The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1864-02-20

dent on Florida, and it is Of the last importance
at this time that the troops here should be sub
sisted" Again he says /" As it is, our situation
is full of danger, from want OF meat, and extra
ordinary efforts are required to prevent disaster
And on the 9Th October he says :. We have now
40, 600 troops and laborers TO subsist The sup
plyof bacon on hand in the city is 10 900 pounds,
and the cattle furnished by this State is not one
tenth of what il required. My anxieties and ap-
prehensions, as you may suppose, are greatly
excited ~ s.ast'a - 'es55 ~ ~
Major M1LlsN, Of Savannah, on the 18th Octo-
Der, says: " assure you, Major, that the stock OF
Bacon and Beef for the armies Of the Confedcrate
States is now exhausted, and we must depend en-
tirely upon what we may gather weekly stafss-
ton stares the army In the face-the handwriting
is on the wall, On the 26th October he says:
'' From the best information have, the resources
Of food, (meat. Of both the Tennessee ana tr-
ginia armies, are exhausted This remark now
applies with equal force to South Carolina end
Georgia, and the army must henceforth depend
upon the energy Of the purchasing Commisaarles,
through their daily or weekly collections have
exhausted the beef cattle, and am now obilged to
kill stock cattle" .
From these you perceive that there is too much
cause for the deep solicitude manifested BY tho
writers They should excite the fears and appre-
hensions of every lover Of his country. Truly the
responsibility upon Us is great, when We are ex-
pected to feed these vast armies, whether the pro-
ducers will sell to u or not The slightest retiec-
ton would teach any one that it is impossible to
provide for such armies by impressments alone.
The people must cheerfully yield their supphss,
or make up their minds to surrender their cause.
It is their causs. It is not the cause OF the Coy
eminent. The Government il theirs. The army,
the Government you and ], and every one, and
everything we have, are staked upon this contest
To fail is total and irretrevable ruin, universal
confscetion of everything and abject and igno-
minious submission and slavery to the most de-
spicable and infamous race On earth. whoever
has any other thought but to fight on, at any cost
of life and property, until achieve our indepen-
dsnce, or all perish in the struggle, deserves to DO
the slave Of such an enemy But under the gul-
dance of Providence our cause is safe IN the hands
of our army, provided We do eur duty at home.
But Providence will not help people who viii
not help themselves. Our enemies have no nope
of conquering us by arms. Their only hope Il.
that we will be untrue to ourselves, and m the
blind pursuit Of gain, lose sight Of our country,
and thus suffer our army, and with it our cause,
to perish. How stands the case! You know the
resources of Tennessee are lost to US the hog
cholera and other causes have cut short the pres
pect in Georgia and other States tits ascertalned
that the last years crop Of Bacon is about ex-
hausted, and it is certain that the crop OF this Will
be much shorter than that of last year. Now two
large armies look almost solely to Florida to sup
ply one entire article of subsistence The entire
surplus of this years crop of Bacon throughout
the Confsderacy, even when husbanded with the
utmost economy, will be inadequate to the de-
mands Of the Government. This makes it the duty
Of every man to economic as much as possible
to sell not pound to any one else whilst there is
any danger Of our army suffering and to pledge
at schedule rates bis entire surplus-Bacon, Beet,
Sugar and Syrup-to the Government I solemnly
believe our cause is hopeless unless our people
can be brought to this point.
have thought it my duty to address this con-
fdential Circular to the principal men in various
sections Of the State and invoke their aid and CO.
operation with the purchasing Commissaries and
Government agents in their districts in inaugura-
ting and putting into operation some system by
which, our armies can be more promptly supplied.
and all of our resources, which are necessary, So
cured to the Government The appeals tome are