The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-04

The Proclamassen Of Gev. rsrown q
Georgia. sSs
The rebel Governor of Georgia has 10
sued specialization, calling the reserve mi
litia Of that State into the feId to swell
Gen. Johnston's (now Hood's) army and
to drive back.:our army of invasion.
There are many passages in il which
are very significant. In the commence.
ment OF it, he says: ies
GA late correspondence with the Pre-
sident of the Confederate States satisfies
my mind that Georgia is to be left to her
own resources to supply the reinforce
ments to Gen. Johnston's army, which
are indispensable to the protection of At
lsnta, and to prevent the state being run
over by the overwhelming numbers under
command of the federal general over our
soil. The officers, civil and military,
who constitute. in = great degree, the re.
naming active military force lefs to the
state by the different acts of the con-
scription, have already been called ont,
and have rendered effective service, while
they, as we'll as the two regiments of the
state line. have distinguished themselves
BY cool courage and intrepid valor when
attacked by the enemy. But there is need
of further reinforcements, as will be seen
by the accompanying letter Of Gen. John.
ston; and, while very large proportion
OF the gallant and chivallous sons of
Georgia are on distant fields defending the
soil of other states, il becomes my duty
10 call forth every men in the state able
to bear arms, as fast as they can be srmed
to aid in the defense OF our homes, our
sltars, and the graves of our ancestors."
Thus it seems Gov. Brown has appeal
ed directly to Jefferson Davis for Aid, and
the reply is that Georgia must depend
upon her own resources to prevent the
further invasion Of the State. The rebel
Administration can furnish no more men to
oppose Sherman. We might have conjec-
tured as much before. Now we have off,
cial notice of it, coming through rebel
sources. The Confederacy has ali it's
forces employed. Grant keeps Lee busy
in Virginia, while Sherman has kept NOV
ing steadily forward, pushing Johnston
back, who has been all along numerically
too weak to make successful stand
against him. The rebels have been weak
ened. by the retreat, and eince Hood has
been appointed IS the commanding gen.
eral his daring and reckless fighting has
greatly reduced his army without any,
thing like proportiopate loss upon our
side. To enable Hood to hold Atlanta he
must have additional troops. Where is
he to get them !? Davis says he cannot
furnish them and, this time at least, we
apprehsnd that Jefferson speaks truly.
10 this emergency it is necessary for
Gov. Brown to call upon the militia, or
rather that portion of them left by the
conscription. He does 80. His order i 8
as follows
Il therefore, by virtue of the authority
in ME vested by the laws of the state, do
hereby order into active military rervice
all that part of the reserved militia of the
state between the age Of Fifty and ffty.five
years, and all between tho ages of sixteen
and seventeen years who reside south of
the line running east and west across the
territory of the state passing through the
city of Macon, to report to e. w. Smith,
at Atlanta, with the least possible delay;
and | further order that all persons be-
tween said ages subject to military duty
who reside north of said line report to
General Smith, each leaving his home Cd
the 10th Of this month, and repairing to
Atlanta by the nearest and speediess
route
That this proclamation, or the forces
raised thereby will materially strengthen
Hoods army, it is folly to believe. The
every large proportion of the sons Of
Georgia, who are on distant fields defend
ing the soil of other States" and the rigor
with which the conscription has been en-
forced leaves no very large force at homo
able to do military duty. The raids Of
Rosseau and others have demonstrated
the weakness Of every community-tbe
great scarcity of men outside of the rebel
army limits. This weakness is further
shown BY the ages Of the men to whom
this proclamation extends. Boys of six.
teen and greyheaded men between ii,y and
6fty-6ve are are to fight the battles Of the
rebellion and save the Southern Confed
eracy from death, for such Brown think,
will be the result il Sherman is success,
full. He says "if Gen. Johnston's arm,
is destroyed, the Gulf States are thrown
open to the enemy and we are ruined. =
And further:
"Georgians. you must reinforce Genera
Johnston's army and aid in driving bacl
the enemy, or he will drive you back t
the Atlantic, burn your cities and publ,
buildings, destroy your property, and de
vastate the fair fields of your noble state. ;
He surelv will ;f a. ~ U---rr.r.. u !,