The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-10
VOL. XAVI.

/ \ .A~ ~ uR IVs yOub0tSGB-
Is that geing to give ytu peacs' Win tha,
restore your aons aud fashers to their homes
/ VIII that hush tho c-y of the orphan
aud dry the wiiow's tears 2 VIII that All
your land with plenty and prosperitys s.
lar tromlt, can assure you, my fellow-citi-
| zens, it will involve you In new war. ,
| bloodier coDaict than that you now deplore
But you may say, "Mr. Davis and his Co
vernnent will not dare to make war on ,
seeding State, because the right ofsecessior
Is recognized 10 the Constitution Of ths
Confectionery" So it Is, my friends but yor
see by that time you have thrown off thai
CONSTITUTION, you have gotten from under it,
obligations and sworn you would have moth
ing to do with 1t. Do you expect the Con-
iederacy to be bound by document you re
tuse to recognize as cffecting yourselves 2 Sc
soon as you announce to the world you are q
sovereign and independent nation, as a mat
ter OF course the COnfederacy has the right
OF declaring war against you for sufficient
cause, equally with the right she holds OF
declaring war against England, France, or
Holland. This right is Inherent in all SOW
ereignties.
Bus what would Uuc's Abraham say to it.
that old gentleman whose personal pulohrituds
has bsen the suhj oct Of 20 much remark 7
iisaehtsr, and VINO, they fav, can tell more
bad Jokes than l eau. Laughter.1 How
wo"'d 20 receive the intelligence tia, North
Carolina had seeded frcm the Confederacv
ard set up for hsrselfl He would put his
tnnn9 up to his nose and make certain eyra-
tians and ev0luiions with his finger. and s.v
Wall ole N.rth Ca,oliti, I'm tsrnation gl al
ter ss- yer CONS outer JEFF Davis's little con
%arn, i vow; bnt yer don't m can for to say
yer aiit IN ne Union agiG. and uDder the pro
tsciion oi -ita best Cow the world ever saw
b5 hi!a var too long to let you sneak oct ti,s,
W. NJ lC1".iH,.d 'avhser aud appl4u'a -
Why, OF course, fsuch aproceeding on the
part II Nurt. Carolina would securS her ip
dependence, it would only be necessary for
one State to secede at time, to get herself
acknowledged, and after all were out, turn
round aud form such COnfederacy as hes.
pleased them. Old Abraham is fighting ms
not because we are part of the Southern
Coniederacy, but because we are in rebelii IN
TO The Old Union, and SO long as we refused
obedience to him he would continue to fight
us' Inc icea that Lincoln would recognize
us or abate his claim to allegiance and obe
dience, is preposterous. Well, would the
Southern Contederacy recognize your indie.
pendence and make a treaty OF peace with
you' This is entirely owing to contingep-
cies. Ii you went out of the COnfederacy and
declared yourself independent, you would
nave to announce and enforce your position
OF neutrality with reference to the other bel
Igesents, or there would be occasion for war;
when once announced The only railroad
communication between the armies of Gen
Lee and o! Gen. Johnston, bet Ween VIRGINIA
and the remainder Of the Confaderacy. is
through North Carolina. You do not sun
pose We could, rs a neutral State, permit the
Government 1t Richmond to communicate
ACROSS cur territory with its Southwestern
armies. Gen. Lee sends some of his veto
raus down here, takes possession of the
rallroads-the very arteries Of the COnfedc-
racy--and hogs anybody who interferes with
bin, and SO you have two wars instead of
one! There is another consideration in
volved. A great portion of the provisions
that iced Gen. Lees army are obtained in
North Carolina. As neutral State could
not sell them, and he would be forced to
have them, it is not difficult to foresee how
speedily North Carolina would become the
seat OF war. Moreover, his troops would
say: "These fellows have basely abandoned
us, lett us to our fate, and don't deserve our
mercy" Old Abe would send his troops
here also, because we would no longer be
neutral; and SO, il you will pardon the ex-
preston, we would catch the devil Cn oil
sides
Suppose your State should to morrow 20.
coed feom the Coafsderasy, What would be
come of your soldiers ia the army2 Some
would runaway aud CONS home, no doubt
but the mass of them who have followed that
Osu DfsISlo ii X tlfOu2u eUoAo duu IubO tuo
presence of death, and waved its bl;Ody folds
aoon the heights IF An hundred fields of tri
unph, amid tbs chssrs of victory that thrill an
aopIanding worid-d> You sopposs that they
woald traEple it rnier foo. and crawl upon
their oales eIj eat dirt in that sort or Ct gis ?
Great applause. WHO then woEid you rave
70 defend North Csro!ina7 A f5w old msu
and some militia officers.
A Picture Of the Old State in Linco,a's Hands
Suppose, as the last alternative for obtain
ing peace, your Convention should take the
State out af the Confederacy and put it into
the arms Of Lincoln. just SO soon as you
entered into the old Union and swOre to
support that Government, just SO soon would
you have imposed on you your share cf the
Debt, taxes, burthens of the United States
Instead of the Confederate tax collector com
ing around to gather up Confederate curren
cy, (of which 1t must be confessed there is
no great lack in the land, ~ tie Federal agent
comes among you demanding ''greenbacks"
and gold to assist 10 carrying On the war
Instead Of getting your sons back to the
plow and fireside, they would be drafted and
sent into the service of Uncle Sam, to fight
alongside of his negro troops in eXtarminat-
ing the wtie men, women and children of
the South. Is there anything very desirable
about such peace IS that? Extend your
supposit Ons into the domains Of absurdity,
and conceive of the North Carolina soldiers
basely deserting their comrades in arms, in
obedience 20 the proclamation of your Gov
ernor. Why gentlemen, they would not
come home in peace to you. They would
have to fight with their new friends, and
would just cross from the Southern to the
Northern side of the Rappahannock, and
their riff Is would be pointed at the bOsnms
of the brave men who have fought by their
sides through the fierce fire Ut a three years
war Woali that give you peace? se
TO think of these glorious Mort b Carolins
regimehts--you have seen them in the hrst
tush of martial enthusiasm You know than
now unflinehing, though sustained but by
h, Eor and duly; mauy OF them hGed win
yOur soma = these regiments that Dave followed
this SouthsEn Cross over 50 sssny ts;0s already
made cisssic by their OWess, astonishing tie
world and rsisinx the nations on .ipsoe In nd
miratiou Of their heroic achievemsnis--shali
they be asked to frasernize with the miserable
scoundrels who have slaughtered our people,
devastated our homes and even inflicted the
crowning outrage which demons from hsii
pale at, ON our mothers aud sisters ehal! they
BE- asked 70 Join thess Wrete he's il desola'.ag
tho homes Of the very men by whose slcss
they have 80 long fought and suffered
know you would not think Of 0fhs proposition.
thiak can assure y0u to day, with all can
dor and all h0nesty-as dying man 70 dying
nsn-iu the presence of God-thas any step
of this kind you take will only involve you in
a deeper and bioodier war. The catamisies OF
war affect our people to terrible degree
streams Of tsars are running down tha chseks
Of many poor woman; cries for bread come
from many suffering child. Bat lot us trust
that the God Of battles, who gave to our an
cestors through seven long years cloud BY
= a. k~v. will la oaN