The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-18
A Cry OF Despair from south Carolina.
THE HoTDED OF TREASON IN TERRIBLY DEMoRAL

From the Charleston Mercury Jan I2l
The condition OF this military department as embraced
within the limits Of Georgia and south Carolina il anv
thing but satisfactory any man who Is aware OF facts
and has capacity To understand their bearing We pre-
sumo there is no one in this department to whom the
condition OF our present military organizations Is kss
satisfactory than 10 he General compand.rg Probably
there is no one 80 Thoroughly aware Of the mentrok
disor0onirdtson at prevails ctatx corps sections
OF bis command Yet 1t would scarcely be fair 10 hold
him responsible for this condition Of things His depart
ment has boon newly turned into his hands and many OF
the troops arc new TO him and to this department They
came 70 him under the command OF imbeces no has re-
f Sas en nerd a srss ss and outlaws What
stop TO inquire The time has boon short 10 do much
and the forces have been much scattered But the very
last mornons ere arriving, when all must be done that Is
70 be DONE when all must be done that can be DONE
The enemy does not intend TO wait upon our leisure
And there 10 much 70 do.
Before bringing ourselves TO face the enemy Il Ia abso
utely essential that those In command bring themselves
to face the vital evils existent within lines The
pd Travelling Is ssrGigto des7ucticn The
crisis OF the confedciacy has arrived IN fatal earnest
The result Of TIE nezt sis month"; acu bring tse coevocy
&c srGsma o. T1 rsinsaIc noMsr "nou. reform
government IN which reform IL Important But reform
In our armies Is esscntial-is vital Without IL the
death kneE OF tho confcderrcy is already toed With
the proper reforms made he Is coward who carries his
heart Ia bis boots There arc men In the land-tbero m
light IN the land II s the mbeee that sick at heart
Is the cownrd whose gtomach IL weak There ~ moth.
ing before that be overccme but 70 do III there
must be new state Of things instituted We say again,
there must be nerve. Men In command must not be
afraid 10 dc-they not DE afraid 20 kill Omccrs
must bo Ellsdnot mare private3 Reform must begin
Of the top rot at the bottom OF the service To reach
the private, captains must DO shot wo want no childs
play-we want M army.
What is man life 20 the institutions and the liberty
OF the country Nothing Let old things pass away
let Ne have new condition Of thirga We soan
Jf. DarS Jootery; we want one atom Of brains, one
spark Of neryo-we want more Of Bnhamisrn-wo
wrnt no mermads with heads Of monkeys and fshy at
tachments al the neither extremiieswe men, real
mon, earnest men-horh Csvolsnd, Gsorgia and Scuh
C0rotsno are IN no mood ion t0aing. They have had
enough OF this sort OF thing They don't intend have
much more South Carolina don't intend TO he con-
guered She intends 70 tight She don't intend 20 be
hampored or turned 10 the enemy. When she is
thus dealt with, there viii bc reckoning-a reckoning
where there win be no respocters t peron. We want
Implicit order and calm fbyocast South Carolina
Commonwealth Of order; We expect order, and de-
mand order. We are accustomed 70 order. We not
used 70 pwless ruianism we don't intend to sufer II
Tbe General In command Of this department II .
thorough sodier trained and tried We believe that he
VIII pcffotrc this duty We look 70 him 70 do un0inch
iney without fear favor, aGeccA-regardkss Of pct
uioggen and petucoats In boots This Is q community
o. law Just one hundred aud ninety two years ago
bsEhn cur polo ssissenoe uaass NE authority o. Ne