Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-16
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PORT HUDSON, January IA, 1863
EDITORS APPEAL: You have heard, no doubt, a great
deal in regard to the patriotism Of our ladies. They
have done a great deal, but if they would take their
husbands in hand Chose who are yet at home on their
farms snd plantation). they could yet accomplish much
There is great cry against spectators. Well, sirs, the
greatest and certainly she most honorable Of the class
are those who sell butter at a dollar per pound, pork at
fifty cents, turkies at Eve dollars. etc, and these prices
to the soldiers; and the majority Of our producing class
only sell their surplus when constrained by the want Of
a little spending money. Shame on the planters of
Louisiana and Mississippi that they can thus place
beyond the reach Of the private soldier these lille com
forts Of private life. When the Yankees sweep over a
district Of country, it Is most humiiiatng to witness the
grace with which turkies, pigs, horses, etc, are surren-
dered to the foe. When a camp of our troops is estab-
nshed to protect them, Up go the prices Of every item of
farm produce.
What have the ladies 10 do with this9 Much. They
can remedy it a. least. Let them gather ell that they
can spare in the shape Of farm produce, mutton, chick
ems, eggs, butter. lard, preserves, and, above all vege-
tables-plaee them in the hands Of some reliable SER
want and send them to the pripate soldier, and charge q
moderate price fer them.
1t is no use to say that the country is bare Of sup
plies; it is no such thing. Fear of Yankees has not
caused thu hens to cease laying the cows give milk as
usual, and the excuse that spectators are running over
the country purchasing these articles is Of no effect.
Ladies, persuade your planter husbands to not wait for
the pedlars, out to forsake that miserable old Southern
fashion Of selling only that which cannot be eaten on
the place. and fofsaklng the attitude Of "eyes to Port
Hudson and Vioksburg, aud hands in pocket" to com
menee sending all they can spare to the eramPed and
crowded soldiery who throng those points of defense
IF cur people cannot defeat us with meanness and
supineness, the Yankees caa never whip US" is a com
mon saying in camps,
Ladies, the hospital and clothing rooms witness your
patriotism; let this new field Of devotion to the brave
men who are defending your homes be filed by You.
is with shame that the record is made that the ene-
my's cavalry are mounted on the finest horses in the
Stats, unwillingly furnished it is true by men who you'd
notgive their fine horses to mount their 0vn defenders.
" Truly, the eagles death shaftis guided by his own Pla-
mage"
The private can eat his monthly stipend in one week
in butter at one dollar per pound and turkies at five
dollars each. This is an uninteresting subject to those
who are eager to hear of great victories. The comfort
of our troops is in the hands of the people-let them re-
spond. Let quantities of vegetables be p~lanted-ssl
now all that can be spared, and, above all, see that the
private soldier gets them. Recolleet the hospital sup
ply business, when tie entire country responded in deli
cacies for the sick, and the sick got them in a c0rHuco-
pia-
Attend, ladies, to seeing that your husbands cease
cursing the spectators, and remove themselves fromthe
ranks of this class. Ladies, don't let this fail on deaf
ears. but next week let there be a surplus of goodies
down here and at Yicksburg. R.