, 1864-10-10

Observation-Disclosures OF the he
bel Army absent without
Leave. he ssys Sher-
man Must be
Crushed,
hoods Army Teesumins the Ofs
fensiye,-Lee TOO Weak o hold
His Lines-Pikeoas Call
for 1kclnforcements.
WAsmsaros, Thursday. Oct. 6.
The following speech, male by Jefferson
Davis at Macon, Ga Sept %, 1854, ts e1-
uacted from the columns OF the D4siv 1Easoa
Iet<groph ord Confederate OF september "a: !:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FR1EsD3 AND
FELLOW CITIZENS: ltwoaiu have gludden I'd
my heart 10 have net you In prosperity in
stead Of adversely. But frtends are drawn
together in adyetsity. The son OF i Georg-
inn, who fought through the first Revolu-
tion, would be untrue to my seifi should
forget the State In her day Of peril What
though misfortune hle bttalIen cur arms
from Decatur to Jonesboro, our csuse Is not
lost. Sherman cannot Keep up hls long line
OF communication and retreat. Boomer or
fate ttat betel the army Of the Froncn En-
pire in It's retreat from Moscow will be
Iesenacted. Our cavalry and our people
viii harraes and destroy bis army as did tho
Cossacks that OF Napoleon; and the Yam.
kee General, like him, will escape with only
q booy guard. How ran thia be the most
specially effected? By the abseatees OF
Hoods army returning to their posts; and
Will they not? Can they see the baalshed
exlles; can they htar the wall OF rhsir suf.
te1ipg country " omen and children, and not
cumes BY what influences they aro made
to stay away, it fs not necessary to speak.
If there Is one who will stay away at this
hour, he is not worthy Of the name of Geor;
glan+ To the women no appeal Is necessary.
They are liko the Spartan mothers Of old.
l know of one Whs has lost all her sons eL-
cept one OF eight years. She wrote that she
wanted me to reserve place for bln ln thn
ranks. The venerable General Polk, to
whom read the letter, knew that momsu
we'll, and said it Was characteristic :of her,
butt will not weary you by turning asIds to
relate the varions Instances Of giving the
last son to the causr OF our country, known
to me: "herevor WE e., We Ind and
ma, fall or the step turn. They have one
duly to perform: 10 buoy up the hearts OF
our people. know the deep disgrace felt
BY Georgia at our army falling buck from
Dalton 10 the iLterlor Of the State. But
was not Of those who considered Atlanta
chez Resolved Thai It shonld moi. and l
then nut man in command who T knew
would strike q manly bio Z for the city, aud
maby Yankees blood was made to nourfsh
ihs soil ptfore the prize was won. It does
not become us to revert to disaster. Let tho
dead bury tho dead Let us, with one arm
and one effort. endeayor to crush Sherman
am going to the army to confer with our
Generals. The end must be the defeat of our
enemy. It has been said that abandoned
Georgia to her fate. Shame upon such talse-
huod. Where could the author nave been
when Walker, When POLE, anu when
Gen. stephen U. Lee were senI T. 10 her
Who uttered TINS was seounalel 4g was
not man 10 save our country. ~ kneH
that General CID nor possess me tlyht
qua1it1ts 10 commanos Nouo not pe
wrong II ne was n0t fomovso! why, Wnsn
es9 ea Ss Ssd sant Bsrp
with pontoons to crpss it to Cuba. But We
mnat be charitable. The man who eau
snecnlnte onpht to fe mada IN take mn htA
nsusket- Wien tbe war ia over and mr. IN
dependence won-and we win eerabI1sf nnr
i,daDr,'aanoa- o,,,l ha nr- or,stocracep
h..ps 4hs in n;nm snid,er III" az W r. the vannr
1oa;ss T wonid a. that Whan nhnossnS hS'
i1nas ~ .nt. ~ ~s M. whn hs+ ~
r1aisan a. h.3s,, a-,,s s-oTn -;ch o,woo. 1os.
tha aS.,t, s3aa-a ~ tha ~ ,,a,, ron,.i,,
lne enpty IIe1sI. s n0 ~ ahe..,a t.a..
=! NUM- anu aae p san;se Is an trn 10y
knoW u AnS 5uuus maa hsep'uS h amas ~ ~ ilum l.
tae hefsacea WHY eannol ~ aosue ~ ~ ~ auy
otAer way Fs Lnem ntlte ~ lne IKE
curve. 1 Ieau ~ !etle1s sent ne lfom
tne peope, out uAse nut lno tlue " tepty
10 mem. loa a oave Any not many men oss"ee9 Ea
tgas +ha a1u hnr nid;, & a. 4s 1o5s, uua
old enough, going to the HELD. The city Of
NecOn Is h1lsd with atores, sick and wound
ed. 1t must not be abandoned when thrs1t-
ened, but when the enemy come, instead Of
calling On Hoods army for defense, the old
1ten must fight, and when the enemy is
driven be, ord Chattauooga, they can loin IN
The general rejoicing, Your prisoners are
kent IA sort Of Yankee CAPITAL I have
heard that one OF their Generals aald that
their exchange would defeat Sherman. I
bave tried every means, conceded eyerj thing
to effect an exchange, but to no purpose
eioner Of Exchange would hold Intercourse,
had Puollshed N the ne wepapsrs that II We y;
Monld consent 70 the exchange et negGoes, gN az
d1hcQit1es h'gat oe removed. thls -
reported % sn en9rt o. nls TO Eet AaustH
"hiteWashed by noidlog lnteIcealse Hl:n
I don't know but that might be induced to
recognize Butler. But IN me 1ota5e every
etfo1t will be given, as fAr as possible, to e.
feet the end. we want our soldiers IN tne
hefd, and We want cue sicR aud #oanoea 70
return home. ie Is not proper 1or ne 70 70
speak Of the number OF men n tne aslo, oas
tnts VIII say, that t~o tMfos o. ,esa, ons %ea hat
are apsent, some BEE, sone "9nnuea' 9a ~. ~.
most OF them aosent Wlthoas teass. Y. oa,n ame
man who repents ana goes oaes 70 nus e COM
Mander rolantaris' appeals atsonety ~ 70 oteas e.
ecntl7e G!emeneY. ous saPpstes t,s no Ss,s s.sss
away until me w Is over. ana % MS eomsaoes hsto
return nome, ana Wnen eFefy Maa n,16oy
:, WI Ds .9aa' ' Lgsetsnna VI tbat peiu ~ nnate
- arre 70 ths;r d,tv hnt aftarcnnterrinr
msn re.a{n 70 t1e ~ u h5rtare a.tes tharg
10 my nther rsrosdV It shall be noplied. I
lore ny friends, and + forgive nv enemles.
have been asksd to send relnforcemenes
from Virginia to Georsfa. In Vireinia the
dlssarity In numbers is just as great as It
is ln Georgia, Then I have been naked why
The amy sent to the Shenandoah Valley was
not sent here. 1t Was because an army Of
the enemy had penetrated that valley to the
yer. gates Of Lynchburg, and Gen: Early
vas sent to drtye Iaem oaek. Lnls ae 4ot
OILY eneessslal.y o,I, No., or antntsnv aa6,oo. a