The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-15

So full Of dependency, irritability, cm
fusion and extravaganza is the speech q
JEFF. Davis at Macon, that the Charlestn
Mercury hopes to hear he did not talk =
reported, and others grieve sorely to b
convinced that the report is cOrrct. Jed
says:
:.You have not many men between eight
cen and forty-five left. The boys, God
bless the boys. are, as rapidly a. they b.
come old enough, going to the field.'
The admission that there are not mann
men left between the ages of eighteen an1
forty Live is one seldom made ID any coup
try-that it has been forced from Davk
who is not an incautious person, II start
ling evidence of the exhaustion Of u
fighting material OF the Confederacy-'
Again JET observes:
"In Virginia the disparity in numbefsb
just rs great as it is in Georgia.
Another observation which he mak0
seems to be little inconsistent with -
invocation of Gods blessing upon the boJA /
for all going into the army. It is this:
ut is not proper for me to speak OF T.
number of men in the field, but this M
say, that two-thirds of our men are absonk
some sick, some wounded, but most =
them absent without leave.'
IT we put together the statements thA
there are not many men left of proper NIL
itary age, aud that two-thirds Of those who
are LETT are not in the army, we must roaca
the conclusion that the rebel armies ~
not very large. But jeff does not feel ve1 !.
strong on his own account. Just now, end
seeks to shelter himself behind Gen. La
He says:
II counseled with that great and brsw
soldier, Gen. Lee, upon all these points"
He does not feel any great condolences
his own authority, saying:
ssYf nnn. half "a mon ypnw ahSnrt with
out leave, will return to duty, We can q
feat the enemy. With that hope am y
ing to the 'front.'"
As the laws Of the rebel Congress cor
script everybody. the appeal TO deseften
to return is confession ct utter incapaci!
to execute the laws. $3.50
The truth is JEFF Davis is intensely On |
popular in Georgia, just now, and had
confess his weakness to excuse himself 4
recent copy of the Milledgeville G0,etteat
tackled Davis fisrcely for permitting -
fall of Atlanta, accusing him Of indi1E
ence, malice or stupidity. s'RichmonA"
says the Gazette, Ills not so important = |
was Atlanta. With the fall Of this stroo9- |
hold was lost the entire control Of ~
States between Georgia and the MissisaF
pi." It was further stated in the sausst'
ticle that the safety of Georgia was theal.
walton of the Confederacy. At the 0tha
CnU Va SAO NVnsCu~S uCy SAC HSsCuA4Ossss
aminer makes outcry as follows:
"Let troops be brought to Virginia VIZ,
out delay from anywhere. The safey
our lines cannot fairly he Left 70 L.
present army, which has too great ? -
on it already. An accession to our 49, X.
from some quarter is the sore need o.
hour-the hour Of final trial, which ncss
at hand. That some new divisions o. IN
troops should instantly he brought to -
mond, and that its vast population
gro women and children, who Ell
everything, should besent forthwith a~y
are the evident and pressing wants o.
OCCASION" .A
So we perceive there is consternations
both ends Of the Confederacy, and %
q demand, urged with the fury OF desgs
| for reinforcements from the Other, w.
JEFF DAVIS declares there are but Few
Of the military age left, and two-tnil;S
them so demoralized that it is impoe
| to force them into the army.
| All of which shows that this wouid ~, ~
admirable time for the people OF the ~ ,O.e
to fall upon their knees and beg the ss s.,a
ling and whipped aristocracy of the 0os'
for grace and pardon.