The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-11-25
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bodies which saw the light nrst, very likely, /,
Holland. The day before the dedication Liacol,
arrived, and was called out COZ speech, aud cav
forth the following dlsntfcd address:
81 appear before yoss, fellow citizens, merely Il
thank yon far thls compliment. The inferencc
very iair one that voH would hear me fos lit,
while, at least, were I to commence to make ,
pose Of doing 50, and f,s several very substantial
reasons. The most safsfaRtlal Of these 10 that
have no speech TO make llaughtesl. II Is some
what important In my position that 0ae should NO
say any foolish things II he help IT, and
very often happens that the only way 10 help II /
I" say nothing at ali. (Renewed iaught, r.
"beieving that that is my precise position thi
eve.ine, must beg Of yasio excuse me from say
Seward was also serenaslfd, and made a speech
old and u?wards,' and that forty years ago he fore
saw. "openins before this people, graveyard
that was to be filed with bsAthers failing In mu
fual poiiticai combas.'' A,l<ding to his hope tina
this. would be the last alfatcmais was on TIL.
continent, old Peckenif gave the following pie
ture Of the expected sahjngation Of the sesrh:
s'Then we shall know that we a,e not enen,iss s.
but that We are friends and brothers. Then W.
| shall know that this Union IL reality and ".
| shall mourn, am sure, with sincerity, equal,
over the grave ut the misguided, whom we have
to his last resting place. with pity tor
error and with the same heartfelt grief with which
we mourn over his brothers, by wh0se hand raised
In defence 0f his Government, that misguided bro
ti,er perished."
The big gun Of the occasion, of course, was the
Hon. Edward Everett, of "Bosting, - that second
a,y and most disgusting edition ana reprcseuta-
tive Of the Pilgrim Fathers. After giving .hre.
columns to the battle OF Gettysburg, he mentioned
the question Of estate Rights,'' which caused
that ba tie, In verv few words, and begged his
hearers pardon for noticing ''th.s wretched absurd
Iy." about the present feeling In the South this
man said:
S'I do not believe there has been a day since the
election nf President Lincoln wi,en if an ordi-
nance Of accession could have bern fairly submit
ted TO the mass Of the people, In any single South,
ern State "a majority Of ballots would have be- en-
given In its favor. No, not In South Carolina. Ii
is not possible that the majority of the people even
of that state, IT peimttfed, without fear or favor
to give ballot on the question. would have aban-
doned leader like Pettigru, and all the memo: les
Of the Gadsdens, the Ruticdgcs, and the Coles
worth Pinckneys Of the revolutionary and cOnsti
iuionai age, to follow the agitators Of the present
day."
With the stiff eorpse4 Of one thousand two hun
dred and eight eighty men lying in "a semi-circle
around him, killed dead Oh the field for the e
press purpose Of giving the lie to all such state
ments, this Massachusetts Yankee stood on the
platform at Gettysburg and read aIond this printed
folly. He follows II by a little truth, however
which we credit to his account:
"In the mex. place, II there are any present who
believe that in addition 10 the effect Of the mill
tary operations of the war, the rnnfscation acts
and emancipation proclamati"ns have embittercd
the rebels beyond the possibility of recOnciiiatio
wOnid request them to reflect that the tone Of the
rebel leaders and rebel press was lust as bitter In
the first months Of the war, nay before gun was
fired, AS il Is now. There were speeches made In
Congress, In the very last session before the rebel
lion, frrOciOus 10 show that their authors were
Under the influence Of real frenzy. Al the presen,
day, IL there Is any disc Elimination made BY the
Confederate press In the affected scnrn hatred and
coniumeiy with which every shade Of fpinion and
sentiment in the loyal States s treated, the bit
terest contempt 10 bestowed upon ih0se at the
North who still speak ihe language OF compromise,
and who condemn those measures of the Admins
tratfon which alleged 10 have rendered the re-
turn of peace hopeless
Exactly. The hatred and contempt for the
North has not In three years abatcd oue jot oil
titile nor will 1t in three bundled. There are re
fugees and exiles from the frontier who have not
had home for three long years, aud who have
suffered untold prlvaons, and who TO day couldn
buy good sized poe -handkcr with all the
money they have in <he world, and yet these men
have not abated shade In their rhaired-that Is the
word-foi the North. Everett thinks the old flag
aud Butler are very desirable to the South:
"The weary masses of the people are yearl,ing
to see the dear old flag floating again upon the
CaptOs and they sigh for the return Of the peace,
prosperity, and happiness, which they enjoyed UNI
Ger Government whose power was felt only i'll
its blessings"
He forgets the "weary masses - Of the Norts,
who are havirg daiiy strikes for wages that they
may get food, the soldiers wives and sewing
NJ ~ r.
