Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-03-13
address OF Gen. %. IT. Hill.

Gen. d. II. Hill, in assuming command
IN North Carolina. issued an address, from
which the following is an extract.
SoLpIEns Your brutal and malignant
enemy is putting forth efforts unexampled
in the history Of the world Having failed
to subjugate you, he is maddened with the
thirst for vengeance, and is pushing for
ward his foreign inercenaries to plumber
your property .and.lay waste your homes.
But his nlarauding hosts have been so often
beaten and bafned, that they are now dis
couraged and demoralised. Should you
be able to check them everywhere. for the
next sixty days. the three hundred thou
sand whose time expires in May will not
re enlist, and the war will end before July
Should the scoundrels, however, gain g
single substantial success at any one point,
the war will be prolonged during the en-
tire Adfnin;ss ration Of llneoln Itbeoosnese
a solemn duty, then, to labor and fight du-
ring the next two months as we have never
done before We must make the war I'M
popular with tie mereenafy vandals OF the
North by harassiBg and annoying them.
We must cut down TO six feet by twos the
dimensions Of the farms which these plum
degers propose to appropriate. xoa wall
have to endure more hardshlps, and to
fight more desperate battles than you would
have done we're your ranks properly filled.
,Our cities, towns, ard villages are fall Of
ablesboeled skulkers, wearing the semblanoe
Of mcn, who have lodged from the battle
I acid unacr the provisions Of the exemption
! bill The sco.Ii OF the fair sex, aud the
contempt Of ali honorable men, have not
been able to drive these cowardiy niscre-
ants into the ranks. So long as they can
fatten upon the nisesies Of the country,
and shelter their worthless carcasses fsola
/ Yankee bullets, they are inselsible to
shame. Bus day OF reiribution awaits
these abortions OF humanity. Their own
descendants will e1ecrate their memory,
when the finger Of seorn is pointed, and the
! taunt is uttered. he is the son, or grand
son, CT great grandson Of an exempt and
extortionsf
80 your full duty. soldiers, and leave
these poitroons aud villains to the cxecra-
ton CT postelty All commanding officers
are hereby en;oined 70 furnish the names Of
oifloers- aud men who distinguish themselves
il pitched baHles and skirn1ishes, Those
50 distinguishing themselves will be recon-
lneudcd for promotion, and their names
published in the principal papers Of their
Irrespective States:
The infantry have to bear the brnnt Of
every battle, and to endure special lard
ships il every campaign. The post Of dan
ser end Of suffering is the post Of honor
L cur liberty be ever won it Will be due
mainly to the iadonsitable pluck and sturdy
endurance of cur heroic infantry.
The Confederate artillery has behaved
most noL1y, and The soaacr is that, with
inferior guns and ammunition, it has been
] able to cope successfully With the splendid
armament Of tie enemy. 1t has been a
mistake. however. to contend with the Yam
Iee artillery. Reserve you fire as at Fred
erioksburg. for the masses Of infantry, and
do not withdraw your guns Just when they
are becoming effective. It is glorious to
lose guns by fighting them to the last. 1t
is disgracetul to. save them BY retiring early
from the fight.
The cavalry constitutes sla eyes and ears
Of the army. Che safety Of the entire COM
lnand depends upon their vigilance aud the
faithfulness Of their reports The officers
and men who permit themselves to be sur
prIsed deserve to de, and the commanding
! General viii spare no efforts TO secure them
their deserts. Almost equally criminal are
!! the scouts who, through fright. bring in
villa sensational report. They will be
court nartialed for cowardico.
| Many opportunities will be afforded to
the cavalry to harass The enemy. cut off
supplies drive in his pickets, &c. Those
who have never been in battle will thus be
enabled to enjoy the novel sensation Of list
ening to the sound of hostile shot and she'll,
and those who have listened great way off
will be able TO come some miles nearer, and
compare tie sensation cauaea By the dis
taat caunonace with that produced By the
rattle Of nusketry.
D. Il. HILL,
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