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 1ESIDENT TO THE 
 
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 SOLDIERS OP 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
 
 two years of a warfare scarce- ; attention to their affairs, with the intention of 
 y c-ftfffHUH L»riiii^UJB^«r«ftgH ^tt^oAnd fearful j returning, and then have shrunk from the con- 
 i. wrarfi nT in whic li*y o u r 
 tide have illustrated your conn- 
 
 sequences of their violation of duty; that others 
 again have left their posts from mere I 
 try an not only gratitudeat home, but I and desire of change, each quieting the upbraid- 
 
 persuading himself 
 that his individua souW have no in- 
 
 fluence od ; I - esult. 
 
 though far less die 
 ful than the desire t avoid danger or I 
 from the sacrifices required by patriotism) are, 
 nevertheless, grievous faults, and place i 1 
 • if our beloved country and of every th 
 hold dear in imminent peril, i repeal that the 
 men who now owe duty to the country, who 
 led out and have not yet reported 
 for duty, or who h ed themselves from 
 
 their posts, are sufficient in [lumber to secure u* 
 now impending. 
 1 call on you, then, my countryme 
 to your camps, in obedience to the diet 
 bom r and oi duty, and I summon those who have 
 1 themselves without leave, or who have 
 remained absent beyon^ the period allowed by 
 i oughs, to repair without delay to their 
 da, and 1 do hei 
 that l grant a general pardon ami amnesty to all 
 tnd men within the Confederacy . non 
 e, who shall, with th< 
 trn to their proper p 
 ise will be received t 
 
 admirati ad — your enemies continue a 
 
 which our final triumph must be 
 ble. Unduly elated with their recent suc- 
 they imagine that temporary reverses can 
 or determation, and 
 they are now gathering heavy masses tor a gene- 
 ral invasion, in the vain hope that by a 
 
 bed. 
 ell, my countrymen, what they 
 aims at 
 than the extermination of your* 
 children. They 
 not plunder. They pro- 
 of victory i hat your homes 
 i il toned amon _ I • whose 
 
 have sjampeil infamy on their 
 govern. vile re- 
 
 ad liglit '. ' incendiarism 
 
 whene. a reach your Homes, and they 
 
 debauch Uic intern > race, hitherto docile and 
 contented, bj i of the vilest 
 
 treachery, Conscious of 
 imate warfare, 
 il. 1 - to ms • tey should be 
 
 the men who 
 ,H7jVf rule i: n to confer 
 
 nd to outrages which delay beyond twenty days after the first publi- 
 ij or to listen to a i for 
 
 ■ ording to the . 
 
 rivili/-'' 
 
 and the utter 
 ■■ families and your coun- 
 try, i is within your reach, Veu 
 our hands to grasp it. — 
 bat those 
 who are- called to the field by every motr 
 can naove the human heart should promptly* rc- 
 
 and by their 
 
 comrade front of the foe, and thus so 
 
 if the Confederacy as to 
 
 'i» men now absent from their 
 
 posts would, if present in the field, suffice to 
 
 ■ ! '. i ween our force and 
 
 ad when, with any ap- 
 
 quality, have we failed to be 
 
 victorl 
 
 I believe that but few of those absent are act- 
 uated by unwillingness to serve their country; 
 but that many have found it difficult to resist 
 visit to their homes and the 
 "in whom they have been so long 
 separated: that others have }^t\ for temporary 
 
 •roclamatiou in the State in which 
 
 bsenl i.n date of the pul 
 
 tion. This amnesty and pardon shall extend to 
 all who have been accused, or who ; 
 eonvi ■ ab- 
 
 le without leave, or desertion, excepting only 
 who have been twice cod 
 tion. 
 
 Finally, I conjure ray countrywomen — the 
 wives, mot h I the Con- 
 
 to use their all-powerful influen < 
 aid of this call, to add one crowi 
 
 which their patriotis and 
 
 itantly offered on their country's iltar, and 
 ke care that Done who owe ■ ■ 
 field shall be sheltered at home from ti, 
 ing deserted their duty to theu 
 to their country and to their 
 
 Given under my hand, and the seal of the 
 I derate States, at Richmond, bait 
 of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand 
 eight hundred and sixty-three 
 
 JEFJFER80N D \ 
 By the President : 
 
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