Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-05-16
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
An Important Document from JEFF.
Davis, F.4I
Especial to the Chicago rribuns.l
CAlRo, May l6.-The subjoined circular
from JET. Davis, explains itself:
lFRIvATE ANp co2FIDENTIAL.l

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(PRIyATE AID coXFIDENTIAL.l
RICHMOND, April 18th, 1852.
SLr:-lT cannot be denied that the pros
poets of success for the Southern Confed-
eracy are gloomy and tOrbidding on every
hand. Whether it is through the lack of
skill, or the open treaehery of officers IN
our army and navy, it matters not; but
we meet with disaster and defeAt continu-
ally II such results follow ms, ere three
months shall pass away, our boosted Con.
tederacy will exist only in history.
The past shows that We need larger dis
plays OF patriotism and of military skill.
personal bravery, and more of firm spirit
of devotion to the just cause in which we
have enlisted. Unless these requisites de-
VeloEe themselves to fitting cxtent, we
fight in vain. Unless we have more clear
indications that the great heart of the peo-
pie is with rs our efforts will be feeble.
The government is impatient to retrieve
the disasters that have befAlleu US and that
yet stare us in the face on every hand.
Unless the people rally to its assistance. its
Impatience is in vain
Mcclellan isalready moving on the Poto.
mac. Halleck's operations in the South
west are, at every step, successful against
us. The Federal army aud navy are AL
ready msnacing the metropolis of the
Southwest and the key to our grauaries.
Florida is Overrun by Northern Invaders,
while wherever We look we gaze on them,
and they advancing
In this trying emergency the government
appeals to the people; to the brave hearts
and sturdy wills Of the South it cries,
AWAKE! Your hands have been put to the
piow. Will you now look back and re-
pent your past acts?
Yon have struck out uobly for iudepend.
euce, pledging your lives and fortunes 10
ITS procurement. Will you submit quietly
to invasion and desolation of your honest
The destruction or confscation of YOUR
prOperty2 The abandonment of your Chris.
tIan institutions7 Arise aud convince
the world that the boosted chivAlry Of the
South is more than mere myth.
| tlrhis appeal is made to the country, not
openly for obvious reasons. We make the
appeal to the Governors of the States
FcOmprising the Confederacy, and the Off
GERS in command of our armies. To these
mediums this circular is sent, aud with an
urgent request that its spirit aud intent, if
not its letter, be conveyed to every citizen
of our struggling Republic.
First OF all, We ask for material aid, in
money, or such equivalent therefor as will
| enable us to maintain our army; aud cloth,
1 ing aud provisions will be incapable as
substitutes for money, when the latter
cannot be obtained.
Second, we need meuI The ranks of
our army in the field are fast being thin.
/ ned by the casualties of battles, and the
sickness incident 70 camp life, and the ex-
1piration Of eulistments We cannot close
our eyes TO the fact that the places are not
ttiied soprOmptly as they should be. Letus
4 see the desire to help our cause by viii
llingness TO fight its battles, or, If need be.
pour ont their blood in its support.
Ehifd, re need encouragement of The peo.
pie bye more hberql di.play Of PatrioGsu,
than has yet been made. The tame submis.
sion yielded to the invader, wherever be
appears, is in striking contrast with the
boast that we have hitherto heard of the
readiness that prevailed on every hand IA
welcome the hfFelings with the bon fires 81
property periodically sacrificed,
II our land is TO be Overrup. and nm,
people subjugated, let Us be oar own con.
querorE and leave a smoulderinR waste n
reward them for their toll and pains. Bt,r1
every haWla, pilLqge and city Give III
torch freely to your cotton and houses
Let the proauet of your lands be lsic
waste! Fly yourselves before the iurad
: ers, when resistance no longer can avail
Thus, by determination and spirit II
, the cause for which We are all enlisted, u
! will give encourh cement to continue TIL
AtEngEie- Wherever the enemy wins a vic
Tory, let II be bottles one SO that ID