Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-04
VOL. 81 NO. 8.
A Southern flew Of the War;.
SpeeCh of Alex. III. S(eDhena.
From the Rlehmond Dispeteh, Jtl, q.

| FROM the hlchmond Dispatch, July "a.
Vice President Stephens, who in on his
way to the South, stopped at Charlotte, N.
u, Friday night, and was serenaded BY a
large concOurSe OF citizens.
In reply he made them an able sbeeEb
OF about an hour in length. He commenc.
ed by alluding, to the recent invasion
Of Maryland and Peunsylvania BY General
Lees army and tbat it had &Bjpped
the enemy ON their own soil aud Obtained
vast supplies Tor our own men, and was
now ready to again meet the enemy on a
new field. Whatever might be the move
ments and objects Of Gen. Lee had entirs
confidence in his ability to accomplish
what be undertook, for in ability and in.
tellect he was bead aLd shoulders above
any man in the Yankee army.
He commended Gen. Lee for keeping his
own secrets, and told the people not u be
| discouraged because they did not hear
from Oeo. Lee over bis own signature
He woald come out ell right in the end.
Mr.. Stephens neat spoke Of the surren.
der OF ViTksburg, and said that It was not
an occurrence to cause Encouragement or
gloom that the loss of Vicksburg was not
as severe blow o. the loss Of Fort pilI6w.
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 pla
ces.
Suppose, said he, we were to lose Mo-
bile, Charleston, and Richmond, n yeo;ld
not effect the heart Of the Coufederac:Iv. We
could and would survive, and finally ee-
cure our independence. He was not at all
discouraged at the prospect be peVer had
the blues. himself, and had no respect for
| ''croaksrs."
The enemy had already appropriated
twenty-seven hundred millions of dollars
and one million Of men for our suisgation.
and after two years war has utterly fail
ed, and il the war continued two wears
longer they would fail to accomplish our
sutJugation. So far they bad not broken
the shell Of the COnfederacy.
In the Revolutionary war the British at
one time had possession Of North Carolina,
South Carolina, and other States thew
took Philadelphia and dispersed Congress,
and for long time bad complete sway In
tie colonies-yet they did not conquer our
| foreiathers.
10 the war of 1912 the British captured.
tue capital OF the nation, Washington CITY,
and burnt it, yet they did not conquer us /;
and II we are true TO ourselves row, true to
| our birth.rights, the Yankee nation will
utterly fail to suhjugate Us.
SutJugation would be utter ruin and
eternal death to the southern people and
all that they hold most dear.
lie exboEted the people to give the gov.
eminent cordial support, to frown down
all croakers and grumLlers, and to remain
united and to fight to the bitter end for lib
erty and independence.
AZ fr reconstruction, said Mr.. Stephens
such thing was impossible--sueh an idea
must not be tolerated for moment.
Reconstruction would not end the war,
but would produce q more horrible war
than that IN which We are DOW engaged.
The only terms on which we can obtain
permanent peace is final and complete sep
aratiou from the North. Rather than cub
NIT to anything short Of that, let Us all re
solve to die like men worthy Of freedom.
In regard to foreign intervention, Mr..
Stephens advised bis hearers to build no
hopes on that awhile. He did not believe
that the leading foreign powers ever in
tended that the North and South shouId be
again united-tbey preferred that the sen.
arati0n should 0s peImanent-but the con.
sidered both sides too strong now, and did
not deem it good policy on their part to in.
terfere and end the war.
Foreign Eations see that the result Of the
war will be to establish a despotism at the
North, and are therefore waiting to allow
it to continue a while longer.
The whole tone of Mr.. Stephens speech
was very encouraging, and showed not the
slightest sign of dependency.
lie concluded by expressing entire con.
tidence in the ability of the Cunfederacy
to maintain our cause and achieve indie
pendeuce.