Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-01


the speech delivered at Macon. GA.
recently, by President Davis, ane
> will be- found Interesting aad instrnc
tive:
Ladies' md G.ntlcmen, "a.
Friends and rsl7o,D Citizens.
1t would hav. gladdened my hear;
!" have n'r, you in prosperity instead
OF adv-rsi,y. But tri-m' IS ar. draw,
together in adversely. The son of Il
Georgian who fought through the
first Revolution, | would b" un:ru
to myself if should forget the Stat,
i'll her day of peril.
What thong ia misfortune has be-.
fallen our arms from Decatur %
Jonesboro', our cause is not lost -
Sherman cannot keep up his long
line OF communication, and retreat,
sooner or later, he FAUST. And wh.,
the army of the French Empire in
its retreat from NJ. scow will b. re-
enacted. Our cav dry and o,,r pco-
pie will harrass and destroy his army
rs did the Cossacks that of Napoleon,
and the Yankee general, like him,
will escape with only a bodyguard.
How can this be more speedily ef-
frcteds By the atsentee- Of Hoods
army returning to their posts. And
will they not! Can they see the
banished cHiles, can they hear the
vail IF their suffering country women
and children, and not come? BY
what Influences they are made to
stay away it is not necessary to
sp ak.
If there is one who will stay away
at this hour, he is unworthy the
name OF Georgian. TO the women
no appeal is necessary. They are
like the Spartan mothers of old. ]
know of one who had lost all her
sons, except one of eight Years. She
wrote me that she wanted me to re-
serve Il place for him in the ranks
I The venerable Gen. Polk, to whom
[ read the letter, knew that woman
we'll: and said it was characteristic
of her. But will not Weary you,
by turning aside to relate the vari-
gu incidents of giving up the last
sou to the cause of our country
known to me. Wherever we go we
find the hearts and hands of our no.
BILE women enlisted. They are seen
wherever the eye may fall, or the
step turn. They have one duty to
perform--.o buy up the hearts Of our
people.
l know the deep disgrace felt by
Georgia at our falling back from
! Dalton to the interior of the State,
bur | was not of those who consider
ed Atlanta lost when the army cross
ed the Cllattahoochic. l resolved
tina, it should not, and I then put a
man in command whom | knew
would strike an honest and manly
blow for the city, and many a IAN
KEGS blood was made to nourisli the
soil before the prize was won.
1t does not become It's to revert to
. disaster. :" Let the dead bury the
/ Dead Let us with one arm and
am going to the army to confer
with cur Generals. The end must
( be the defeat of our enemies. 1t has
. been said that | lad abandoned
/ Georgia to her fate. Shame upon
such :, 1alsehood. Where could the
/ author have beer, when Walker,
when Polk, and when Gen'l Stephen
/ -. lee we're sent to her assistance
Miserable man. The man who utter
ed this was a ScOundrel. Ike was not
a man :" save cur country.
Ii knew that General did not
possess thu. ri -ht qualities to com
mand would | not be wrong if he
was not removed Why, when our
army was falling back from Northern
Georgia; even heard that had
sent Bragg with pontodn to cross
into Cuba. Bet we must tie chari,a-
t BILE.
/ The man who car speculate onght
to he made to take up his musl>et.-
When the war is over, ami our indie
pend"ncc won, nd We will establish
our irdependenc-,} who will be our
aristocracv l hope the limping
soldier. To the young ladies | w.uld
say, wien choosing bct~een an empty
sleeve and tie man Vi ho has remain
ed at home and grown rich, always
tax. the empty sleeve.
Let the old men remain at home
and make bread. But should they
know of any young man Keeping
away from the service; WHO cannon
be made to 90 any other way, let
them write to the Executive. Irea
all the letters sent to me from tn,
people, but have not time to reply tt
them.
You have not many men between
Is and - left. The bovs--Gn,
bless the boys-arc as rapidly Il,
they become old enough going to TIL,
field. The City of Macon is filled