Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-22
Address to the. People Of -the Confede.
rafa States. -

l.oontained IN resolutions passed Cd the fourth dny
Eof the currsnt!nonth, I invoke your %uttepti"n to
the,iresent condition aud future pro.Rects OF our
country, and to the duties which patriotiam I'M
p,so on us all during this great struggle for our
homes aud our Iiberties.s These rosoiotions care
in The following language :-.1- ~ : - -
l. Jo,nr RESOLUTION RELATING 70 1Ha PRoDUc-
ErIoN or PRoyIsIoNs.-Wheress, q strong impress
sion prevails through the country thai thu war
now, being waged against tho people vi the Con-
federats States. may terminate during tho presert
.yo.r and whereas, this impression is leading
! nianny patriotic citiyeus to engage largely in the
production of cotton and tobacco, which they
would not otherwise do; aud whereas, in the ,opin-
ion of Congress, it is of tho, utmost importance,
not only With q Wow to the proper subsistence OF
our ii nies, but for the interest and Welfare of ell
tbeipeople, that theagricuiturallabor OF the conn-
try should be employed chiefly in the production
of q supply of food to meet eIery contingency:
sThereiore,
4. Realized, BY the ConsreG Of: the Confederate
States Of america That IL. ID the deiiaor,,'e juas-
.ment of Congress that the people Of there Stales,
while hoping for peace, should look TO prolonged
war q. the only condition %proffered By the enemy
short of i.ubjugation .thnt every preparation
necessary to ,encouu ter such, Q war should PEPPER
sisted in, and that the smplest supplied m pro-
visions for armies and people should bethc. hrst
object of all agriculturists WHEREFORE It IS ear.
nes,ly recommended that tho people, lnnteaG foi
planting cotton and tobacco. shall dlreco Their
agricultural labor mainly to the PRODUCTION o'
such drops us wiiEinsure a suficiency Of iced lot
alFclassessand for evcryicnergency thereby, win
true patriotism, fubordinating tho hope OF gam
to the certain good Of the country.
Sac, 2. That the President is hereby requested
10 issue q proclamation to the ,peonie OF THESE
States urging upon them the necessity Of guard,
ing against the great peras OF. o short crop OF
provisions, and setting forth such reasons shefe-
for as his judgment may dictate.
by the Congress, l. confidently appeal to your
lore Of country for aid in carrying. into. eject the
recon mendltions Of your Senator'S and Repre-
sentatives.
P We have reached the close Of. tho second year
Of the war, aud may point with just pride to the
history of our young Confederncy. Alone una'a-
ed, wa have met and oyerthrown the most power
full conbinatiun Of military and naval ornaments
that tle lust of conquest over gathered together
for tho. subjugatiDn Of q FREQ people. No began
this struggle without q single gun aaoat. while
the rc,ourcos et our enemy. enabled them to gath
or fleets, which, according to their official hst
pubiishedin August last, consisted OF W yer.
| sells, measuring 340, 036 tons, and carrying 3,2bs
guns. Yet we have captured, sunk or destroyed
a number Of those vessels, including two large
fripat,s and one steam Sloep-of-Tar, whllefour OIL
their cuptu red steam %gunbpats nre now In our
posse. sion, adding to the strength OF our little ma,
w, which is rapidly gaining in numbers and
efficiency. : To oppose invading forces, composed
of levaes which have already exceeded thirteen
hundred thousand men, We. had NO resources but
the. uuconqucrnble valor of a people determined
70 be free and we were SO destitute OF miii'ary
supplies that tens of thousands OF our citizens
were reluctantly refused. admission into the ser
vice from our inability to pr.Yide them VIII
arms, while for many months some Of our lmPor-
,ant stron sholds owed their safety chiefly TO "a
careful con .ealment Of the fact we:Tere without
y supply Of poxor for our cannon. Your devotion
| sud patriotism have triumphed over all these
Obstacles, and called into %e1istence tho munitions
! of wal, the clothing. and the subsistence; wnicn,
have enabled our soldiers to illustrate their Ya!or
ON numerous battle-felds, and infict crushing DO
feats on successive armies, eaeh Of, which An ar
roganc foo fondly imagiped.to be inyineiole.
