New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-17

nav rrovs seriou.. IL not DISASTROUS, especially
shonld this present season prove as unIaVoraoie Nc
| the Last Your country, therefore, sPleas W you
| 70 low aside all thought OF gam, ana 70 ueVoIe
yourselves TO securing your oi h T, Is ,pTe
,Lat the wheat harvest in the more southern States
.bicb will be gathered next month promises an
abundant yied but even If this promise DC Iulhieu
the diff mites Of transportation, enhanced as phT
heen Inv an unusually rainy Winter, Will cause en-
bo,ras.ments in military operations and suferings
among the people, should the crops IN tbe miuole
and northern portions of the Confederacy prove oe-
fcieot Bot no upessiness may be ieit IN reRa,u W
mere supply of bread for men. IL 10 Tor the laige
amount of corn ard forage required 10 'ne fai'ts
of live sock, and the supplies OF Ihe
animals used in military operations, 800 bulky
for distant transportation: and IN them the ue-
6clencv of the last harvest mostly fet Let your
fields be devoted exclusvely TO the prodnction Oh
corn oats BEANS peas potatoes, ana other ioou Ior
man and beast; let corn be sowed broadcast for
fodder in immediate proximity to railroads, rivers,
and canals and let all your efforts be directed 10 tne
urompt supply of these articles IN the districts where
our armies are operating You Will thus ada greatly
10 their efficiency, and furnish the means without
which il ia impractlcable TO make those prompt and
active movements which have hitherto stricken ter
ror into our enemies and secured our most brilliant
triumphs.
Having thus placed before you, my countrymen,
the reasons for the call made on you for and In snip
plying the wants Of the coming year, add few
words of appeal in behalf Of the brave soldiers now
confronting your enemies and to whom your Gov.
ernment is unable to furnish all the comforts they so
richly merit. The supply Of reat for the army -
deficient. This deficiency is only temporary, fof
measures have been adopted which VIII, II Is
believed enable us to restore the full ratonsi
but that ration is now reduced az times 10 one
half the usual quantity in some OF our armies 1t ID
known that the supply Of meat Throughout the
country Is sufficient for the support oil ALI Dut
the distances so great, the condition oil the ROADS
has been 70 bad during the FIVE months OF Winter
weather through which we have just passed, and the
attempts of groveliDg spectators 10 foestali the
market and make money out Of the life blood OF our
defenders have so much influenced the withdrawal
from sale Of the surplus in the hands OF the pro-
ducers, that the Government has been unable 10
gather full supplies. The Secretary Of War has
prepared a plan, which ia appended TO this adj
! dress, by the aid Of which or some similar means
to be adopted by yourselves, you can asslst The
officers Of tue Government in the purchase OF the
corn the bacon, the pork and the beef known TO e1'
st In large quantities in different paris OF the coun
try. Even If the surplus be less than believed, IS
il not bitter aud humiIiating reflection that those
who remain at home, secure from hardship and pro
tected from danger, should be IN the enjoyment oil
abundance and that their slaves also should have
full supply of food, while their sons, brothers,
husbands and fathers stinted IN the ratlons on
which their health and efficiency depend
Entertaining no fear that you will either miscon.
strue the motives Of this address, or fail TO respond
TO the call of patriotism, have placed the facts fully
and frankly before you Let all unite IN the per
Torrance Of our duty each in hiS sphere, and with
concerted, persistent and wedrected effort, there
seems little TO doubt that under the blessings
Of Him to whom we look for guidance and who has
been to us our ,hled and strength, we shall MAIN
tain the sovereignty and Independence Of the Con-
federate States, and transmit TO our postsrtY the
heritage bequesthed TO US by our fathers.
| JEFFERSON DAVIS
ETeeur. Office, RoamonS April 10, 1893.