The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-02-10

give your lite, If neeth bs, to your country,
and 60 to The field if required Are you
prepared to furnish from your granaries
the provisions necessary TO feed our NJ.
mics Answer me these questions, and
then can tell you what Of the night. II
you answer mo that you are ready TO
discharge tl,rse duties, then can answer
that all is well. 1t is the answer Of our
b. v- s"'diers in the field. There is with
them no 'pi':t of dependency. They
are uubroken in spirits, firm, true, and
steadfast to the cause in which they are
engaged. They stand there band Of
broIhsrs, fesrIess aud defiant Of danger.
Tell me OF the thousands and thousands
that the enemy have concentrated for the
Spring campaign. l tell you that all
fankeedom, assisted by abolition sympa.
thizers throughout the civilizel world.
cannot conquer and sutjuga,e the South
il you are true to yourselves aud your
country. Tremendous applause.
Therefore, choose you this night. Your
fate is in your own bands. Are yeu
looking forward with hope which has
no resting place in your conviction and
is only fitting through your minds, thu,
perhaps xf,er'slI, some foreign interference
will come to our rescue t. save and pre-
serve us from the euetny I Danish i,
from your minds, il is Wild ard vision
ary dream, il 10 a fatal delusion. The
sympathy Of The world is against you
II you are towards YOU will t.l,.r aud
faini when the fac, Is announced TO YOU ::
It you are brave men il will arou,s in
your hearts the spirit Of true mauhood,
which you have inh.ri,ed from your rev
olutlonsry fathers s"l mothers, and make
you 'ruer thaa ever to your country and
her esnss. ID, you Look forward ~uh
some hope TO wins: has been termed the
Conservative element 81 the North, ard
eiPsct to be Preserved and protected Ly
II from Linc"". power aud dominion =
Ba"'sh the fatal delusion. Gonsuv.ri.m
st the North lie, PROSTATE N the dust.
~ their mad effort. TO take a~ay our
l'b.r'ies, they have lost their own. They
are - P"~-rless to aid you a. thev are
to protect themselves. You must either
submit to Lincoln aud aboltivnism, or,
W your own una,tsd a:,n, with the Li..
sing "i k,nd Pc, rdencs, win your hb.
ertv and your independence. Think no,
th,, there is n power xl the North to res
tore to you the Consti,u,isn and tho
C"'on ~ they were. even il you wers
prepared to .cc-p' il. You must enh.r
os irsemen, or yon must submit 10 Lin
eoln, aud he has given you his ,srms.-
lie ds'nsnds At your hands not onl, 10
s~s~r allegiance TO the violated Con,u.
tu'ion Of his country, but obedience to
b" Proslsmstion, hIs sdists aud abolition
ism, with al its attendant evils and bor.
rors.
| put the picture before you. Do ,.u
stxggsr befoI- IL. or does it arou,s vi,b
IN you, ANEW. tho spiri, Of resistance {; the
spirits fr.emsn, worthy Of the sncs,
ny from which We spring Look NJ
these things consider we'll Of them. and
lot u' with hearts pu'gsd and purified by
Affections. appeal TO urM Who a,one
can give victory and success to our arms.
This is our duty ii /. the duty which
brave mon in the field are now perform.
ing. True patriots ~ home will follow
their example. and lot US one and all in
scribe upon our heart, sud ou. bsnpsr..
The common motto, freedom or death" I"
The General closed bi. addrs,s with
bursts OF applause which showed the
hearty rssPonss Of the audience to the
sentiments Of the speaker.