A grateful people
will not fail to recognize you and to bear you in loved remembrance.
Well may it be said of you that you have 'done enough for glory,'
but duty to a suffering country and to the cause of Constitutional
liberty claims for you yet further effort. Let it be your pride to
relax in nothing which can promote your future efficiency; your one
great object being to drive the invader from your soil, and, carrying
your standards beyond the outer borders of the Confederacy, to wring
from an unscrupulous foe the recognition of your birthright and
independence."
Within the year from the fatal victory at Bull Run the South had through
bitterness, tears and defeat at last found herself. Under the firm and
wise leadership of Davis, her disasters had been repaired and her army
brought to the highest standard of efficiency.
At the head of her armies now stood Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
Their fame filled the world. In the west, Braxton Bragg, a brilliant and
efficient commander, was marshaling his army to drive the Union lines
into Kentucky.
From the depths of despair the South rose to the heights of daring
assurance. For the moment the junta of politicians led by Senator Barton
were compelled to halt in their assaults on the President.
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