Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-08


BALTIMORE, Aug I. -. The American of this
evening has Richmond papers of the 9TH,
which contain the following address of jeff
Davis to the soldiers OF the confederate
states: -
'After more than two years of II warfare
scarcely equalled in the number, magnitude,
and fearful carnage of its battles, warfare
in which your courage and fortitude have il
Illustrated your country, and attracted not only
gratitude at home but admiration abroad, your
enemies continue struggle in which our final
triumph must be inevitable. Unduly eated
with their recent successes they imagine that
temporary reyerSes can quell your spirits or
shake your determination, and they are now
gathering heavy masses for IL general invasion,
in the vain hope that by desperate effort sue
cess 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 and your children.
They seek to destroy what they cannot plum
der. They propose, as spoils of victory, that
your homes shall be partitioned among
wretches whose atrocious cruelty has stamped
intamy on their government. They design to
incite servile insurrection and light the fire of
incendiarism whenever they can reach your
homes, and they debanch an inferior race,
heretofore dOcile and Contented, by promising
them the indulgence OF the vilest passions as
the price of their treachery. Conscious of
their inability to prevail by legitimate warfare,
not daring to make peace lest they should be
hurled from their seats of power, the men
who now rule in Washington refuse even to
confer on the subject OF putting an end to
outrages which disgrace our age, or listen to
Il suggestion for conducting the war accord
ing to the usages Of civilization.
Fellow citizens, no alternative is left you
but victory, or subjugation, slavery, and utter
ruin of yourselves, your families and your
country. The victory is within your reach.
You ne ID but stretch forth your hands to grasp
it. For this, all that is necessary Is thatthose
who are called to the field by every motive
that can move the human heart, should prompt
ly repair to posts Of duty; should stand by
their comrades now in front Of the foe; and
thus strengthen the armies of the contederacy
SO as to ensure success. The men now alb
sent from their posts would, if present in the
field, suffice to create numerical equality
between our force and that OF the invaders,
and when, with any approach to such cquali-
ty, have we failed to be successful?
| believe that but few Of those absent are
actuated by unwillingnesS to serve their coun-
try, but that many have found it difficult 10
resist the temptation to visit their homes and
loved ones, from whom they have been SO
long separated; that others have left for tenn
porary attention to their affairs with the inten-
ton of returning, and then have shrunk from
the consequences Of their violation of duty;
that others again have left their posts from
mere restlessness and desire OF change, quiet
ing the upbraidings of conscience by persuad-
ing themselves that their individual services
could have no influence on the general result.
These and other causes, although far less dis
graceful than the desire to avoid danger or es-
cape from the sacrifices required by patriot
ism, are nevertheless grieyous faults andplace
the cause of our beloved country and of every
thing we hold dear in imminent peril.
repeat that the men who now owe duty to
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