Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-05-22

Hopeless unless Speeoily otrengtn-
ened-A Last Appeal for Money,
Men, Arms and Supplies.
CHICAGO, May ia special to the
Tribune, from Cairo on the 18th, says
the subjoined circular from JEFF. Davis
explains itself:
"PRIvATR AND CONFIDENTIAL.
"CAPITAL G. S. A,
"RIcHMoED, April 18, 1862.
"S1R: 1t can no longer be denied
that the prospects of success for the
Southern Confederacy 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 disasters and defeat. With a
continuance OF such results, ere the
month shall pass away, our boastsd
Confederacy will exist only in history.
The past shows that we need larger
displays of patriotism, military skill,
personal bravery and firm spirit of
devotion to the just cause in which we
have enlisted. Unless these requisites
develop themselves to 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 Government
is impatient to retrieve the disasters
that have befallen us, and that yet
stare us in the face on every hand, un-
less the people rally to its assistance.
Nc Clellan is already moving on thePo.
tomac. Halleck's operations in the
Southwest are at every step successful
against US. The Federal army and
navy are already menacing the me-
tropelis of the Southwest and the keys
to our graneries. Florida is overrun
by Northern invaders, while wherever
We look we gaze on an advancing
army.
In this trying emergency the Gov
ernment appeals to the people, to the
brave hearts and sturdy wills of the
South. It cries awake! Your hands
have been put to the plow, will you
now look back and repent your past
acts? You have struck out nobly for
independence, pledging your lives and
fortunes to its procurement; will you
submit quietly to the invasion and des-
olation Of your homes; the destruction
or confscetion of your property; the
abandonment of your cherished in
stitution? Arise, and convince the
world that the boasted chivalry of the
South is more than traditionary
myth. This appeal is made to the
country-not openly, for obvious rea-
sons. We make the appeal to the
people through the Governors Of the
States comprising the Confederacy.
and the officers in command of our
armies.
To these mediums the circular is sent
with the urgent request that its spirit
and intent, if not its letter be conveyed
TO every citizen of eur struggling re-
public.
1st. OF all we ask for material aid
in money or such equivalent therefor
as will enable us to maintain our army.
Clothing and provisions will be accept
ed as substitutes for money when the
latter cannot be obtained.
Cd. We need men; the ranks of our
army in the field are constantly being
thinned by the casualties of battle, the
sickness incident to camp life and the
expirations of enlistments. We cannot
close our eyes to the fact that the
places are not filed SO promptly as
should be. Let us see the devotion of
the country to our cause by their VII
lingness to fight its battles, and if need.
ed. to pour out its blood in its support.
Sd. We need the encouragement
OF the people by more liberal display
OF patriotism than has yet been made.
The tame submission yielded to the in
yader wherever he appears, is in strik-
ing contrast to the boast we have hith-
erto heard of the readiness that pre-
vailed on every hand to welcome the
hirelings with bon6res composed of the
dwellings and property of the people.
If our land is to be over run, and our
people subiugated. let us leave eur
conquerors q smouldering waste to re.
ward them for their toll and palms,
Burn every hamlet. village and city,
Give the torch freely to your cotton
and houses. Let the product Of your
lives be laid waste.