The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1864-10-15
Remarkable Confession Of Je.:.
Davis.
WASHINGTON, thursday, Oc.. 6.

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son Davis at Macon, Ga., Sept. 23d, 1864
is extracted from the column, OF tie
Daily Macon Telegraph d Confederate of
Sept "a:
Ladies' and Gentlemen, Friends and Fsl-
Lo,c-chizers It would have gladdened
my heart to have met you in prosperity
instead of adversely. The son Of Georg-
ian, who fought through the first Revolu
ton, I would be untrue to myself if l
should forget the State in her day of
peril. What though misfortune has be-
fallen our arms from Decatur to Jones'
boro, our cause is not lost. Sherman cam
not keep up his long line of communica-
ton and retreat. Sooner or later he must;
and when that day comes the fate that
befel the army of the French Empire in
its retreat from Moscow will be reacted.
Our cavalry and our people will harrass
and destroy his army as did the Cossacks
that of Napoleon and the Yankee Gene
raj, like him, will escape with only
body guard. How can this be the most
speedily effected9 By the absentees OF
Hoods army returning to their posts
and will they not? Can they see the ban
ished exiles I; can they hear the wall OF
their suffering countrywoman and chill
dren and not come? By what influences
they are made to stay away it is not ne
cessary to speak. If there is one who
will stay away at this hour he is unwor-
thy of the name of Georgian. To the
women no appeal is necessary. They are
like the Spartan mothers Of old. know
of one who has lost all her sons, except
one of 8 years. She wrote that she want
ed me to reserve place for him in the
ranks. The venerable Gen. Polk, to
whom 1 read the letter, knew that wo-
man well, and said it was characters
TIC of her but will not weary you by
turning aside to relate the various Incl
dents 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
and the step turn They have one duty
to perform !; to buoy up the hearts of our
people. know the deep disgrace felt
by Georgia at our army falling back from
Dalton to the interior of the State. But
I was not OF those who considered Allan
to lost when our army crossed the Chat
tahoochee. resolved that it should not,
and then put man in command who
knew would strike manly blow for the
city, and many Yankees blood was
made to nourish the soil before the prize
was won. 1t does not become US to re-
vert to disaster. Let the dead bury the
dead. Let us, with one arm and one ef-
fort, endeavor to crush Sherman. am
going to the army to confer with our
Generals. The end must be the defeat of
our enemy. 1t has been said that I aban-
doned Georgia to her fate. Shame upon
such falsehood. Where could the author
have been when Walker, when Polk, and
when Gen, Stephen ID. Lee was sent to
her assistance. Miserable man. The
man who uttered this was scoundreL-
He was not man to save our country
Ii knew that General did not possess
the right qualities to command, would l
not be wrong if he was not removed p
Why, when our army was falling back
from Northern Georgia, / even heard
that I had sent Bragg with pontoons to
cross it to Cuba. But We must be charit-
able. The man who can speculate ought
to be made to take up his musket. When
the war is over and our independence
won,-and we will establish our indepen-
will be our aristocracy? l
hope the limping soldier. To the young
ladies l 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. Rut should theY know of any