Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-08-21
Relief For Our Soldiers.

It il indispensable that arrangements be
vigorously entered upon for the comfort and
protection Of our Soldiers. AS a cotempora-
~ remarks, a winter campaign is now q fixed
and inevitable fact, and as some four or five
hundred thousand brave Southern volunteers
are to be exposed to its hardships, it behooves
every man, woman and child in the slave
States to be providing for their comfort. To
the peltings Of every pitiless storm, to every
cutting wind, to every snow and frost our
soldiers must be exposed during the ap-
preaching winter. In rudely- constructed
huts, or encamped in their tents, these SOL
diers are to suffer every p~rivatiOn which win
ter may bring with it.
Let the thousands who will enjoy the ap-
preaching winter months snugly ensconced
by blazing fires, protected by thick walls and
wellcovered roofs, remember that their de-
Tenders are to spend the long nights of win
ter exposed te every storm. Let them re
member that il through neglect and expo
sure those brave defenders are stricken down,
not only will there be grief in every family.
but rapine, confiscation and subjugation at
every door.
We earnestly c%onjure all who are not in
active military service to prepare for the win
ter campaign. God has blessed every State
Of the Confederacy with such abundant crops
that we can easily feed an army of five mil
lions Of men. All our energies must be d.
rected to providing sufficient warm and com
Portable clothing for our soldiers. The SOL
der il subjected to so much exposure that he
will need his winter clothing by the first or
middle Of October. Blankets, comforts, fan
mel shirts, thick, strong shoes and wooden
socks, overooats; warm, well.lined panta-
looms, padded coats, gloves, worsted protec-
tors for the chest, and numberless other ar
ticles, will be needed in immense quantities
by our soldiers. Let every hand be busy
and let every private purse be open for the
preparation and purchase OF these and other
indispensable articles. The South is full oil
the raw material from which these things
may be fabricated. They should be made a
? every farm house in the South. There are
no fingers too delicate Cor this work and none
too coarse and ignorant to be usefully EN-
ployed.
If there are any so parsimonious as t
hesitate about contributing to this indispen
sable work, we must stimulate them Il
liberality by a simple suggestion. The prop
erty Of every citizen Of the Southern Con
Gederdcy, WAo is not a traitor Of the Carlisl
type, has been co9fscated By recent act o
the Yankee Congress. If we are conquered
we are ~beggared. Lincoln's %ruffians wi
seize every acre Of our lands and every pei
sonality which We possess. If we do ne
triumph we lose all whilst on the othe
hand success will make us in five years tn
tmost prosperous and ~afluent people of moo
ern times
Literally 10 our soldiers has become
great necessity TO ecery property holder
the Confederate States.
Let no sane man think Of money-makir
until every battlefield is whitened with Il
bones of our sensual, brutal and deprav,
invaders. Every thought about gain ar
self must now yield to the wants Of our bra
'soldiery. Ii through our neglect and ind
ference, our army become disorganized, tn
will land, slaves, mules, horses, cattle, bono
and stocks become worthless, except to t
rapacious Yankee invaders.
Every feeling Of patriotism and every s.
fish consideration require us to devote mon,
Abor-indeed, everything-to the comfor,
our soldiers.