Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-08-13
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
To the Soldiers OF Tzae Confederate
SEDFeS.

40 GAAG SOE1koES Essc SOnEG0GcRgc
States.
After more than two years of warfare scarcely
eoualed in the number, magnitude. and fearful
carnage of its battles warfare in which your
courage and fortitude have Illustrated your ceun-
try and attracted not only gratitude at home but
admiration abroad, your enemies continue strue-
gle in which final triumph must be inevitable.
Unduly elated with their recent successes, they
imagine that temporary reverses can dull your
spirits shake your determination. end they are
now gathering heavy masses for general inva-
son in the vain hope that by desperate effort,
success may at length be reached.
You know too well, my countrymen, what they
mean by success. Their malignant rage aims at
nothing less than the determination Of yourselves
your wives, aud children. They seek to destroy
what they cannot plumber. They propose the
spoils of victory that your homes shall be divided
among the wretches whose atrocious crueties have
stamped infamy their Government. They de-
sign 20 icte servile insurreeon and light the fires
Of ncendiarisn wherever they reach your
homes end they debauch the inferior race hitherto
doail and contented, by promising Indulgence of
the vile5J pas5ons the price of treachery. Con-
acous of their inability to prevail by legitimate
fare, daring to make peace lest they should be
\ hurled from their seats ofpower, the who now
rule in Washington refuse even to confer the
subject of putting an enc TO outrages which dis
grace age. to listea 10 a suggestion for
Quoting the war accord & to the usages Of civili
cation.
Fellow citizens no alternative is left you but vic.
tory subjugation slavery and the utter ruin of
yourselves, your families and your country. The
victory is within your reaoh You need but stretch
forth your hands grasp it, For this end all that
is necessary is, that those who called to the
field by every motive that move the human
heart, should promptly repair to the post of duty
should stand by their comrades in front OF the
foe, and thus SO strengthen the armies of the Con-
ederacy to ensure success. The men now alb
sent from their posts woaid if present N the held,
Ii suffice to create numerical equality between our
Il force aad that OF tho invaders-and when, with
any approach suoh equality, have we failed to
be gictorous9 believe that but few of those ABB
sent actuated by unwi.lingness to serve their
country ; but that many have found it difficult to
resist the temptation of visit to their homes and
the loved ones from whom they have been SO long
separated that others have left for temporary at-
tention to their affairs with the intention of re-.
turning, and then have shr unk from the conseauen
ces of their violation of duty that others again,
from mere restlessness and desire of change, each
queting the upbraiding of his conscience, by per-
suading himself that his individual services could
Fave no influence on tie general result
1hese and other causes (a'though far less dis
graceful than the desire to avoid danger, to
cape from the sacrifices required by patriotiom)
are, nevertheless, grevious faults, and place the
cause OF our beloved country, and everything we
ood dear, IN Imminent peril. repeat that the men
who now owe duty to their country, who have
been called out and have not yet reported for duty
VI nave dDS6QLo6 C00mS6lV6S IIOH1 CIelF pOSts
are sufficient IN number to secure us victory In the
ssruggle now impending.
call on you, then, my countrymen to hasten to
your camps, 10 obedience to the dictates of honor
snd of duty, and summon those who have remain
pa absent beyond the period allowed by their fur
oughs, to repair without delay to their respective
commands, and do hereby dec1are that grant q
general pardon and amnesty 10 all officers and men
within the Confederacy, now absent without leave
who shall with the least possible delay, return to
their proper posts of duty; but no excuse will be
&ecsived for any delay beyond twenty days after
Ehs publication of this proclamation in the State
fn which .hs absentee may be at the Gate of the
publication. This amnesty and pardon shall ex-
tsnd to all who have been accused, or who have
been convicted and undergoing sentence for abs
pence without leayeor desertion, excepting only
hose who have been twice convicted of desertion.
Finally, conjure my couEtrywomen, the wives,
nothers, sisters and daughters ofthe Confedsracy
to use their all powerful influence in aid of this
all, to add one crownng sacrifice to those which
1er patriotism has freely and constantly offered
their countrys altar, and to take caro- that none
no owe service in the field shall be sheltered 1T
ONE from the disgrace of having deserted their
MY TO their faaniliss, 10 their country, and 20