Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-16
Gen. Ungruder's Proclamation.
HEAQUABTFRs ARMY OF THE PENINSULA.
GOREToWE, Va. March 4 1862

GOREToNN, Va. March & lcb2
To The Army Of the Peninsula:
COMRADES The term Of service for which
many Of you enlisted !, about to expire. HOCl
country, invaded by an insoleut foe, again de-
mands your help your homes are violated
your fTesjdes polluted by the presence Of a mer-
cenary enemy, or silent in their desOiatIon
many Of your friends in captivity or in exile
cur people slain and the very affairs of our re-
ligiOn desecrated and protaued. The ruthless
tyrants who have dared TO invade Us have vowed
our conquest or our destruction. 10 is for you
% rise and svenge our slaughtered cOuntTynen
uobly share their fate. Of what worth is life
.hcut liberty ! Peace At the expense of honor ?
4le world without a home
NAeu our fathers peIIed lite, fortune and
sacred honor in our first war Of Independence,
was it an empty boast, or was il the stem resolve
Of freemeD, who knew their rights and dared to
defend them3 The long war Of the revolution
eliminated at length in victorious triumph on
these very plain Of Yorktown. These trOwniug
battlements, on he nights OF York, are turned,
in this second War of liberty, against the enc
mics Of cur country. You breathe the air and
tread TIE soil cOnsecrated by the presence and
the heroIsm of our patTiO'i &c sires; shall we,
their sons, initiate their example, or basely bow
the neck to the yoke Of the OppressOr! / know
your answer. You remember your wrongs, and
YOU are lesOlFtu 10 dNeuge them. true 70 the
instincts of patriotic devotion, YOU will not fill
a towards gTaye-you spring with alacrity to
the ~death-grapple with the foe, nor reliuquish
the strife till victory crownsour arms. Cowards
die a thousand deaths brave men die but once,
aud conquer though they die.
II Is, therefore, uitb0pt surprise, that vouY
commanding general has learned your purpose
to re-enlist in this holy struggle, and that You
bear with a cheeTfulness aud constancy. worthy
Of his highest admiration, the disappointmen of
withdrawing from you the furlOughs to visit
yoJT homes which the government promisedyou,
and winch the present dangers Of our beloved
country torbids it to grant. When the war is
ended, IN that hour Of triumph, YOU will be
proud to remember that BY your sutfsrings and
sacrifices, no less than by your yalor, You con
queTed.
Soldiers though reyerses and disasters have
recently befallen us, let US remember that truth
IS eternal, and that God is just-his arm is our
trust-and the great Ruler of nations and Of
men will protect the right aud crown with vic
tory the noble and the brave.
Let US take courage, then. Our enemy, dead
to the spirit Of liberty, can only 6ghtNyhile their
Golfers are Unexhsusted. Commerce is their
king. Their god Is gold. They glory in their
shame. The war which inteusiies our devotion
and concentrates our resources, ~scatters theirs.
The day of retribution viii come. The struggle
will not always be defensive on cur part. We
viii yet strike down our ruthless invaders amid
the smoking ruins of their cities, and, with arms
in our hands, dictate terms of peace on their own
soil. j. BANKHEAD MAGRUuER,
MsiOr-G General COmmandinr-