our circumstances, fatigue, and hunger and thirst
often without blankets, without shoes with INSULT
cient clothing, with the cold wet earth for a cover
ing, aud stone for pillow, glad only to meet the
enemy on the field, where some paid the noblest
devotion known among men earth to the cause
OF your country and your rights with their lives
But where one has been lost on the battlefield
three have been lost by disease induced by priva-
ton and toll. During all these trials we have
INJURED not We offered all that We had on earth at
the altar of our common country, our own beloved
Missouri, and we only now ask our fellow citizens
our brethren, TO come to us and help to what
we have gained-to win our glorious inheritance
from the cruel hand of the spoier and opprcsSor.-
Come TO u.s. brave sons Of Missouri; rally to our
standard. | must have $4,000 men. | call upon
you in the name of your country for so, 600 men.
DO you stay at home to take care of US and your
property? Millions of dollars have been lost be-
cause you stayed at home for qualification? More
men have been murdered at home than have lost
Lokt n
secure terms with the enemy? Then | warn you
the day may soon come when you may be surrender
ed to the merces Of that enemy and your substance
be given up to the HesSian and the Jayhawker. l
cannot, | will not, attribute such motives to you
my countrymen. But where are our Southern
Rights friends. We must drive the oppressor from
our land. | must have $4,000 men, Now is the
crisis of your fate-now is the golden opportunity
to the State-now is the time Of your political
salvation. The time is beginning to expire. Do
not hold their patience beyond endurance-do not
longer sicken their hearts by "hope deferred."-
They begin to inquire, where our friends? Who
shall give them answer? Boys and small prop
erty holders have in the main fought the battles for
the protection of your property, and when they ask,
where are the meE for whom we are fighting, how
shall /, how can |, explain? Citizens of Missouri
call upon you, by every consideration Of interest,"
by every desire of safety, by every tie that binds
you to home and country, delay no longer; let the
uedu Jul uedu, lVdHS 1Ou' PiOPSitO " CdhC
care of itself, commend your homes to the protec-
tion of God and merit the appreciation and love Of
childhood and womanhood, by showing yourselves
men, the sons of the brave and free who bequeathed
to us the sacred trust of free institutions. Come
to the army of Missouri, no: for week or month,
but to free your country.
Strike till the last armed foe expires! ...
Strike for your affairs and your fires!
Strike for the green graves of your sires!
God and your native land
The burning fires Of patriotism must inspire and
lead you, all is lost just at the moment too,
when all might forever be saved. Numbers give
strength, numbers intimidate the foe, numbers
the necessity often of fighting battles, numbers
, make our arms irresistible numbers command uni
yersal respect and insure confidence. We must
have fifty thousand men. Let the herdsman leave
his fold let the farmer leave his field let the me-
chanc leave his shop, let the lawyer leave his office
TIL we restore the supremacy of law. Let the as
prants for Office and place know they will he
weighed in the balance Of patriotism, and may be