The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-12
An Appeai 10 the poopio.
ExEoUrIvE DrrAnrMrNr.


AN Appeal to the Peopie.
Executive DErAurMEHr,
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. % 1862.
In view Of The anticipated effect Of the
Consoript law upon the militia system Of
the State, on the 18th day Of May last l
invited the able bodied men Of Alabama.
not subject TO CONSUMPTION, 10 form vol
unteer companies. That invilation aid not
rcceiue The attention u me71ts& The Legis-
laiure has adopted no law for the im-
provement Of the militia organization Of
the State The impaired condition of
that system leaves no means Of making
the remaining military strength OF the
State available for its protection and de-
fence except by the formation of yolun-
teer companies.
The State is now threatened from sew
ersl directions OR ,iasgup,slous foe has
collected all hisresoitrces f5r oDs stapendons
Effort % "gagats and o en,14pe a.
People ofAlabamal / must appeal TO
you for your aid to the government in an
other matter. 1t is due TO the great cause
in which we are engaged, Il is just 60
those now bravely enduring The trials aud
perils of actual war, that all within the
ages prescribed by The act of Congress
known as the COnscript law should be in
the service. A considerable number Of
persons in every part of the State, both
officers and privales, who belong TO the
army and are iit for duty, are lingering
at home on various pretexts, while their
more manly and patriotic comrades, with
ranks thinned and weakened by their abb
sence, bear the shock OF an UNEQUAL con-
test. So, too, large number OF persons
subectto conscription are shrinking from
the tolls and perils which those of like
age are brayely enduring, and hiding from
the enrolling officer, to whom patriotism
requires that they should promptly report
themselves.
JOHN GILL SHOOTER,
Governor Of Alabama. .
The Governor of North Carolina tllas
rc.eehoes the cry:
a Proclamation by XsbuIon II.
-. Vance. ...
Where's, ii has been made known 10
me that large number of soldiers from
onr armies are absent from their colors
without proper leave ia Liis, The hour of oay
greatest need, and it being confidently be-
ieved that large majority of such were
impelled to this course by natural and
almost Irresistible desire 10 see their
homes and friends once more after so
long an absence, and not because of a
cOwardiy determination TO leave their
brave comrades TO share all the dangers
aud hardships of the field alone; and,
whereas, Major General q. w. Smith, in
command of the department of North
Carolina, by consent of the Secretary OF
War, has published an order declaring
that all who may voluntarily return "a
duty by the tenth day of February next,
shall be received into their several com
mands with no other punishment than a
forfeiture Of their pay for the time they
have been so absent without leave; and de
clsring further that all who do not return
by the said tenth day Of February, shall
when apprehended, be tried for desertion
and, upon conviction, be made to suffer
death. ..G
Now, therefore, |, Zebulon B. Vance
Governor of the State of North Carolina
do issue this, my proclamation, to ali
soldiers from this State serving in the
armies of the Confedera5y, who are nov
/ illegally absent from their coIors, com
handing them 10. return TO duty will
their comrades, and exhorting them 4
avail themselves of this opportunity o.
saving their friends from the disgrace
and infamy which will cling forever I,
the name of the deserter from his coun.
try's cause, and themselves from felon
death. Many, after carrying their coun
try's flag in triumph through various
bloody conflicts, and making themselves
name of which their children's children
might have been justly proud, have for,
teited it all by abseniiug themselves a
a moment when their own State is in
vaded and about to be desolated by
brutal, half savage foe.
Such are the evidences Of the reaction
which is progressing in the rebel Con
federaoy. The world will soon hav
testimony indpbitable from the Sout
itself that this rebellion is the work of
slaveholding arislocracy, rendered pow
erful by consolidation and co-operatio
fur over forty years. And it will ais
learn that love Of freedom, and indy in
hate towards all political aristocrael
exis, in full vigor in the breasts of tn
Southern people. Face to face with the
old oppressors, tho people of the Sout
have at last been brought by the resist
less current of events. The issue of Ii
contest is not doubifal. The spirit
democracy will certainly triumph.
F.. South Carolina.