The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-25


Florida, and ig Is OF She last Importance
II this lime thst tie troops here should
be sa5sistsd"
Again, be SAYS:
nAsitis, our sitaation Is fail Of dsn-
ger from want Of meat, and extFaordina-
~ efforts are required to prevent disas-
ter"
Add on OslobcF 8, be says
We have now 10000 troops and Ia
borers to subsist The supply Of bacon
on hand in the city is 2S,000 poundsg
and tho cattle furnished By the State Is
not one-tenlh Of what Is required Ny
aaxielies and spprshensions, rs you may
suppose, srs greatly excited"
Major MilleD, Of Savannah, on October
18th. says:
81 assure .you, Major, that the stock,
Of bacon and beef for tbs armies Of Che
Confederate States is now exhausted (;
and we must depend entirely upon what
We may gather weekly. Starvation
stares the army in the face The hand
writing is on the wall"
Oathe 26th October, he says:
From the best Information I have
the resources Of food (meai) Of both the
Tennessee ard Virginia armies ars ex-
hsusted. This remark now applies with
equal force to South CEFolina and GeOs-
gia, aud tie army must henceforth de-
pend upon the energy Of the Purchasing
Commissaries, through their daily or
weekly collections. / have exhausted
the beef cattle, snd an now obliged to
kill stock cattle"
From these extracts you viii perceive
that there is too much cause for the deep
aolicituae manifested By the writers.
They should excite the fears and appre =,
tensions of every lover OF his country.
Truly the responsibility upon US is great,
when we are expected 10 feed those vast
armies, whether the producers sell 10 Us
or mott The slightest reflection would
teach any one that it is impossible to
provide for such armies by impressments
alone. The people must cheerfully yield
their supplies, or make up their minds
to surrender their cause. It is their
cause. Il is not the cause Of the Gov
ernmant. The Government is theirs. The
army, the Government, you and |, and
every one, and everything we have, are
slaked upon the contest. 70 fail is total
and irretr;eVeable ruin, universal confis-
cation of every thing, and abiect and ig-
nominious submission and slavery to the
most deepicable and infamous race on
earth. Whoever has any other thought
but TO fight On, at any cost of life and
property, until we achieve our indepen-
dence or al parish in the struggle, de-
serves to be the slave Of such an enemy.
But. under the guidance of PrOyi-
dence, our cause is safe in the
hands Of our army, provided we
do our duty st home. Bat Prov
idsnce will not help people who viii
rot help themselves. Oar enemies have
no hope Of eonquering as by arms. Their
enlY hope is that ne will be untrue to
ourselves, and in ihe blind pursuit Of
gain lose sight of cur country, and thus
snfer our army, and with IL our cause,
ID perish. HoE stands the case? Yeu
know the resources of Tennessee, are lost
to us; the hog cholera and other causts
have cut short ths prospect in Georgia
and other States. Il ia asceriaiDed that
the last years crop Of bacon is about ex-
hsusted, and il is certain that the crop Of
this will be much shorter than that Of
last year. Now, tao large armies look al
most solely to Fl0Fids 10 sup2ly enc entire
article OF subsistence The entire surplus
of this years crop Of bacon throughout
the ConfederGcy, even when husbsaded
with the utmost economy, will be made
quats to the demands Of the Government.
This makes it The duty Of every man to
economizs IS much IS possible-to sell
not = pound TO any one else, while there
is shy danger Of cur army suffering, and
to plg dee 20 schedule rates h;a entire sur
pIas-bacon, beef, sugar and syrup--'O
the Government. sOlemnly believe our
cause Is hopeless, unless our people can
be brought 70 this point.
have thought il my duty TO address
this confidential circular to the principal
men in the various sections of the State.
and invoke their aid aud CO. operation with
the Purchasing 0ommisssgies and Gev-
ernment Agents in their districts in in
augurs;ing and putting into operation
some yslem by which our armies can
be more properly supplied, and al of our
resources, which are necessary, secured
TO Che Government. The appeals to me
are more and more urgent every day.
The pressure upon our State is very
great. Should she now respond to the
call made upon her resources, as che has
upon the bloodiest bsttle-he of the
wsr, the measure of her glory will be
full. But if we withhold our supplies, we
will cripple cur army, and rend'r it i'm
possible for them to advance, after
achieving the most signal victories. The
people at home must put themselves
upon 3 war footing. They must SOW and
plant and gather for the Government
Then, and not till then, viii the bright
rays Of peace break through the clouds
of war which oyerhang Us.
?. W. WHITE,
Major and Chief COmmisssFy.
P. S-You nrs especially requested
not to allow this circular to go out of