Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-20

chosen 10 submit them both to the arbitre-
ment of the sword and by the sword they must
be settled. There is no reason Wig we
should shrink from the contest. The Mis-.
souri, State Guard, almost single handed
have fought the armies of all the Western
States for more than six months with unpar-
alleled success. Their victories at Cole
Camp, at Carthage, at Oak Hill, Fort Scott,
Lexington, fredericksburg and Belmont,
cannot fail to inspire the country with re
newed zeal, energy and courage. These
noble and heroic deeds have passed into his
tory, and will form the brightest page Of the
crisis through which orr country is passing.
Ny brave soldiers now in the field: The
six months for which you were called is now
expiring. and many may desire to return to
their homes. 1t is natural you should desire
to do SO, bat LET me beg you not now to turn
back from the work you have so nobly be
gun: do not new fail when the eyes OF the
whole country are upon you; do not loose
your glorious reputation for want of little
more pa thence; do not let the prfncely hari-
tage OF Missouri be lost TO you and your
children, when q few more weeks or days of
perseverance may win it for you. Let me
therefore entreat you TO embrace the oppoF
tunlty which is now offered ycG to volunteer
in the service Of that great young govern
ment-the Southern ConfedCracy, one q the
brilliant stars of which is our own loved
Missouri, and fight under that bright flag
which has as yet known no defeat.
That the bond OF Union between Missouri
and her southern sisters may be perfect, and
that encouragement be given our men, aud
that system and unity OF purpose EXIT,
which ensures success, 1t has been determiu-
ed that the present members Of the Missouri
State Guard shall have the liberty to Ieor-
ganize under the laws of the Southern Con-
federacy-th our southern brothers may
have the privilege Of supplying our wants
and paying our troops, while We fight our
battles which are also theirs. Do not let
the frosts of winter deter you from embTac-
ing the opportunity. Do not fail 30 remem-
Der those patriotic siTcs vino wintered al
Valley Forge-let their bright Example ca-
courage you-the cause is the same-'tjs
liberty and equality for which we fight.
Not so with the enemy. We seek no; hie
subiugation, his country IT bie home. He
can quit the field, retire f. his home. and
thereby give peace and happiness 90 I bleed.
ing and suffering country. III can, by .tbesc
means, st once close the uureienting crusade
which be is waging against us'
You have no homes TO WHICH ycu eau
safely go,-the Hessian and Jayhawker go
wherever the army is not, and y0u viii but
put on the shackles of eerfdom Whenever you
lay down your arms, even though II be but
temporarily. know your patriotism, you
have proved it. l know yoUr bravery, -
the werld has seen it. l know yuur endur-
ance,-the cheerfulne6s with which yen have
borne your hardships have demonstrated it,
then l pray you, maintain year reputation
but q little while longer and Missouri will
be regenerated and redeemed.
To my fellow-citiZens who bave not yet
Joined the army, have now word to say.
Can you longer delay? Can there be yet
one lingering ray Of hope III your hearts,
constructed or reunited? Can you expect
to remain as quiet spectators, filling your
fields and attending to your private specu-
lailons while fifty thousand of your brave
brothers are on the "Wer path p Do you
not know that absence frnm the field but
prolongs the war, and that you are at all
times liable to depgedations from either par
ty: Come out, then, like men. Remember
that the who is not for US is against us i''-
You know as well as / that the people of
sympathies, their hopes and their interests
are with the South. Then | call upon YOU,
in the name of our noble State. now strug-
Cling for independence, TO come out and help
your brothers who are in the field You
cannot ask or expect them to do all the fight
ing, to endure all the hardships, and divide
with you their glory and successes, you
should not expect to enjoy the reward unless
you participate in their struggles and pri7a
tions for victory and independence.
c. T. JACKSON.
NEW MADRID, No, Dec. Is, 1861.