The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-08
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TIA earnest s.dsefs.s of Prs.iisnt Davis
s.s f,..erai Lac 10 The soldisrs OF The Cen.
,.asrsey, In the prssen. period Of importance
- tho summsr caupaign arc entitled TO The
s.r;ous consideration Of not only the soldiers,
ba, the people generally. That our GAUGE Il
sny.hins bns responding, every one who
fa,ily estimates the sisuation of the country
mas, feel convinced, Yet 70 defend ourselves
aud repsi tie iavasion with proper energy and
.aees, il Ia necessary that every soldier should
is =. his past The feeling of fatigue and de-
s,,s 10 spend little while At home have no
vantage Of soms little scratch or ache 10 40.
ssnt themselves, under the Impression thai
they could 10 spared without detsimsht to tbs
cause II only needs enough men dsludei by
this argum umsntt to sal &C, the army 10 draft upoa
,.s force very disadvan tageous, to say the least
Independent of good fellows who ara thus
uislsd, there are SONS who are arrant ekaik
srs-thoae craven-hesrtsl and indolsnt fel.
lows who are stragslsrs from the field merely
to avoid duty and danger, and who, once In
hospitals, become naturally "hofpitsl rats,
whom it is slmos: impossible to disiodge from
their holes
Now, those soldiers who s.e absent from
day under mistaken ideas, and wkose ipten-
.ious are the best, should nos pause one moment
after they read the addresses Of the PresideE;
and the great commander Of ths army of the
Potomac they should at once vindicate the g,
sslyes from suspicion Of association with ihoee
ethsrs vino skaik from duty for motives ths.
are disyracefui. Not moment should they re-
main where they are liable to the most moriify
,og imputa.ions. There are vast numbers OF
eucb. we are satisfied; aud the only satisfactory
proof they can afford Of their true CT aracter il
by romptIy responding to the appeals made to
their loyalty and honor. The addresses made
to them are indeed appeals Of this kind. II is
only TO those who are deaf to all sense ofhonor
that threats Of military rigor are directed
These last cannot escape, and ehould not b 6
permitted to eseap, the eonse qusnces of thsi
desertion. The people should give them neiths,
conntenance nor support. They should no
lodge them nor feed them. A soldier who ia
able TO fight has now no business at home, and
,his every man should know. When one Of
this kind presents himself he should be treated
no one reereant to his duty aud to his country.
The pe0p!e-the men and women Of the coua.
try shou!d frown upon them, ard make every
place bGt The camp uncomfortable to them.
Tue country is not in imminent peril, but it
il psrssvsrinsly pressed by merciisss snd
brutal foe, from whom nothing but complete
epeli4,on ef everything va have, and the
mos. ali sot humiliation Of us all, can te ex-
peciei should he finally overrun the land. TO
meet such foe, an,i avert such consequences
0, his triumph, every man should DO at his
poet They may not al he needed; but We
phoGld make assurance doubly sure by having
vii present That IeGewed and desperate ef-
i,ris are TO bs made to take this city there
cAnlot he Il doubt. We have but to continue
faithful to our well earned fame for aiacrity to
meet the enemy and for the impe;uosity and
isaTIsssneas with which we have fought bin
iu the fields made glorious for tho South, to
drive him yet ag.in from our soil, and for
awhile ut least to bs relisved from his hated
presence