Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-08-07
FROM BALTIMORK,


BALTIMORE, August q.
The American Of this evening has Rich
mond papers Of the 9Th, which contain The
following address Of the President 70 the
soldiers Of the Confederate States:
After more than two years Of q warfare,
scarcely squalled in the number, mag
nitude and fearful carnage Of its battles;
a Warfarein which your courage and forti-
tude have illustrated your country, and
attracted not only gratitude at home, but
admiration abroad. Your enemies con-
tinue struggle in which cur final triumph
must be inevitable. Unduly elated
with their recent successes they imagine
that temporary reVerses can qusn your
your spirits or shake your determination,
and they are now gathering heavy masses
for general invasion in the vain hope
that BY a desperate effort success may at
length be reached. You know too well,
my oountrymen, what they mean BY sue
cess. Their malignant rage aims ct noth-
ing less the determination Of yourselves,
your wives, and your children. They ssekto
destroy what they cannot plunder. They
propose as spoils Of victory that your
homes shall be partitioned among wretch
es whose atrocious cruelty has stamped in
fanny on their Government. They design
to ineite serVile insurreetion and light the
fires of incendiarism wherever they can
reach your homes, and they debsueh an
inferior race, heretofore docile and con-
tended, by promising them the indulgence
Of their Vilest passions as the price Of their
treaehery. Conscious Of their inability 70
prevail by legitimate warfare and not
daring TO make peace lest they should be
hurled from their seats Of power, the men
who now rulo in Washington refuse even
to confer on the subject Of putting an end
to oulrsges which disgrace our age, or
listen to a suggestion for conducting the
war according to the usages Of ciyiIiza.
ton.
Fellow citizens, no determination is left
you but victory or the subjugation Of slaV-
cry, and the utter ruin OF yourselves, your
families ana your country. The victory is
within your reach, you need but 10 stretch
forth your hands to grasp it. Tor this all
that is necessary is that those who are
called to the field by every motive that
should promptly repair to the
post Of duty, should stand By their
comrades now in front Of the foe, and thus
so strengthen the armies Of the Confedeacy
as to ensure success. Davis then appeals
10 those who have absented themselves
from their posts to return to duty, and de-
clares general pardon and amnesty to all
officers and men now absent without leave,
who shall without delay return to their
posts, or within twenty days after pub
fishing Of the Proclamation in the State
where the absentee may be.
This pardon extends to all who have
been accused OF convicted and are under
going sentence for absence without leave
or desertion, excepting those twice con-
victed Of desertion. He then says finally
I coDjure my country women wives, moth
ers sisters and daughters Of the Confeder-
acy to use their all powerful influence in
aid Of this call and to add one oroFning
sacrifice.
To those which their patriotism has 50
freely and constantly offered on their
couniry's altar, and to take care that none
who owe service in the field shall be shelf
cred at homs from the disgrace Of having
deserted their duty to their families, their
country and their God.
(Signed( JEFF. DAVIS
]. P. BEEJAMIN, Secretary Of State.