Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-02-17
address oftac President to TIL. Army.

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address ofthc President to the Army.
The following isan aid,c,s Of the President
ts lie army:
S3Lpitss oY THE ARMIES or TIE CoSrED-
ra.r. SraTss: In tle io:1 and b.oodF war
in which ynnr country is engaged, you Lave
achieved many NOBLE t.;u:1pha. You have
wou glorious victories oHar vastly more nu
,.,s.ous host. loa have chesriallg borno pr'-
yatiors and toll 70 which you were unused
YOU have readily aubm;,:ed to restraints upon
ynur Individual will, ih:t the citizen might
better perform his duty to the State as sol
dier. TO al these Jou hsve lately aided an
o,ile. triumph, the nob:o tot human co;ique6ts
- victory ogor yourselves.
As the time draw near wb3n You wbo hrst
cutered the service might well have been rS
ncctol. to claim relief from your srdnous la
bors and restoration to li,e end"artn":.s g!
home. YOU asve heeie>, only ,hr call Of Your
suG'.r;ng ccuatrv. Ag:in YOU cume to tea
der your service for the public dcfcnce-a free
Offering wlich oaiy such patriotism ~ yours
could make tru.,ph WORTHY st ecu and
OF the csrse to which you are devoted.
wocld in vaia attea.pi adequately to e.
..sss The e.acsinns with which l rtc"!"fd t!i-
testimonials OF confidence end fe3a7d which
you hAyc recently addrs SD to me. 10 so:le
,r those first received, separate 2c!!incY!ods
,pen.s we're returned. Bat it ia now apIa
rem, that Ike generous enthusiasm pervades
the whole army, and that the o:;iy exception
10 such lnaSnerimogs tsi:der Vii! b. OF thee
who, hsving originally entered !oF the war,
t-lano, 6isplaJ anow their zeal in TIC ppahc
seryice. |: is, therefore, deemed spprorr;a;e,
and it is hoped will be equally acceptable. tn
make general scknow!edslns:t I, instead Of
successive specisl responses. would that II
wero possibie to rondcr my taanks to YOU IN
usrson AMI is tho name OF our comm N c"un
;ry, ss well IS il ray aSll. while pressing Tie
.snd Of each var worn veteran, - recosii@i
his title 10 our love: gratitude and s4inir4.
tion.
Soldiers by your will for you and tie
n.o,lu are but one) i have b:en paced Il q
position which debars re froin sh'r'ag ! Cur
rspgers, Ycur safffariags and your priratons
ia he field. With pride and affection my
hesrt has accompanied you IN every maTcr
with solicitnde it bas sought to minister 10
YOUR everywant; with exu'tation 1t has hark
ed your every heroic achievement. Yet, ncv
or in the ,oiIsone msrch, nor 10 The weary
watch. ncr in the desperate assault. have You
rendered 4 service so decisive in results as In
mi. !ss.. display of the highest qualities of dc,
y1tion ap3 :.!l-sacr.fce which eau adoTn the
character pf ,l4e a74Frior patriot.
.eaiy the pulse of thp whole people beats
,u unison With yours. Already taag eoHps'e {
.lnur spoi:aneous aud unaniinous offer OF yuu'
iiyes, for ths defence Of Your country. "!iA
the hating and reluctant Service OF iiie !n"r-
ceaaries who ara purchased blythe cn.my at
the price OF higher bounties than have hiih-
arto been known in var. Animated by this
contrast they exhibit cheerful coniilcncs and
more resolu;e bearing. Even the murmur
of the weak aud timid who shrini: from the
trials which make stronger aud h!insr your
noble natures nro shamed in sAssilcnce u the
spectacle wEica you present. four brave
battle cry ril ;ing loud and clear through
the land of TIN enemy, 40 well as Our o4n
will silence the vai,i-gorions boastings of their
corrupt partizans and their pen>ioacd press ;
and viii do Justice to the ca!un.ny by which
they seek to persuade : deladed people that
YOU aye resdy to purchase dishonorable safety
by degrading submission. :,
SOIQl6Co.l ue loiAi. .'Riio wa
open ua1er auspices we'll calculated 20 SUI
tain your hopes. Your resolution ,.-ded
nothing to fortiiy it. With ranks rep!cnishcd
under The influence Of ycur example, and by
tie aid Of your representatives, who s'Te ear
nest of their eurpPss tc add, b. lsgi4!aton,
largely to your strength, you may welcclac
tho invader with confidence Justified ly the
memory of past victories. On the other hand,
debt, taxation, repetition Of heavy drefs, dis
seusions, occasoned By Tho strife for power,
by the rursu! Of the spo;ls OF Office, by the
thirst for tho purder c. the public treasury /;
end, above al, the consciousness Of . bad
cause, must tell with fearful force upon the
ovcr-stra;ncd energies Of the eue.ly. Ills
campaign, in 1864 must from, the exhaustion
Of his resources both in r;cn and uoncy, be
far less formidable than those Of the last two
years, when unimpaired means were used With
bounj!ess prodiga!ity, a,.,l with results which
are suggested by the t,en'on Of the glorious
names os Shiloh and PsrrySville and Muir
freesboro, and Onickamauga and the Chick
shvaliny, and Maa2ssas, and Fredericksburg,
and C.ancellor,Tllc.
Soldiers Assured SUCCESS awaits us in our
holy struggle for lihcrty AMI im!, pcdeicH.
and for the preservation of iii tlnt ystide.s
life desirable to honorable men. When that
ccess shall be reached, 20 you. Your c,ua-
rys hope and pride, under Divine Providence,
will it bo due. The fruits. of that success
will not be rcapod by you alone; but your chill
drcn, aud your children's children in long
generations to como, will enjoy blessings de-
rived from you that will preserve Jour mc:n-
ory ever living il their hearts.
4 = krr-.c
ties, a.I the nlsals OF The Con, d.rncy! That
tAe God whom we ali hum..ly wur.aip may
shield you with his FAthcrly care, and pre-
serTe you (cr safe return to the peaceful cn
loiymcnt Of your friends aud the association of
l5osc you most love, is the earnest prayer OF
your Commander ia-Caicf.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
RICHMOND, February 9,h, 1854.
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