Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-18

is fast passing away Yet, our ssTongholds OF
She Mississippi still bid defiance to the foe, and
months of costly preparations for their reduc
ton have been spent in vain. Disaster has beer
the Tesrlt Of their evaIy effort 20 turn or e
storm Yicasbufg and Port Hudson, as well as
of every attack on cur batteries on the Red
river, The Tsllshslehie and other n@yigahie
streams. Within few weeks the falling waters
and ihe increasing keats Of summer viii com
plets their discontinue, and compel their baified
and defeated forces to the abandonment Of ex-
petitions on which was based their chief hopes
of success in effeeting our sutjugation.
We must not forget, however, that the war Is
not yet ended, and that we arc sill confronted
By powerful armies sud threatened By nuner-
Gus fleets, and that the government which con-
trolls these heeis End armies is driven to the
most desperate efforts to effect the unholy pur-
poses in which i hss thus far bean defeated. 1t
I viii use its utmost energy to avert the impend-
| ing doom, so fully meEitsd by the atrocities it
/ has committed the savage bsrbsrities which It
| has encouraged, snd tbs eroWning infamy Of its
attempt to exeits q serVile population to the
massacre Of our wives, our daughters, and cur
helpless children
With such contest before us there is bat
one danger which TIE government Of your
choice regards With apprehension, and to avert
this danger it appeals to tho never falling pat
AAtAl1Ll anu hbsIlh Nl hEl4-11IlluSo WHICH YOU
have exhibited since the beginning Of the WaF
The very unfavoTabIe season, tie protracsed
droushts OF last year, Tsd,aoed the harvests on
which We depended fer bebyw sn average yield,
end Gle deficiency was uufItnnaleiy still more
marked IN The NoIthern peftion of the Conled- I
erecy, where supplies were specially nesded for
the army. If, through 6 confidence in early /
peaee, which may prove delasiTs, our fields |
should be now devoted to the production Of !
nnftnrl and fofarAo fr,etar1 of rrr-srr vr1
live stock, and other articles necessary for /
the subsistence Of the people and the |
army, the consequences may prove serious # not /
disastrous, especially should tho present system /
prove as uHlsv0Tsble as The last. Your couGtry,
therefore, appeals to you TO lay aside al thought
Of gain, and 10 devote yourselves 10 securing I
yoUr liberties, without which those gains would /
be vslueless. Il is tras that the wheat harvest J
In the more Southern States, which VIII be gath
cred next month, promises an abundant yield
bus oven If this promise be fulfilled, the difi
Guilty OF transportation, enhanced as 1t has been
BY an unusually rainy winter, viii cause em-
oarrassments Ia military operations and suffer-
ing among lhe people should the crops in
the middle and northern portions Of the Con-
iedeTacy prove deficient. But no Uuessiness
need be fe!t in regard to q mere supply Of
bread for man It is for the lsrgs amount
Of corn and forage required for the raising
used in military operations that your aid is
specially required. These articles are too
bulky for distsnt transportation, aud in them
he deficiency IN the last harvest VAS most felt.
Let your fields be devoted exclusively 20 the
production Of corn, cats, beans, pess, potatoes
md other food Tor man and beast Let corn be
jown broadcast for fodder, in immsdiale pToS-
unity to railroads, rivers and canals, and let all
your efforts be directed to the prompt supply Of
orffa4ru
re operating You viii thus add greatly TO
heir efficiency, and furnish the means without
which It IS imprac6csbis TO make those prompt
md setive movements which have hitherto
tricken ta-EOT into our enemies, and secured
,ur most brilliant triumphs,
Hsvlng thus placed before you my country
nen, the reasons for the esn made On you for |
i'd in supplying ths wants Of the c0ning year,
added few words Of sppeal in behalf Of lhe !
rave soldiers now confronting your enemies,
nd 70 whom your government is unable 20 fur
lish all the comforts they so richly merit. The |
upply Of meat for the army is deficient. This
leheiency is only temporary, for measures have
Deen adopted which will il is believed, soon en-
bls rs TO restore the full ration. But that !
alton IS now reduced at times 70 one-half the /
lsual quantities in some Of our armies. 1t is
;n0wn the supply Of meat throughout the CouE-
~ is sufficient for the support Of sll, but the (
4
las been so bad during the FIVE months ofwinter
Weather through which we have passed and tie
tenpts Of speculators to foreslaIl the
market and make money out Of the lie blood Of
ur defenders, have 50 much Influenced the
withdrawal from gale Of the surplus in the
lands of the producers that the g0vernmsnt
as been unable to gather full supplies. The J
Secretary Of War has prepared plan, by
be sid Of which, or some similar means to
,s adopted by yourselves, you can assist the s
ficers of the govTnment in the purchase Of the {
aeon, the pork and the beef, knCFa to exist
q large Quantities in different parts Of the coun-
~. Even If the surplus be less than is believ- J
d, is it not bitter and humiliating reflection 2
hat those who remain at home, secure from II
ardship and protected from danger, shouldd
e in the enjoyment of abundance, and thafi
heir slaves should have full supply Of foodi ?
rhile their sons, brothers husbands aad atheTa f
re 5tinted in the rai0ns On which their healthl 3
nd efficiency depend
ERtcrtsiniBg no fear that you viii either mis-
onstrue the motives Of this address, OF fail 70
aspond to the call Of patriotism, I have placed s
be facts fully and franzly bsf0re you. Let rs
I unite in the performance Of our duty, each il
is sphere; ard with concerted, persistent and !
-sl directed effort, there sssms little reason to
OUbl that under the blessings Of Him to whom I
rs lock for guidance, and who has been TO us
ur shield and our strength, we shall maintain
be sovereignty and indepande1aae af LAaa Con & &
.dsraIs SJ8tes, and transmit TO cur posterity
le heritage bequeathed TO us by our fathers.
(Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. s
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Richmond, April 10, 1868.