Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-14
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At meeting in Augusta, Georgia, on N,
I'D inst, where JET. Davis made bis farewell
speech 10 the Goorglans, whom he had beer
counting several days, three of the rebel Gen
erals wcro called out. Tho 5sorgia Constitt
Ho"d9iSt gives tho following sketches OF their
remarks, ... ~ -,y-
GEN. BHAURHsARD's SPEECH. Ln
Con. Beauregard being loudly called for,
came forward as soon as tie music had ceased,
aud was received with the widest enthusiasm.
For few moments the gallant soldier stood
inotionless and silent, tho cynosure of ali eyes
and then, as the crowd hushed into perfect
stiffness, proceeded TO return his thanks for the
kind reception rendered hlm--a reception, how.
ever, he could not but think moro a homage 10
the cause than compliment personal TO him.
self. :
After the eloquent speech of the President,
no would not attempt more than few words,
but in those he would say that he was ieady to
go wherever the President should see At to
order him, and 10 fight tho enemy on every
single foot OF ground. he had fred, he cor.
tinued, ne first gun at Fort Sumter, and noped
he should live long enough TO b,e the lsst.
Tremendous cheering. IN to1. voc must e,Dect
occasional reVcrsss-lately so,Iie had befallen us
but, with our people presenting one ,olid
front to the enemy, sdcccss must DO ours. nc
could not believe there was any 90 base "A 10
be slave to Yankee, and for himself he
would seq he would sooner lay down his life.
sec bis family perish, and his property lost
forever, than live 10 see his country under
fanAee rule Enthusiastic applause.
GEN. HARDEE's SPEECH.
Amid loud cries for him, succeeded by chez.
at his appearance, Gen. Hardee proceeded 70 say,
ne was Cunning to the Presidency no orator ss
brutus was, applause, land could not make much
OF aspeech, nor did he take the wgrm welcome he
lad met, preferrng to believe, with Gen. Bean
regard, 1t was more the dIe OF the gallant men
he had so lately commanded. Some curiosity
might be felt as to how things we're going on at
the front, and that curiosity, he, having just
come from there, would endeavor to satisfy.
Inc General thcn proceeded TO give rss,hns Of
the Operations attendant on the fall of Atlanta,
and concluded by saying he had had CONVEX.
sation With the general commanding short
time before his departure, In which that officer
hed told him that on Tuesday next (to-day) he
LoPed to lay his claws upon the State road, and,
having once fixed them there, It was not his
intention to let them lose their hold.
In closing, Gen. Hardee also declared II was
not our fault, only our misfortune, that at
Jones6oro we were unsuccessful, and that nows
Trough few would think so, he could declare
that Macon, Augusta, and Montgomery were
far better covered by the present position Of
the army than before. [Applause.
GENERAL COBB.
AT the conclusion of Gen. Hardee's remarks,
Maj. Gen. Cobb was called for, and, coming
forward, mode some very humorous remarks,
to the Immense deloctation of the crowd, who
greeted the orators bon ntotS with loud ap-
plause, and even when he had finished seemed
TO regret he should have brought his speech to
a sudden close.
At the conclusion of Gen. Cobb's speech, the
resident, accompanied by Gen. Hardee and
suite entered the cars, and, amid he cheers Of
me people and music by the band, took his
dcpa1ur, for the capital.