The contrast between our past and present con-
| di,ion is we'll cslculsted ~ inspire full conhaenc.
in The triumph of our arms. at no previous Pc
Rod OF the Snr have our forces been 70 numer-
Gus, 80 we'll organized aud SO thoroughly dispiin-
ed, armed and equipped, as OF present. Tho SEQ,
son Of high water, on which our enemies rslied
TO enabled their fleets Of gun-boatS 20 penetrate
into our country ind devastate our homes, Is ihtt
passiny away. Yet our stronghoids on tho Mis-
sissippi still bid defiance to the foe, and Months
| of costly preparations for their reduction have
boen rpent in vain. Disaster has boon the result
of their every effort to turn or to storm Vicksburg
and Port Hudson, as we'll as of every attack ON
our batteries on tho Red River. the Tallahatehie
and oihsr nayigable streams. Within a few weeks
the falling waters and the Increasing hearts oi
summer will .cumple'e their discontinue, anu
compul ihe;r bafled and defeated forces to inc
abandonment If expeditions on which was oasea
| their chief hopes of success in %effecting our sub
j~ugation!
Ne must not forget, however, that the war
is mot vet ended, and that we ara still contr'nted
by powerful armies and threatened 6y numer-
Gus fleets, and that the Government which con-
trolls i.heso aeet,. md armies Is driven to the most
desperate efforts to. effect the unholy purposes ah
which it has thus far been defeated. IL "ll use
ito utmost energy to avert the impending doom
~ fully merited by the atrocities II nus commit
led. tho savage barbaritiss, which it has eretur.
aged, and tho cTowning tiffany Of its attempt to
excite q serYils population 10 The massacro Of cur
wives. our daughters and our helpless children.
With such q contest before Us, there is hut,one
danger which the Government OF your ohoioe re-
ard, with apprehension, and to uvert this Danger,
il ar posls TO the never failing patriotism and
spirit of self sacriice which you have exhibited
siuc. tho beginning of the war. The very nnia-
yvrahle. season, the protracted dronghts OF ias,
wear. reduced The harvests on which we depended
fur bslow an average yield, and the deficiency
was unfortunately still more marked in the North
.rn norton Of the Confedoracy, where supplies
were specially needed for the army. IT. thronsh
q confidence in early peace which may prove de-
lusiYe, our fields should be now devoted to the
production OF, cotton apd tobacco, instead Of grain
and live stock, and other articles nscessaIY i6r tho
! subsistence CT the people and thO army the COP
! sequcaGe may ppfoyss %ssrious, if not disastfoua, o'-
pecially should the present ssssoas provo o. unis-
Yorahle as ,the last. Your country, therefore, ap-
peal. to you to lay aside oil thought of gain,
and TO devote yourselves. to securing your libor-
tea. without which these gains would he value:
lsss. 1t is true that the wheat harvest in the. more
Southern States, which will be gathered next
month, promises an abundant yield but even If
this promise be fulfilled, the difficulty of transport
tation, enhanced rs it has been hy 90 unusually
rain,r winter, will eauss eG ha~rEassunonts in mill
tayys;speIations and. suffering among the people
sIiiGGuii The crops in the middle aud Northern por-
tions Of the CSinfederacy prove deficient, hut no
upessigaas mead he fsltia regard to q moro supply
Of bread fol. man. Itis for the largo amount OF
7 corn and forage required fir the raising of,liyc
stoct, and for the supply of the animals used in
! military operations, that yorr aid is specially
required. These articles are too. bulky Tor
distant transportation, and in them the def,
! picucy in the last harvest was mott felt, Int
your folds be devoted e4clugiyeif to the pto.
,daatlap.o of CORN, oatsi beans, peas potatoes apd
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