days since, said they were not getting enough to
eat and the political prisoners in the Yankee has
tiles who are pining away under a Government
whose power is p" felt only In its biessings.''
pANKs's EXPEDITION TO TExAs-HIS LANDING.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, speaking of the
Banks expedition TO Texas, gives the following ad
dili0nai particulars Of the demonstration
General Ranks's expedition, which recently SCI
sail from New Orleans, has safely landed in Texas
near the mouth Of the Rio Grande. This river l.
the boundary line between Texas and Mexico, and
has been the channel Of a large cOntraband trade
between the rebels and their abeftOrs In Mexican
territory.
General Magruder, 1t appears, had expected that
General Banks's expedition would attempt the
capture Of Sabine Pass or Galveston. Accordingly y
he his forces along the extreme nortls-
eastern borders of Texas for the defence Of these
points. The advance Of General Franklin up ,hr
bayou Teche, in western Louisiana, Doubtless
tended to confirm MagrudeT's suspicious that Gen
eraI Banks would land ON that pari Of the Texan
coast, which would place hiM within co operative
distance of FrankiiR's supposed Invasion OF the
State.
While Masruder thus prepared himself TO meet
the threatened invasi0n, General Banks made
successful passage across the Cult TO Brax0s san
tiasO, an island about two miles above the mouth
Of The Rio Grande. Upon this island, on the I'd
instant, some OF the troops were Disseminated -
On the following day reconnaissance was made
ty the gunb0ats accompanying the expedition, OIL
the mouth OF the Rio Grande. No enemy was IN
sight and the reaiAder of tha troaps were land
ed. with some difficuity because OF the surf, on
the northern bank Of the river, near lie outh and
about twenty Eve miles from Brownsville.
Near Brownsville Is Fort Brown, large earth
work. Az soon our troops had diseubasked
under the protection 0f gunbOats, and were pre-
pairing for forward movement up the river
General Slaughter, who commanded Fort
Brown, evacuated II. squad Of rebel cava'r]
also attempted To destroy Brownsville by IRE be
fore our i0rces could reach Il. The property
hoiders and tIni0ntsts, however, resisted them,
and bloody street fight ensued. At last aec0uni
our troops were pressing forward with all haste
Doabtiess they arrived In time to Illustrate the De
ajgns Of the rebels.
| S,ch IA the news which has been received from
Texas. Gen. Ranks II ness IN position to breal
up the blockade running bssiaess OF the rehels ol
l the Mo Grande, and also ~ watch the movement
| OF the Psench army, II they saasld occupy Mats
moras. which u opposite nsORnsville. The Sc
csesy with which this expeatsi0n was c0nduetet
by Gen Ranks contributed gSeasiy 10 tls success
Tho rshels had no lara thas che lei0 GEande wa
:cs ~ sy scs !.
covers from Ne rpsiss, satesnPi u dive bact az
forces. Ne should beware hOW he asiscks th
sOldIess of slse Uaiea near the 0eW0eneae baeese
6elds af Palo Alto and Rssaea DC ~ Palma
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