Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-05-31

Private and confidential
CArIroL c. S. A, RICHMOND, |
April Is. 1862.
SIR: 1t can no longer denied that the
prospects of success for the Southern
cause are gloomy and forbidding on every
hand Whether through the lack Of skill
or the open treachery of the officers OF
our army and navy it matters not, we meet
with disaster and defeat.
With continuance Of such results, ere
three months shall pass away, our boasted
Confederacy will exist only in history
The past abundantly shows that we need
larger displays Of patriotism, military skill,
personal bravery, and firm spirit of de-
votion to the just cause in which we have
enlisted. Unless these requsitions develop
themselves soon, to a fitting extent, we
fight in vain.
Unless We have more clear indications
that the great heart Of the people is with
US, our efforts will be futile The Govern
ment is impotemt 10 retrive the disasters
that have betailen us, and yet stare us in
the face on every hand, unless the people
rally to its assistance.
Mcclellan is already moving on the Po.
tomac, Haleck's operations in the North
west are at every step successful against
US. The Federal army aud navy are al
ready menacng the metropolis Of the
Southwest, and the key to our granaries,
Florida, is oserrun by the Northern inva-
ders. while, wherever we look, we gaze
upon an advancing army.
In this trying emergency the Govern
ment appeals to the people-to the brave
hearts aud sturdy wills OF the South. 1t
cries out awake your hands have been
put to The plow--will you now look back
and repent your past act
lou have struck out nobly for ndepen
dence, pledged your lives and fortunes To
it's procurement-wil you submit quietly
to invasion and the desolatipn of your
homes the destruction and conf.cation
of rIr9pertv, the abandonment Of your
cherished institutions? arise and con-
vince the world that the boasted chivalry
OF the South is mere than a tradition.
This appeal to the people through he
Governors Of the States comprising the
Contederacy, and the officers in command
OF our armies. To these mediums the cir
cular is sent, with the very urgent request
that its spirit and intent, if not its letter,
may be conveyed 20 every citizen Of our
struggling Republic.
First Of all we ask for material aid in
money or such equivalent therefor as viii
enable US to maintain our army.
Clothing aud provisions will be accep,a
bic as substitutes for money when the lat.
ter cannot be obtained.
Secondly, pc need men. The ranks of
our army in the field are constantly being
thinned by the casualties Of battle. the
sickness incident TO army life, and the
expiration Of enlistments. We canno,
close our eyes to the fact that the places
of the men are not filled so promptly as
they should be. Let us see the devotion
lingness to fight its battles, and if need
be pour out their blood in its support.
Then we need the encouragement of
the people by IL more liberal display of
patriotism than has yet been shown.
The tame submission yielded to the in
vader, wherever he appears, is in striking
contrast to the boast we have hitherto
heard-of the readiness that prevailed on
every hand to welcome The hirelines with
bonhres composed Of the dwellings, and
property Of the people.
If cur land is to be overrun, and our
people subjugated, let us leave our con
qnerors smouldering waste to reward
them for their toll aud pains. Burn every
hamlet, village and cl,y--give the torch
freely to Jour cotton houses and let the
product OF your toll be laid waste.
Fly yourselves before the Invaders, where
resistance shall no longer avail, and thus
display determination aud spirit in the
cause for which we are all enlisted, that
will give US encouragement, to continue
The struggle.
Wherever the enemy achieve a victory
let it be bloodless one, so that their
bands now led on by the hope of plunder,
shall be disappointed and discouraged,
and we shall be cheered by the manifesto
ton devotion and patriotism.
Once more We exhort yoa to awake,
snake off the le,hargy that bangs over you,
strike for freedom Of yourselves, your fam