Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-02
General Prices Proclamation.
sEpALIA, Mo-, Saturday, November 30

OF Mlssouflansf VINO noDly gave up nome and |
comfort to espouse in that gloomy hour the |
causY Of your bleeding country, struggling with |
the most causeless and cruel despotism known |
among men, whom peace and protection could |
no longer be enjoyed but at the price Of honor
and liberty. Your chief magistrate called for
$4,000 men TO drive the ruthless invaders from
q soil made fruitful by your labors and conse-
Grated by your homes. To that call less than
5000 responded out Of a male population
exceeding 100000 men, one in forty
only stepped forward to defend with
their persons and their lives tho
cause Of constitutional liberty and human
rights Some alloWances are TO be made on
the score of the want of military organization;
a supposed want Of arms; the necessary retreat
of the army southwark; the blockade of the
river, and the presence Of an armed and organ
lied foe. But nearly six months mas now
elapsed. Your crops have been tilled your
harvests have been reaped; your preparations
for winter have been made. The army Of Mis-
souri,, organized and equipped, fought its way
to the river. The foe is still in the field. The
country bleeds, and our people groan under
the iDflictious of foe marked with all the
characteristics of barbarian warfare. And
where now are the so 900 to avenge our wrongs
and free our country? Had $4,000 men Aocked
10 our standard, with their shot guns in their
hands, there would not now be Federal hire
lings in the State to p0llute our soil. Instead
Of ruined communities, starving families and
desolated districts, we should have had a
people blessed with pro ection and with
| stores to supply the wants and necessities
| and comforts Of life Where are these 30 900
men? Are Missourians no longer true to
! themselves2 Are they timid, time serving,
craven race, fit only for subjection to q despoi2
| Awake, my cOuntrymen, to sense of what
| constitutes the dignity and true greatness of
| people A few men have fought your battles
a few men have dared the dangers of the battle
field; few have borne the hardships of the
camp-a seotcbIng sun of summer and frost of
| winter the malaria Of the swamps, the priva-
tions incident to our circumstances, fatigue,
and hunger, and thirst, often without blankets,
| without shoes, with insufficient clothing, with
the cold, wet earth for bed, the sky for
covering and stone for pillow-glad only to
meet the enemy on the field where some paid
tho 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 on the field, three have been lost by
| disease indu3ed by privarion and toll.
"DuriDg all these trials we have murmured
not; we have offered al 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 wear what we have gained, and to win our
glorious Inheritance from the cruel hand of the
spoiler and oppressor. Come to us, brave sons
Of Missouri, Rally to our standard. must
have so 900 men. l call upon you in the name
of yeur country for so, 600 men. Do you stay
at home to take care of us and your properly?
Millions of dollars have been lost because you
have stayed at home, Do you stay at home
for qualification? More men have been mur-
deIed at home than I have lost in five success
ful battles. Do you stay at home to secure
terms with the enemy? Thea warn you the
day may soon come when you may be sur
rendered to the mercies Of that enemy, and
| IL. k,. knf he a
the Jayhswker.
"I can not, will not attribute such motives
to ou, my country men; but where our
Southern rights friends2 We must drive the
oppressor from our land. I must have SO, 900
men. Now is the crisis of your fate; now is
the golden opportunity to save the State; now
is ibe day Of your political salvation. The
time for enlistment for cur brave band ia be-
ginning to expire. Do not hold their patience
hey ond endurance. Do not sicken their hearts
by hope deferred They begin to inquire,
Where are our friends2 Who shall give them
an snswerP Boys and small property holders
have in the main fought the battles for the pro
lection of your property, 'and where they
ask, 'where are the men for whom we arr
: fghtipg?' How shall I. how can I 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 dead
| DuIy JneT OeHuJ lehVo your property 10 Jhht
care of itself, commend your homes to the pro.
lection of God, aud meIiy the appreciation and
: love of childhood and womanhood, by ehowins
. yourselves men. The sons of the brave RuC
free who bequeathed to us the sacred trust o
free institutions, come to the army of Missouri
not for a week, or a month, but to free you
Q country.
"'strike till each armed toe expires;
Strike for your affairs and your fires;
Strike for the green graves Of your sires;
"The burning fires of patriotism must inspir
Z and lead you, or all is lost, too, just at tn
moment when all might forever be saved
!, Numbers give strength; numbers intimdat
the foe; numbers save the necessity often o
: fighting battles; numbers make our arms ire
a sistible; numbers command universal respect
an6 insure confidence. We must have SO, ,0O
a men. Let the herdsman leave his felds lie
r the farmer leave his fields; let the meehani
. leave his shop; let the lawyer leave his ofic
a till we restore the supremacy of law let the as
Il pirants for Office and place know they will
a weighed 10 the balance of patriotism, an
may be found wanting. If there b
! any craven crouching spirits who hav
o not the greatness of soul to respon
T. to their country's call for help, let them sta
. at home, and let only the brave and true com
. out to join their brethren on the tented field
y Come with supplies of clothing, and with tents
% if you can procure them, Come with you
" guns of any description that can be made
g bring down a foe. If you have no arms, com
9 without them, and we will supply you as far a
u that is possible. Bring cooking utensils au
x rations for few weeks. Bring blankets an
% heavy shoes, and extra bed. clothing, if 20
II have them. Bring NO horse to remain with tt
army except those necessary for baggag
transportation. We must have $4,000 mel
Give me these men, and by the help of God
I will drive the hireIing bands Of thieves an
: msraudeTs from the State.
~ "But if Missourians fail now to rise in thei
= strength, and avail themselves of this prOpi
's tious moment to strike for honor aud liberty
w you can not say that we have not done all W
could do TO save you. You will be advised
Il time at what point to report for OrganiEatiO
a and active service. Leave your property
IL home. What If it be all taken, we have tW
% hundred millions dollars worth of NoEther
le means in Missouri which can not be removed
When we are once free the State will linden
k nifty every citizen who may have lost dollt
1t by adhesion to the cause of his country. "
70 shall have our property or its value, wit
r interest, but in the name of God an
r the attributes Of manhood, let me appei
)r to you, by considerations in6nitel
e higher than money. Are we a generation
10 driveliDg, sniveling, degraded slaves, or a
70 we men who assert and maintain the righ
k which can not be surrendered, and defend tn D
N principles of everlasting rectitude, pure ar