Smyrna times., 1863-06-11

they were loeated, and how much more vaIla-
BE they would become under the policy of
emancipation. He reviewed the cause of the
war, the doctrine of State Rights" and our
duty to respect their rights while they respect
ed ours, but ROW that the conspirators had ig-
nOred the Consultation, he was for using every
measure-negrO soldiers and whatnot-to re-
duee them to allegiance
Judge Bond of Baltimore was the next spea
ker, and for half an hour with his brilliant wit
and sarcasm at the expense of the Slave0cratic
COpperheads, kept the audience in broad
grin of laughter. He took strong grounds for
emancipation, cOntrasted the difference between
the enterprise and wealth on the northern and
southern side of Mason and Dixon line, attrb-
uting the great deficiency of the latter to the
blighting effects of slavery He showed that
there was nearly as much wealth in the seven
nearly n-slayeholding counties bordering on
Pennsylvania, as in the whole thirteen genuine
slave counties besides.
The next speaker introduced was the Hon
Henry Winter Davis, of Baltimore, who was
received with rapturOus applause and greeted
as the orator of the day, which distinction he
certainly won. In his inimit;ble style, rich
language, striking ideas and burning eloquencc
held the audience spcll-bormd for an hour as
he depicted the horrible effects of the rebellion
the debasing, corrupting influences that enter
ed 1t, the contempt for the southern sympatla-
zers protesting loyalty and the disgrace and
infa tbof r.
who have opposed the Guvermnent and tried
to break it down. lie showed the interest we
on this Peninsula had i'll the contest and point
ell out the important interest involved in the
coming Congressional election in this State
tie took strong and unan>wcrable ground for
emancipation as the OnlK means for removing
the cause of contention zeiv war, and clc-
waiting the South to tEigss4ssftion she ouqht to
enjoy in enterprise, trade, commerce and wealth
lie was not for these rapid changes until the
South had made slavery the instrument to de-
stroy us, but now he was for burying CeaSar
and liberating the fair fields Of the South from
the deSpotlSm to which slavery was sinking
| them. Then, and only then, would they rise
and fall IN the line of progress Of their sister
States. The manner in which he met the ar
gumcntS of the Copperheads on the slavery
question, rebutted their arguments and turned
the tables on them, was exceedingly amusing
and langhable. He barbS his arrows with the
kecnest rldlcule that rankles and must be ex-
ceedlngly irritating to the victim on whom it
| falls.
He argued in favor ofusing the negro as sol
dlcrs as one of the best means TO save the lives
OF our own people and weaken the rebellion,
llStanclng the value they were tn Washington.
jackson and Napoleon, and showing that it
was the c0ppcrhCads that were the negro loy-
| a | H. mn, IL, A.
I'VE had no way to take notes the gems Of wit
and piercing arguments that fell from the
speaker; suffice it to say that he took what a
few months ago would have been considered
exceedingly radical and strong ground but
which the rebels and the cOppcrheadS. 10y tn.
prolongatiOn of the war, have forced upon the
people, and there Is no nee di>gui, ,ing the
tact, that the stronger We're his utteranccs and
the nearer he came to what our opponent, call
abotlonlsm the more vehement and pro-
longcd were the applauscs. This change in
sentiment, rlpened in the past few months wa,
surprising even to Union men. and ftly OK
pressed by MIR. Davis in the remark that We
have advrnced two generations in the past two
years; and should the South be able to contin-
ne the war two years longer. by the aid OF
Northern sympathi2ers there cannot be d
union lnan found at that time with any degree
0t squeamlshness on this subject. Sarh tn,
work OF copperheadism
The last speaker was Major Gen Rohev' c.
Schenck, looking every inch the general. and
brave as his acts have shown him to be- lie
reviewed IN torcble language the position oi
the parties, what constituted loyalty and whai
treason, and considered there was no differ, nee
between the Tory Of the Revolution and the
Tory of to-day, only the latter was more exc
crable because willing to break up a govern
ment that had been successfully tried T,
show the difference between this and that day
he lnstanced the hanging of Cheney Glow "r
the very ground on which they were assembled
for giving aid and comfort to the British in the
Revolutionary war
y. B. Smithers then read long letter from
Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson of great merit. which
We hope to be able to publish next week. after
which the meeting adjourned, the time having
arrived for the Wilmington train to return
Thus ended a day that will be mcmorabl,
/. and inspiring in its effects.