Year: 1863




raising of corn and other articles essen
tial to keep the people from starving
He says:


Failing to accomplish our subjection
by the force of arms and the power of
numbers, the enemy has called to his aid
the terrible appliances of aoant and starr-
alton, and is carrying out this savage
and inhuman policy by the wholesale
larceny of slaves, the seizure Of provi-
sions, and even the destruction of agri-
cultural implements Are you, the
planters of Alabama; prepared to aid
in this policy BY pursuing course which
may tend to its accomplishment Look
around you this moment, when the crop
upon which the poor must mainly depend
is not yet planted, and behold the want
and destitution which, notwithstanding
the muni6eent provision made BY public
and private beneyolence, is to be found
at the hearthstones of many whose legiti-
mate protectors have fallen in battle or
are now fighting in defense of your
homes and property. Let as not deceive
ourselves The failure to raise the larg-
est possible quantity of supplies the pres
Upon eur -eaase. '..''''''.'


"The soldier must be fed and his fam
ily provided. for, and our home popula-
ton, white and black, must be supported.
, The experience of the past and the ne
cessities of the present give serious and
solemn warning as to the future. Let
not our armies, which have hitherto, by
the blessing of God, proved invincible,
be conquered or disbanded by the want
of subsistence in their camps, or demor-
allied by the presence of famine in their
homes. These results can and will be
prevented if the planting community
realize their heavy responsibility and
discharge their full duty to the country.
The Legislature of Georgia is called to
re-assemble on the 25th inst, to recon-
slider their late action on this important
subject; and the Confederate Congress,
perceiving the danger, have given timely
notice of its approach by an earnest ap-
peal to the whole country. The indica-
tions of continuance of the war are so
unmistakable, and the necessity of pro-
viding the means indispensable to its
prosecution so urgent, that l have
thought it not improper to unite in the
appeal to that class of our population
through whose active energies and fore
sight alone these means can be supplied.


"In conclusion, beg to call your at
tention to the resolutions recently adopt
ed by the Lincoln Congress, notifying
the Governments of Europe that the
United States was now graphing with
an unprovoked and wicked rebellion,
which is seeking the destruction of the
Republic, that it may build a new power,
whose cornerstone, according to the
confession of its chiefs, shall be Slavery;
that for the suppression of this rebellion,
and thus to save the Republic and pre-
vent the establishment of such power,
the National Gouernraer,t 10 ,err employ
ing armies and fleets, in full faith, that
through these efforts, all the purposes of
the conspirators and rebels will be
crushed. These resolutions, thus ap-
pealing to the anti-Slavery prejudices of
any recognition of the Confederacy, on
the ground that, based upon Slavery
as its cornerstone, it is unworthy of
such consideration. And this Congress
have further resolved, that it is their
unalterable purpose that the war will be
vigorously prosecuted until the rebellion
shall be crushed Thus their resolu-
tions with the proclamations of Abraham
Lincoln, and the dictatorial powers over
the army and treasury with which he has
been recently clothed by his abolition
Congress, give unmistakable evidence of
his wicked policy and purpose. Let the
country be warned by these develop
ments; and especially let the planters of
Alabama, in view of the dangers which
threaten the overthrow and destruction
of their social and political rights, con-
secrate their entire energies and re-
sources in the future, as they have done
in the past, with the firm maintenance of
that righteous cause, upon the triumph
of which depends all they esteem dear
on earth. Your fellow citizen,


JOHN GILL SHORTER,


Governor of Alabama.
PRICES OF GROCERIES AND DRY GOODS
The following is list of prices of q
= 4 Al.