Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-06-25
Soldiers Clothing for the winter
Cumpuigu.

As VIC look iUr no relaxation Of the block
2'ie Or cessation o! the war until tie Yankees
shall be taught the inpossitility Of conquest,
We ask the attention Of the Government 10
the important subject OF clothing the soldiers
next winter. There is q great deal of wool
il the coaat:y, and large crop of flax will,
a. ;H ia6i,c s ;say; Obtain
this inaispsl.sa' lie article: The coarse yarn
s!nu by machinery is scarce and very costly;
md. though We see TIC cotton burned in the
face of TIC invader, ra!T cotton Cannot be OBJ
;aingG il many portions oi he interior si Sny
price.
There is a n:ccLau;cai di.a:::cs:ty, a'Sc, which
.us ...pclca domestic u;l'-c:NtaE". f'a::t
.ards c.nno: ;.e hsel 3: AL: r:::cs.
N,hi;c crT soldiers gre N the :;ci6. t"ese
a-e >. sc.,,c ,ho,.ss;,t: & ratri"':,' ,..c''esa
.ri s::,.-.. wiling II 'r;l IN ~ i'a', '--''
;.,lr- aay ,;i:adyar1-ga i@y ii.:.s" ''n" ,'sis"e
.',en.. l:,l.. in .aqas 24acs, b. patriotic
! sYlnen hare nciiier material no7 a!ach!rs1y
IN manufacture tie c!a!h:nr an'' hisnih!S
! heir friends r:cuirs.
;,l-e .ra: antics pate a similar difficulty in re
.sr,l 10 shoes all Ioots, though there vii! be;
re suppose, leatne- enough. toproduce w:a'
i ;.g sy.pply Q? SC Indispensable an article.
Niow, Yhat can our Government do,;o pr :,
, ride for Tie winter waats q! cur arInY: We
answer, !!et i, appoint commissioners Of H:snn'
:actu-cs within tie sections @. country pre-
pared 70 conduct tie operations referred to,
and assign to them as r!anv skilled arti7ans
detailed Under authority of the Act of Con
sres, rs rnay be neceasary % give effect 10 The
ohject of army supply.
In the meantime the Government 'ho';id
purchase anS! distribute. at low prices, qnan
titiss Of rsw cotton, end f possible wool, Sc
- to employ the industrious poor, sfho naT;
the will to WORK, without the means to WORK
These measures will cause domestic manriac
.rres which still 'inger in upper Virginia
Carolina and Tennessee, to revive end turns!
i'm mportunt s!d to tins ca';,e
This plan, with the manufacture snd dis
trihution Of hant! caria, will moet the etae7
reney: for though tire goods thus made ma!
no. be 50 good E., We would wish, they vii! h
infinitely better than rags.
We are aware that tie Confederate Gov
eminent cannot so well conduct enterprise
: os the description referred 20 IS the States
: and it would perhaps lie we'll if the Conte''er
ste Government should confer with iile Stat
authorities, and employ their asenaies IN Cal
: rynp out the detail IS of the plan, bearing @
4 course the expense which may attend it, !
! NAV derive saSantase from consGltingtbc i
t and ol Auditors Of Virginia, who are re
i ouirsd ty late Act q! Assembly to inqnir
: ;nl., the condition Of manufactures of Vii
g yinia, and who will give patriotic and usefl
t assistance III tie "ljec; proposed.
II Tie govc.hment will otSan:ae hEurca
:: for the general Etrr".e Of Developing the 'n'
Z rerinl< of wa, and G!o,hinv ifor the tEo"l's,
!, little systsintatc attention will do wonder
i The industry, the WILL and the materials s'
j. the work exit. nothing Tut supeFlnte'l'le'
Ii and instruction Is ret! irel to maize tlsnl 9
i. s4c,ual. When tie next winter cones i
r, not complaints and rcproaches come up f','
" our unclnd sol,iicrs. Let not our ranks
) weakened, and oar hospitals filled with Il
" victims OF nsk=aness,--hu! lei there be time
is attention, by the authorities of the c"niede
to ate States government.