Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-10

g profound regret InAS such sPeSSh
should have been made, thereby showing
that, even in the South, it is regarded as a
cry of despair, and confession of the ut
ter rottenness of the Confederacy. The
leading points in the speech sra the fol-
lowing:
OF Sherman's position he says
fisherman cannot keep up his long line
of communication and retrest. Sooner or
later he must and when that day comes
the fate that befel the army OF the French
Enpire in its retreat from Moscow will be |
reacted. Our cavalry and our people will |
harrass and destroy his army as did the !
Cossacks that of Napoleon: and the I an
kee General, like him, will escape with |
only body guard
This terrible rout of Sherman IS to take
place if the absentees of Hoods army will
only return to their posts. And Davis
asks:
Can thew see the banished eziles; can
thew hear the wall of their suffering coun-
tryWomen and children and not come Z By
what influences they are made to stay
| away 1t il not necessary TO speak. II there
ia one who will stay away at this hour he
is unworthy of the name OF Georgian
Davis then eulogizes the devotion ofthe
Southern women, and asks them to buoy
up the hearts off the people by compelling
the young men to go back to the. army
s. Davis then replies to the charge that
he had abandoned Georgia and expressed
the extremity of danger to which he had
been brought.
It has been said that abandoned Geor-
gia to her fate. Shame upon such false
hood. Whers could the author have been
when Walker, when Polk, and when Gen.
Stephen D. Lee, were sent to her assist
ance. Miserable man. The man who ut
tered this was a scoundrel. He was not 8
man to save our country. If he knew
that General did not possess the right
qualities to command, would not be
wrong if he was not removed? Why,
| when heard our army WAS falling back
from Northern Georgia, even heard thai
had sent Bragg with pontoons to cross
| it to Cuba. But we must be charitable.
, He then adverts to the Importance o.
holding Macon.
The City OF Macon'is filed with stores
sick and wounded. It must not be aban
! doned when threatened, but when the en-
emy comes, instead of calling upon Hood
army for defence, the old men must fight
and when the enemy are driven beyont
, Chattanooga, they too can join in the gen
, eral rejoicing.
His anxiety for reenforcements ha
obliged him to come to terms on the sub
: iect of an exchange. The telegraph in
: forms US that he is now ready to exehang
) ali the prisoners taken about Richmond
both black and white, On this subject h
said at Macon:
Your prisoners are kept as sort c
+ Yankee capital. l have heard that one c
e their Generals said that their exchang
would defeat Sherman. l have tried ever.
means, conceded everything to effect a
exchange, but to no purpose. Butler, tn
beast, with whom no Commissioner woul
: hold intercourse. had published in tn
q newspapers that If he w0dId consent tii
+ exchange of negroes, all difficulties mi n
be removed. This is reported as an e
: fort of his to get himself whitewashed b
: holding intercourse with gentlemen.
n an exchange could be effected, don't kno'
10 but that might be induced to recogniz
Butler. But in the future every efoI
will be given, as far as possible to efel
n this end. We want our soldiers in th
field, and we want our sick and wounde
h to return home.
Z; But the confession of despair, and of th
n the unPopularity of rebellion is found
n the fact that @taoO-thirds of EOvr army a1
~ absent some sick, some arosa7dsd, but mo
n Of them sOifhosst Leave"
. OF his inability to compel these men
return, and of the impossibility of sendin
rs reinforcements from Virginia, he thl
ID speaks:
ct The man who repents and goes back
y his commander voluntarily, appeals stronl
ee " to executive clemency. But suppose
stavs away until the war is over, and h
comrades return home, and when ever
II mans history will be told, where will
shield himseli2 1t is upon these reae
he tions that 1 rely to make men return
be their duty, but after comforting with oJ
e. generals at headquarters, if there be al
o+ other remedy it shall be applied. l 10y
my friends, and forgive my enemies.
y have been asked to send reinforcement
lr from Virginia to Georgia. In Virginia Il
disparity in numbers is just as great as
is in Georgia.
iIF oNE-HALF THE MEN THAT ARE A
:. SENT" he continues, twill return, Snerma
~ can be defeated. With that hope go
the front But may not realize til
hope"
re Such is the substance of Dsvis's spee'
e. at Macon-a wall of despair that promis
IN the speedy overthrow of the rebellion,
,s- our armies are but properly reinforced al
IS the spirit of our people does not flag.
II Nothing more is wanting to convince t
North of the speedy overthrow of the I
bellion than to know how hopeless is Il
work which Davis proposes to accomplis
s In his speech at Montgomery. the reb
a President said " He s0ould not attempt
to conceal the fact that 0s haze erpel
elced great disasters Of late" adding tn
oy "he had been disappointed IN all his Gale
fe lqtions IN Northern Georgia" His dissa
he pointment consisted in the fact that he h
lis expected Hood to repel Sherman and
wade Tennessee and Kentucky. he al
declared that he had "repugnance
at the Office of chief executive, and desi
for an active part in the field incident
~ military ambition and some faith in
capacity for arms.'
In conclusion, he expressed the fOllowil
n opinions, which are not very fattering
re, he Democratic idea that the Union CT
ie- be restored by negotiation;
He desired peace. He had tried to @