The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-10-21
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Desperate Speech by JEFF: Davis
at Macon.
Rebel Accounts Of Operations
around Richmond.
LEE TOO WEAK TO HOLD HIS
LINES.
Piteous Call for ReinfOrcements.

PiteouS Call for ReinfOrcements
WASHINGTON, Oct 6.-The following
speech, made by Jefferson Davis at Macon
Ga, Sept. %, 1864, is extracted from the
columns Of the Macon Telegraph and Con-
.fsderate, Sept. "a:
LADIES AND GKNrLRMRN, FRixsps AMI
FELLOW Orr1xRNs-It would have glad
dened my heart to have met you in pros
perity instead of adversely. The son of
Georgian, who fought through the first
Revolution, would be untrue to myself
if I should forget the State in her hour OF
peril. What though misfortunes have be.
fallen our arms from Decatur to Jones'
boro, our cause IL not lost. Sherman can
not keep up bis long line Of oommunica-
ton and retreat. Sooner or later ne must
and whom that day comes the tate that
befsl the army Of the French Empire in
its retreat from Moscow win be reacted.
Our cavalry and our people will lharrass
and destroy his army as did the Cossacks
that of Napoleon; and the Yankee GEN
a es1i, like him, Will escape with d0nly q
body guard. ~ How can This be the most
speedily effeetede By the absentees Of
Hoods. army returning to their posts; and
will they ,notsy Gan they see the banished
exiles; can they hear the vail Of their
suffering country women, and, children and
not comes By what influences they are
made 10 stay away 1t is not necessary to
speak. IF there, ID one who WI stay
! sway at this hour he ID unworthy the
name Of Georgian. TO the women no
appeal il necessary. They are like the
Spartan mothers of old. I know of one
who has lost Ill her sons, except one of
eight years. She wrote that she wanted
me 10 reserve a place for him In the
ranks. = ,l.i- !. "'1 NJ .i'A -,
f, t' The venerable Gen. Polk, 70 whom /
read the letter, knew that woman well,
and said it was characteristic of her but
will not weary you by turning aside to
relate the various incidents Of giving up
the last son to the cause Of our country
known to me. Wherever we go, we find
the hearts and hands of our noble women
enlisted. They are seen wherever the eye
may fall or the step turn. They have one
duty to perform to buoy up the spirits of
our people. I know the deep disgrace felt
q by Georgia at our army falling back from
Dalton to the interior of the State. But
I was not of those who considered Atlanta
lost when our army crossed the Chatta.
hoochee. / resolved that it should not,
and then put man in command who I
knew would strike q manly blow for the
city, and many a Yankees blood was
made to nourish the soil before the prize
was won. 1t does not become US to revert
to disaster Let the dead bury the dead.
Let Us with one arm and one effort en-
deavor to crush Sherman. l am going to
the army to confer with our generals. The
end must be tho defeat of our enemy. It
ho been said that abandoned Georgia to
her fsn. Shame upon such falsehOOd.
Where could the author have been when
Walker, when Polk, and when Gen. Ste
phen D. Lee was sent to her assistance?
Miserable man. The man who uttered
this Wa Q scoundrel. He was not man
to eve our country. If knew that
general did not possess the right qualities
to command, would not be wrong if he
Vas not asmovedr Why, when our army
was falling back from Northern Georgia, /
even heard that ] had sent Bragg with
pontoons to cross it to Cuba. But we
must b. charitable. The man who can
speculate ought to be made to take up his
mushet. when the war is over and our
independence won,-and we will establish
our indspandence-whow will be our aris-
tooracys hope the limping soldier. To
the young ladies I would say that when
choosing between an empty sleeve and the
man who had remained at home and
grown rich, always take 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 can
not be made to go any other way, let them
write to the Executive. read all letters
sent me from the people, but have not the
time to reply to them. You have not
MANY men between eighteen and forty-fve
left. The boys, God bless the boys, are
"a rapidly a. they become old enough 60
inp to the field. The city of Macon is
filled With stores, sick and wounded. 1t
must not be abandoned when threatened,
but when the enemy come; instead of cali.
ING upon Hoods army for defence, the old
men must fight, and when the enemy II
driven beyond Chattanooga, they too cal
join in the general rejoicing. Your prs
oners are kept as q sort of Yankee capital
I have heard that one of their General
said that their exchange would defea
Sherman. have tried every means, con
coded everything to effect an exchange
but to no purpose. Butler, the beast, wit
whom no Commissioner of exchange woul
hold intercourse, had published in news
papers thatif we would consent to the e.
change Of negroes, all difficulties might b
removed. This is reported as an effort {
his to get himself whitewashed by holdin
intercourse with gentlemen. If an 81
change could be effected, don't know br
that might be induced to recognize But
Ter. But in the future every efort'will b
oiven. as far as possible, to effect the enc
Va want our soldiers in the field, and W
want the sick and wounded to retur
rome. It is not proper for me to speak
the number of men in the field, but this
will lay, that two-thirds of the men are al
sent. some sick, some wounded, but mo-
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