The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-10-20
JEPF DAVIS, GEOR0IA sPHEcIG

1
tembor %, 1864, ia extracted from the
columns Of the Daily Mscon Telegraph
and Confederate of September 24s
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRiENps
AND FELLOW CITIZENS: IT would have
gladdened my heart to have met ycn
in prosperity Instead of adversity.--
But friends are drawn together in ad
vcrsity. The son Of q Georgian, who
fought through the first Revolution, /
would be Untruu to myself il | should
forget the State in her day Of peril
What though misfortune lras bcfallen
oul arms from Decatur to Jonesboro,
our cause is not lost. Sherman can
not keep mp his Longtime of fcommunica-
ton, and must retreat. Sooner or
later he must, and when that day
comes the fate that beiell the army Of
| the French Empire in its retreat from
Moscow will be re-enactcd. Our cav
airy and our people will harrass and
destroy his army as cid the Cossacks
that OF Napoleon; and the Yankee
General, like him, will escape with
only bodyguard. How can this bc
the most speedily effected? By the
abscntees o! Hoods army returning to
their posts and viii they not? Can
they see the banishcd cxiIes can they
hear The wall OF their suffering count
rywomen and children. and not come?
. BY what influence thcy are made to
stay away. it is not necessary 10 speak,
Ii there Is one who win stay away at
this hour, he i, unworthy the name of
Georgian To the women no appeal
is necessary. They are Ike The Spar
tan muihers ni Old know Of one
/ wlo ha, lost Ill her son5. except one
of eighteen year., She wrote she
wanted mc ~ reserve place for him
I ia the ranks The venerable General
! Polk, TO ,SiioGi read The letter, knew
/ that woman well, aid said it was char
actcr tx Of her; BAT wiz not weary
you by turning aside 10 relate the va
rious incidents cf liyiug up the last
son u the cause # our country, known
I to ne. NhCrrv1r We 20 we find the
/ hearts ana hands VI ur noble women
enlisted. They are ,ccE Nhcrever the
eye my tall. or the step turn. They
/ have bat Ole duty 10 perform to bouy
up The hearts Of oar people. Iknow
( the deep disgrace felt BY Georgia at
our army fitiihg b.ack from DaIton TO
The interior Of tie Slatc. But | was
not of those who considered Atlanta
/ lost when our army crossed tic Chat
,ahoochie. resolved that it should
not. aud then put man in command,
whom | knew wouli strike manly
blow tor the city, and manya Yankees
bIo.d was madc to hourish the soil be-
tore the pr re was won. 1t does not
/ become rs 10 revert 10 disaster Jet
the dead bury tie dead. Let US with
one arm ana effort undeavOr to crush
ShcrnaD lam soing to the army to
confer with orr Generals The end
must be fhc defeat Of our enemy. 1t
/ has been sail that | abandoned Geor-
g;a to her fate Shame upon such
fasch0Od. Where could the author
have been when Walker, when Polk,
when General Stephen D. Lee was
-cnt to her assistance! Miserable man.
The man who uttered that was u
scoundrci. Jie was not u nan 10 save
oar country. III knew that a GEN
craI did not passcss the right qualities
iU. command. woIld ] not be wrong,
II he were hot removed? Why, when
our army was falling back from North.
crm Georgia. | even heard that | had
sent RrnQg, with pontOons TO cross it
ITO CuUa. B;:t we must be charitable.
The man who can speculate ought 10
be made to take up his nlusket When
the war is over and our independence
won,-aud wc will establish our inde-
pcn!cncc who will be our aristocra-
cy? hope the Iinping soldier. To
tie young ladies | would say that
when choosing between an empty
sleeve and t!fU usr who had remained
, at home and grown rich, always take
. the empty sleeve. Let the old men
rrinaia at home and make bread
But SHOULD hey know Of any young
man Keeping away from the service,
who can not be made 10 go any 9TH
: cr way, l"t him write TO the Execu-
tive | read all letters sent me from
the people but have not the time ~
rcpv to them You have not many
men between eighteen and forty.five
len. Eho boys, God biess the boys,
, are, as rapid: as they become old
, enough, going into the field. Tho
{ city of Macon is filled with stores, sick
. and woundcd. 1t must not be aban-
i doncd when threatened but when the
( cnc,uy come, instead of calling upon
e Hoods army for defense, the old men
< must iigh., and when the enemy is
y driven beyond Chattanooga, they, too,
1 can join in The general rejoicing.
o Your prisoners are kept us q sort cF
: Yankee capital. l have heard that
h one Of their Generals sod that'thelr
exchange would dnieat Sherman. l
. ihnyc tried evofy means, conceded ev-
d erytbing 10 effect an exchange, but to
= no purpose. Butler the beast, with
@ whom no Commissioner of Exchange
It would hold intercourse, had pub
= lished in the newspapers that if We
y would consent to the exchange ofno-
J. crocs, ali difficulties might be removed.
r This is reported as an effort Of his to
: get himself whitewashed by holding
II intercourse with gentlemen. If an
r exchange could be effected. l don't
e know but that | might be induced to
II ,,,,,,,,,,,;yn Rutlar Bnt in tho fnture.