The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-04-22

enaDie iheir feets OF gunbuats To penetrate
into our country and devastate aur homes
i fast passing away. Yet, our stronghold,
on ,he Mississippi sill bid defiance 10 In,
ioe, and menihs Of costly preparations fo
their reduction have been spent in vain
DISASTER has been the result nf their ever,
effort TO turn ar 10 storm Yicksburg ant
Fort Hudson, AZ well az Of every attack or
aur batteries On the Red river. the ralia.
hatchie and other uavigabIe streams. With
~ Irw weeks the falling waters and IN,
increasing heats Il summer will complete
their discontinue, and compel their bafflet
aud defeated iorces TO the abandonment o
expeditions on which we're based thej,
ehief hopes Of success 10 effectiny our sub
jugation. H
We must not forget. hawever. that IN,
war y not vet ended, and that we are sill
coniranted by powerful armies and threat
ened BY numerous fleets, and that the 90
yernment which controls these fleets an,
armies u driven TO the most de sperate rf
hurts TO effect The unholy purposes in ahicf
u has thus lar been defeated. II will Us,
Iis utmost energy 70 avert the impending
doom, - iully merited by The atrocities il
has committed. The savage harbaritie,
which 4 has encouraged, and tile crownins
infamy .of is attempt 10 excite d sersile
population % The massacre nf our wives
our daughters. and our helpless children.
With such 4 contest before u there il
but one danger which the Government ol
,sour ch"ice regards with apprehension, and
10 oasrrt This danger il appeals 10 The never.
falling patriotism and spirit Of self sacri.
hce which YOU have exhibited since the be-
ginning Of the war. The very unlssorabIe
season. the protrarfed droughts of las,
year, sseduced the hsrsests on which we
flrprndrd fur below III average WELD. and
the deficiency vas unfortunately still more
marked IN the Norihern portion of the
C"nirdrracy. where supplies we're special
!, NEEDED for The army. Il. through i con-
fldence IN early peace. which NAV prove
delnsise, nur fields should be now devoted
70 the prmIUction IL cotton and inbaccu.
instead Of gram aud live stock, aud other
articles necessary Tor tile subsistence uf
The people aud the army. tie consequence
may prove serinus if not disastrous. espe.
clally should the present srasUn prove as
uniasnrablr rs tile last. Your country.
therrlofe. appeais 70 YOU 70 Law aside all
thought uf gam. and 10 devote yourselves
70 securing your liberties. without which
those gains ~nuld be saluclcss. II il true
that the wheat harvest in the more south.
ern States which will be gathered next
month. promises an abundant WELD; but
efen u this promise be fulfilled, the diff.
Guilty q transportation, enhanced Ii ii has
been By an unusually rainy winter. will
cause embartassmeuts IN military opera
,inns and suffering among the people should
the crops N the middle and northern nur
ton "t The ronfedcracy prove deficient.
But 10 uneasness need BIZ ieii in rrgati ID
mere supply d bread for man. II i inr
lhe latgr amount ~ corn and foragr rpnuir.
ed for the raising u live stock, and ri. tir
supply ol the animals use,l III military III.
eratinns, that youf aid il specially rrdulr.
81. These articles are fun bulky fnr dis
fant transportation. and in them The DC.
ileiency ~ tie last harvest was mu,t felt.
Let your tielus lie devoted exclusively III
The production of emn, oats, beans, peas.
pntai"es aud other inDd lnr man and beast.
let cotn he spmn broad .cast lur louder. IN
immediate proximity To rgilroads, rivers
lnd canals. and let all your efforts be di-
rrcted - the prompt supply nf these arti.
cles ~ the districts where our armies are
Yuu will thus add greatly 10
their efficiency. and furnish tie means
wiihou; which il is impractieablc 10 make
those prompt and active movements which
nave hitherto stricken terror into our enc
mics, and secured our most brilliant ri.
umphs.
Having thus placed before yous nv coun.
trymen, the reasons for the call made on
you Tor aid IN supplying the wants Of The
coming year, add u few words Of appeal IN
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