Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-03-18
The Question of supplies--A Word of
Warning.


The Question of suppIies-.A Word Of
Warming.
This Is a subject the most vital tn orr inter.
ests of all subjects which can e gage the pub
lie attention at his time. We are ell alike
jnterasted in II, The fortunes If ei';z.H and
\ .llier are alike involved. IF the army is nnt
FED, I; will feed itself .rnm the cribs an1 sios.
houses Of the ci,iz ms. While this brings
general distress to The commu''itv, II insurcs
pl.o in its turn the %ultlrnare ,~iishaadment IT
the army and the triumph Of the Zoe. Oar
h-ave soldiers can meet the enemy in the
t,ld With assurance Of surcaSs, hut hunger
will vanquish them in thirty six hours.
There Is an abundant supply of food in tie
country, ard it needs only 10 be collected,
Lusbanded and iudiciously distributed. If
those supplies ere ro. l"kod after and gath
cred up with energy, il amounts 10 the same
thing as if there we're no supplies at al.
There is no imprnpriety in saying thai this
mfatter alarm NJ. and we only wish we c"uld
alarm the leading citiz"ns-of central Miss's
,ip.i va ;he same subject. All they have III
The world is at stake.
These producers who hold their hrralstulfs
Mt high prices, and their bacon ct seventy,
cents p r pound. embarrassing the q 'vera
Ient in ia effort toscreate supplies, are sim
plv mcn whose love Of country has becn.eut-
en out hY the most snrtlid Of all human pas
sitns. We should feel disinclined to indul re
III ccusure OF governments officials at the pres
ent nlotnent, even if iucapacity or negligence
cm'i tc shown. That would lie M REMEDY
i"r the pres"n' cxigency. 1t is true that
-nme " The most energetic and effective Oft
GERS in the co,umissary and subsistence &c
lartmeDts, have e,thsr ben relieved Of duty.
or embarrassed in their opcrati"as by re
tape tc"h"iralities, or by an i,fprnal Barna-
c'eisn in the circnml"cntion department. But
We have now ort one purpose-we are actna-
,rd nv but one lnmivc-we want The nec's>a
nv means adopted 10 secure the collection and
transportation Of supplies, wir'l which the
s-r,r s, N:ckslrr. anl .te srrnv v; Pr
H,d.or can tr I'D, pit'lnut necessarily dts
lr a-ing tn. people OF Mississippi.
VIZ have heretofore snoru, through th'
columns "N tnis %j,ur.ai, that t.e high price
o. tho npcessarias { life. through the entir'
cs.uu,irv, ace msirly attributable to u e a'o.n'
liable sys'e,n mi .ftrl nv tho government u
semiing out agents ~ hny things, in any rlrc'
aui at any price. instead of advertising t"i
pro,xsa!e ir furnishing the army what il
needs. In this wav only can the bu-ine-
talent aud energy of the cou"try he emnln''
ri III doing wast IL has always heretofore
duue-ccnductiig the exchanges Of thu cpur
Try 'nd supplying thu wants Of hA cOmmnnitl
We speak adviseIly. When we say that oul
cause is In dsng.r ttpm this vary source. l
our armies were compelled In fall back 10
want Of supplies, tue Mississippi Valley woui'
,ras, iuto the hands Of the foe. Other mini
might conc i've the ways and the means vi ex
Treating the Coufedera"y from such a c'nti
non Of affairs, but we are free to confess W
could uot s,e Oil: way beyond it We k"o'
that thuse wants can oe supplied with ti'
prover energy aud business capacity. AM
We ..e authorized to say, OF hei,al! uf pr
t,-s %entire.y re .ppnsibie and capable, thai l
lie Department Will offer q Contract "a sH:'
usy one Auudred thousand MEL, ut reisana
bic rate., Tor six months, with breaistuft,
rood beet and hscon, the government fur
nishiny the facilities for transportation, tina
the contract will be Immediately taken an
,enai bonds. with approved security, will b'
ned To insure It's execution.
Now, why not do this2 And if snch 8
proposition Le rejected, and We subsequent.
suf'.r disaster and ruin as the consequence
who will be held responsible? 1t must sun
ply result that the government at Richmond
through its appointees, has sacrificed g pei
ple WHO trusted all i'll its handle, for want u
the exercise of comtnoa sense and co,auno'
prudence. We speak ph.nly and earnestly
We have suffered much az = people, and w
want TO be assured of success--ef q cuun'r,
and q bomu to1 our children. We feel charg
ed with r,sponSibility-we a7o an inde.sen
dent journalist-we are assigned 10 duty az;
watchnian upon the walls, aud We don't in
tend that the country shall gutter disaster anC
ruin through incapacity or malignity Of any
man or set of men, without faithfully utter
log forth q voice of warning. II we 6ud par
ties in Office, "r out Of Office, crimina'ly re-
sponsible for not doing their duty, or stani
ing in the way Of public safety, 50 help u.
God, we'll scourge that scouudrel aud cAi.
down upon h head tue wrath Of an injured
people. We call for action-promp!, speedy
effective action And W. earnestly solicit
the attention, the influence and cooperation
OF every good and true man in the country
-,SDufbern CTius.