Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-03-26

sHaling Command in Moth Care
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HEADQUARTERS, GoLDsBoRo N. c
February %, 1858.
The undersigned has been placed
i'll charge of the troops ia North
Carolina. Ia assuming command, be
would address a ceW wordo Of exortta-
ton to bis forces:
SOLDIERS Your brutal and ma.
liguant enemy is putting forth efforts
unexampled in tha history Of the
world. Having failed to sub ugate
you, he is m4ddene0 with the thirst
for vengeance, and is pushing forward
bis foreign mercanaries TO plundeT
J our property and lay waste your
homes. Bat bis m4raedipg hosts
have byen SO often beaten ana b filed,
that they are now discouraged and
demoralized. Should you be able
to check aim everywhere for The next
sixty days, the three hundred thou.
sand whose time expires in May, will
not re-enlist, and the war will end
before July. Should the scoundrels,
however, gain single substantial
success at any one point, the war will
be prolonged during the en- ire admin.
istIaiion Of Lincoln. l. becomes a
SOLEMN duty, then, 10 labor and fight
during the mkt two months, as we
have done before. We m lst make
the war Unpopular with the merce.
mars yandals o. The North, by har,
RAISING aud annoying, them. We
must cut down to six feet b. two, the
dimensions of the farms which these
p!undere:s propose TO appropriate
/ You will have to endure mere hlrd
ships, and 10 fight more desperate
battles than You would have done
were your ranks properly fillsd' -
Oar Giles, towGs aud villages are full
of young and able.bodied skuikers,
wearing semblance Of men, who have
lodged from the battlefield under
the provisions OF the exemption bill
TIE sccrn of The fair sex, and the
contempt Of ali honorable men, have
not been able to drive these coward.
ly miscreants into the ranks. 81 long
as they can fatten upon tie miser,
les Of the country, and shelter their
worthless caTcasses from Yankee bull
lets, they are insensible to shame. -
But day Of retribution awaits these
abortionS Of humanity. Their own
descendants will execIatetheir memo
ry, when the finger Of sCorn is point
| ed, and the taunt is Uttered, "hc is
the son, grandson, or great andson
Of on erenpt or eTtOrtioner."
Do your full duty, soldiers. and
leave these poitroons aud Williams to
the execratioa Of posteTity. Ali Com
missioned Officers are hereby en-
joined to furnish the names of officers
and men who distinguish themselves
| in pitched battles aud skirmishes.-
Those so Distinguishing themselves
will be recommended, for promotion,
and their names published in The prin-
clpal papers in their respective States.
The infantry has to bear the bruni
Of every battle. and to endure spe-
clal hardships in every camppigo.-
The post Of danger aud Of suffering
is the post Of honor. If our liberty
be ever Won, it wiz be due mainly
10 the indomitable pluck and sturdy
endurance Of our heroic infantry.
The Confederate artillery has be-
haVed most nobly, and the wonder i,
that, with inferior guns and ammuni-
ton, it has been able to cope success
fully with the spleGdil Armament OF
the enemy. Ii has been mistake,
however, to cOntcLd with the Yankee
artillery. Reserve YOU fire, Us at
Fredericksburg, for the masses Of IN
fanny aud do not withdraw your
guns just when they are becoming
effective. 1t is glorious to lose
guns by fighting them to the last. -
1t is dls5raceful to saV0 them by re-
firing early from the fight.
The cavalry constitute the eyes
and ears Of the army. The safety
OF the entire command depends up
on their vigilance. and the faithful
ness of their reports. The officers
and men. who permit themselves to
be surprised, deserve TO die, and the
Commanding General will spare no
efforts to secure their deserts. Al /
most equally criminal are the scouts,
who, through fright, bring in wild aud
sensational reports, They will be
court martialed for cowardicc.
Many opportunities will be afford.
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