The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-29
SPEECH OF GOV. Jackson,
OF MISSOURI.

On Thursday evening last n large crowd as. 4.
| sembied in front of the Spots wood House 10
get a look at Governor JACKSON, and. II possi
BILE, to hear from his lips an account Of affairs
| in Missouri. In response to loud and repeat
| ed calls for him, the Governor appeared In
! from; of the hotel and was in troduced TO the
assemblage by a gentleman whose name we
| were unable TO learn.
After the cheers which greeted the Cover
nor had somewhat subsided he addressed TIE
| assembly as follows:
| Ny friends Of Fireinid and of the Southern
con(tderacy. who have assembled here to.
| night, greet you with the warmth of an
| Overlooking heart. Had not similar scenes
on my way to this place, in demons tration of
the interest Of the South ern people in the
| cause In which l am engaged, accustomed me
10 them, this kind reception might have taken
me oy surprise. / take it, however, as no
| compliment 20 my self personally. i think l
| understand very we'll this dem ons tratiou n nd
| all other welcomes that have greeted me on nv
| way hither. 1t Is but the pxpression of the
profound earnestness OF Sou thern men in the
| glorious cause In which we are all engaged to
| which my energies are pledged, and in which
| my life. fortune and honor is forever enIis ted
| iApplause
doubt not you want to hear something of
| Missouri. 1Noices "Yes; tell us about her 2'l
| The troubles you have had here the difficul-
| ties you have surmounted, Missouri has fal t
and encountered 10 a far greater extent The
| people of Missouri are more divided than the
| people of Virginia. The inSidious Influences
| OF the enemy have for years been brought l.,
| bear on her in the effort to surround the Sou tn
| with Il "wall of fire. occupying as she does
| the position on the left flank of the Southern
| States. On account of the gacgrapbi-
| cal situation of Virginia and Nj ssouri
| ii is apparent TO the mind Of all that
| these St es must be the great battie-f fl Ids
npon which this war is to be waged, if NJ.
Lincoln shall think proper TO continue it..
had hoped, however and l sun have some
nope, that after the terrible defeat and dread
| full Slang hter which his minions met with
| at Manassas the other day, he will look at the
thing properly and be governed by reason in
stead of ftnati' ism, and cease this war be
fore the sun goes down TO morrow night II
ne has been laboring under the delusion that
he could conquer the Southern people, the
q 'ttle which was fought the other day at
Manassas junction ought to be satisfactory
evidence to him tn II such thing is utterly
i'm possible. He ought to know that history
presents no case where such a people as the
Sou thern States contain, with such resources
10 back them, with such interests at stake
with such courage to nerve their arms and
such principles 70 inspire their hearts, ever
were conquered And all who like Lincoln,
attempt The hazard 'us experiment, will learn
from the book OF bloody oisaster that they
never can .io De &c co. gnersa lContlnu cheer
sympathze deeply with the people of Vir-
ginia, we'll as you do with the people OF
Mis-ouri AS / before remarked, the geo.
graph zeal position of the two States makes
them the battle grounds by necessary copse-
qnence. We are placed in the front ranks
we occupy the Outposts. If these are taken it
cannot be expected the citadel will long hold
ont. Hence, l have everywhere, from the
time l entered the State of Arkansas until l
reached this place, invoked my f-llo citi-
Zens 10 rally to the rescue; if they did not
want to see their own homes in flames, their
own firesides desoiated, they must march
forthwith, either TO Virginia or Missouri
meet the invader face 10 face, and drive him
from the soil, or die In the noble endeayor.-
fOheers
know you desire to hear something spe.
cialy about Missouri Well, we have had
some little skirmisbing there; we have 10 taste
for standing off and looking on, and when we
get close to the enemy, we are bound To make
him smell our powder We had a little skir-
mi n at Bonneville, where l had but six hun
dred men, and half of them uneq uipped-the
enemy having twenty seven hundred well
drilled soldiers Although il was unwise to
make any stand against such Overwhelming
ODDS, my men could not resist the opportunity
of taking shot or two before retYeating -
We lost three men and they lost nine. We
continued on the retreat ten days two
weeks, with enemies all around me, with
forces sent to In tercept my road, comn2u-
nicatiOnS with friends cut off, and rein
forcements could not reach me in large bodies;
my friends came TO me in squads of fves, tens,
III
come, and awaited them. At length l had
a sufficient force TO make stand. On the 5th
of July the enemy appeared, numbering TWEEN
ty five hundred men, under com mand Of Col
Siegel. We routed them, drove them four
teen miles, and from every position they took
and The last we heard of them they were still
running Laughter and cheers 1t was done
exclusively by Missouri troops.
Another battle we had q day or two after
wards, and think it is the greatest fight Of
the war, although upon small scale Col.
Cook had raised regiment OF 500 men, most
iy Dateh. These he quartered in two large
barns. Two OF my Captains, Hall and Stone,
wi b their comp tnies, consisting of $50 men,
went to these barns before daylight and
slaughtered the enemy like hogs, killing go OF
them, putting the rest to hight, and getting
every gun the scamps had loheers J There
has been some little sklrmishing on the north
side OF the Missouri River. of which, how
ever, can give no account, having seen moth
ing bat telegraphic reports from that region
The day alter the 9th of uly battle, was
met by the gallant McCulloch-Ben McCul-
loch-yOu all know him. Cheers ] That
gallant soldier had marched tor two days and
nights. He knew the enemy was after me
He was fifteen hours too late, but it WAS not
his fault. have been mortified my fellow
citiz ms of Virginia. TO see it published in your
papers that that gallant officer and myself
had difficulty after the battle My friends,
if had the power, and desired to make man
who should stand the representative of
manhood, and combine within himself all
that is excellent in human charact ter, know
not the model / would sooner take than the
gallant, noble, brave McCulloch. [Cheers ]
With eight thousand men he came " our as
sistance, with troops from Texas, Arkansas,
and Louisiana. One regiment from this lat
ter State was the first and best / ever saw.
They came all the way on foot, they came to
fight and not to retreat. In addition to this
force he brought TO my aid his high military
genius, his resistless energy and brave and
fearless heart. tCheers Gen Polk has or
dered to my assistance thirteen thousand men,
and they are now on their way to the battle
field tOheers
shall return as soon as the cars can take
me to the State of M issouri. / shall G. TO the
field, and there 1 shall remain until the in
V der Is driven from our soil, or we are con-
qner9d. lCheers. do not expect the latter
to take place. Such men as we have can never
be conquered, [cheers because they are fight
ing for that which is dearer than life itself
their rights [Oheers. / have left behind me
wife, children, home, everything that is dear
10 man My men are in the same condition
We would be worse than towards if we gave
up the contest with anything less than life.
loud cheers
In the great battle lately fought-the battle
of Davis, Beaursgard and John- ton--our men
exhibited u foretaste of what Lincoln's me-
malls may expect III every contest that is to
follow Any set OF raw troops who can, with
moth ng but bowie knives, charge upon the
bayonets OF regulars, as our men did in the
late battle, can never be whipped. There Is
no instance upon record where raw re-
cruits were known to make such bold,
daring, slashing charges right up to the
mouths CT cannon, manned by veterans, and
take them, as did our men on that occ sion.
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