Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-03
Prom the Rieh-rond Dispatch. July p
a soufhern View OF the Sifuatiou-.
Speech OF Alex. ~. >tephens-


Vice Presi,ient Stephens. Who i on his way TO
the South. stopped at Charlotte, n C, FRIDAY
night. and WAS serenaded by a large concourse u
citizens In reply De made them speech Of
about an hour In length. he commenced BY al.
luding 10 the invasion Of MARY land and Pennsyl-
vania by General Lees army; and that il bad
whipped the enemy on their own soil and obtain
ed vast supplies for orr own men. AID was now
ready TO again meet the enemy on new field
Whatever might be the movements and objects
of Gen Lee. he bad entire confidence in his abil-
ity 10 accomplish what he undertook, for in abil
ity and intellect he WAS a head and shoulders
above any man in the Yankee army. He com
mended Gen Lee for keeping his own secrets
ana told the people not 70 be discouraged because
they did not hear from Lee over his own sigma
ture he would come out oil right in the end.
Mr. Stephens next spoke Of the surrender Of
Vicksburg and said il was not occurrence -
cause discoura cement or gloom: that the loss Of
Vicksburg was not as severe a blow as the loss of
Fort Pillow. Island No 10. or New Orleans.
The Confederacy had survived the loss Of those
points and would survive the loss of Vicksburg.
Port Hudson and other places Suppose, said he,
we were TO lose Mobile. Charleston and Rich
mond, it would not affect the heart Of the Con
federacy We could and would survive such
losses, and finally secure our Independence he
was not at all discouraged at the prospect; he
never la0 the 'DlueS hlmSeif, anu uau 10 re-
spect or sympathy FOR "croakers" The enemy
has already appropriated twenty seven hundred
millions of dollars aud one million OF men for
subjugation. and. after two years war, has
utterly failed, and il the continued two years
longer they would fail to accOmD ish our sublugs-
ton. So far they bad not broken the shell of the
Coniederacy. In the Revolutionary war the
British at one time had possession of North Car
DINA, South Carolina. and other States; they
took Philadelphia and dispersed Congress, and
for a long time held almost complete SWAY in the
CDlonies-yet they did not conquer our fore
fathers. In the war Of 1879 the British captured
the capital of the nation. Washington City, and
burnt il, yet they did Lot conquer US; and if we
are true To ourselves now. true To our birth
rightc. the Yankee nation will fail TO subjugate
US Subjugation would be utter ruin and eternal
death to Southern people and all that they hold
most dear
He exhorted the people to give the government
a cordial support, TO irOwn down all crOakers and
grumblers. and To remain united and fight TO the
bitter end for liberty and Independence As for
reconstruction said Mr.. Stephens, such thing
was impossible. such idea must not be tolera
ted for an instant. Reconstruction would not
end the war; but would produce Il more horrible
than that in which we now engaged. The
only terms on which We can obtain permanent
peace, is final and complete separation from the
North. Rather than submit To ANYTHING short of
that let us all resolve To die like men worthy Of
freedom. In regard to foreign intervention. Mr..
Stephens advised his hearers to build no hopes on
that vet awhile. He did not believe that the
leading foreign powers ever intended that the
North and South should he again united-they
preferred that the separation should be perma
nent-but they considered both sides too strong
now. and did not deem il good policy on their
part to interfere and end the war. Foreign ia
tons see that the resuli of the war will be to es.
tabsh despotism ut the North and are there
fore waiting to allow il to continue while
! longer
The whole tone of Mr. Stephens speech was
very encouraging, and showed not the slightest
sign of dependency. He concluded by express
ing entire confidence ia the ability of the Confed
eracy 10 maintain our cause and achieve indie
pendence