The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-08-12
TO THE SOLDIERS OF THE C0NFEDE.
RATE STATES,

" LIE BUILDERS ,UE The CUWFEUE-
RATE STATES.
a FTER more than two years Of warfare scarce.
~ equalled in the number, magnitude, and fear
ful carnage of its battles warfare in which your
courage and fortaudc have illustrated your country,
and attracted not only gratitude at home, but admit
ton abroad, your enemies continue a struggle in
which our final triumph must be inevitable. Unduly
eated with their recent successes they imagine that
Temporary que your spirit shake your
determination, and they are gathering heavy mas
sestor general invasion, in the vain hope that, by
desperate effort sn ,cess may at length be reached.
You know too..well, my counlrymen, what they
mean by success. Their malignant rage aims at no
thing less than the determination Of yourselves your
wives and children. They seek to destroy what they
cannot plumber They propose as the spells Of yclo-
~, that your homes shall be partitioned among the
wfetches whose atrocious cruelies have stamped in.
fanny on their Government Their design is to incite
serSie instruction and light the fires Of incendlarsm
wherever they can reach yoaf homes, and they de-
bauch the inferior race, hitherto doce and content
by promising indulgence of the viIest PASSIONS as
the price OF treachery. Conscious Of their inability TO
prevail BY legitimate warfare not daring 10 make peace
lest they should be hurled from their seals Of power
the men who now rule in Washington refuse even TO
confer on the subject OF putting All end TO ou.rages
which dgrace age or tolisien TO a suggestion for
conducting the according TO the usages OF ciyil-
cation.
Fellow citizens, alternative is left you bnt yicto-
Try, subugalion, slavery and the inter ruin oil your-
selves your families and your country. The victory
is within your reach. Youneed but stretch forth your
hands TO grasp it. For this enG all that is Necessary
is. that those who are called 10 the field BY every mo-
tive iha, can move the human heart, should prompt
u repair 10 the pos, Of duty. should stand by their
comrades now in front Of the foe, land thus strength
en- the armies of the Ccntederacy TO isue success.
The men now absent from their posts would, if pre-
6eni il The field. suffice 10 create numerical equality
between our forces and that Of the inyaders--and
when, with ahy approach 10 such equality have we
failed 10 besvictorioasi believe that tl: few Of
those absen; are acinsisd by unwilngness to serve
their country; bu, thai many have found il difficult
10 ressi the temptation Of visit 70 their homes anu
The loved ones fpom whom they had been 50 long Sc
paraied that Others have left FOR temporary attention
10 their affairs with the Intention OF TeiurRlng and
ihen have shruns from the consequences OF their
slion Of duty lhat ohefs sgain, have jeff posts
IRON mere resllessness and desire Of change, each our
letting the upbraiings Of his conscience by perslading
himself that his individual services could have no in
faence on the general result.
These and other causes al,houyh far less disgrace
full than the esIrs 10 avoid danger, OF 10 escape from
the sacrifices required BY PATRIOTISM are, nevertheless,
greyous faults, and place the cause OF ouI beloved
coun,rT and u everything we hold DEAR 10 imminent
peril. | repeat, that the men who now owe duty 10
their country who have been called out AM haze rot
vet rsrOrled Tor duty, or who have sbsenied them
selves isom iheis posts, sufficient in number 10 Sc.
scure u yiciory in the struggle now pending.
1 call on you. then, my countrymen, 20 hasten 10
rcur CAMPS III obedience 20 the dictates Of honor aud
duty, and summon those who have absened them.
selves wi.hnci leave, o. who have Semain.d absent
Ibeyond The period allowed Nv their furloaghs 70 re-
pair without DELAY their respective commands, and
% hereby declare that gran general pardon and
amnesty 10 all officers aud men within the confede-
macy, now absent without lesys who shall with the
least possible DELAY return 70 helr proper posts OF
duty: but 40 excuse will be received for any delay
beyond twenty da,s after tie FIST publication Of this
proclamation IN The State in which the absentee NAV
kc al the date OF the publication. This amnesty and
pardon shah extend % I'll who have been accused, or
| who have been convicted and are undergoing sen
tence for absence without leave desefi0n, except
ing only those who have beer twice convicted bf de-
]. serlion
Finally, .eoniare Ht cosntfy.0men- wives,
mothers, sisters and daughters d The CoDfederaey-
TO nse their all powerful influence 10 aid of this call
70 add one growing sacrifice q those which their "a.
irolsn has % freely and constantly Offered % their
counirys ahar. snl to take care thai none Sko eve
service 10 the Geld hall be sheltered 81 home from The
disgrace Of having deserted ,heit tCy 20 their ami.
lies, TO their eouRry, and 10 their God
Given under my hani, and the Seal efihe
Confederate States. AZ Richmond. this ~
- d, ii August, il the .elr 81 our LofJ oRe
49, thousand eight hundred and sixty.thret.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President: