The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-10
INIhRESYINH SPEECH or pHk

~u@ll trcOIHia) papers Oh t!tc SnctGh ul
President Davis IN that city Oh the 9TH
instant Il will be read with interest al
this time The President made bis ap
pearancc, accompanied by Generals Beau
regard, Hardce, Cobb, and number OF
other officers, and on being introduced by
Mayor May amid enthusiastic cheers,
spoke as follows:
LojicS amt GcmtiemcH, FfiDtA@ anil ftt-
ioto Citizens 81 Gcoryia:
At the moment Of leaving your State,
after having come hithcr to learn the
exact truth as to the late military opera
tons here, go away much more conf
dent than when came have been to
the army, and return imbucI with the
thought that they are as fully ready now
as ever to meet the enemy, and That if all
who are absent will return, and those
owing service will 90, thirty suns will not
set before no foot OF All invader will press
the soil of Georgia.
Never before was 50 confident that
energy, harmony and determination
would rid the country of its enemy and
give to the women Of the land that peace
thcir good deeds have SO well deserved.
Those who see no hope now, who have
lost confidence, are to me like those Of
whose distorted vision it is said they be
hold spots upon the sun. Such are the
croakcra, who seem to forget the battles
that have been won and the men who
have fought, who forget that, in the mag
nitudc OF those battles and the hcroiSm
of those men, this struggle exceeds all
that history records. We commenced
the fight without All army, without a
navy, without arScnals, without mcchan-
les, without money and without credit.
Four years we have steHmcd Tie tide OF
invasion, and to day are stronger than
when the war began; better able now
than ever to repuise the vandal who is
seeking our overthrow. Once We I'M
ported the cOlnmoncSt articles Ut daily
use, and brought in from beyond our
borders even bread and meat Now the
State OF Georgia alone produces food
enough not only Tor her own people and
the army within 1t, but feeds, ,0o the
Amy 81 Virginia. Once VIE had no arms,
who caluc to II, arm "a Nov we have
arms for all, and are begeiiG men to bear
them ! hia city uf Augusta alone lio-
duccs more powder tiau the army can
burn. All things are fair: ali TIN, Con
tedciacy Is not yet, i'll tie familiar par
lance It the croakcr, "r'arcd cut a.
those declare who spread their own de
spondoncy over thc whole body polite
Voice in the crowd, beyond doubt that
Of lhbcrnian, Three cheers Tor the
Conlcdoracy,' which we've yv,iltroualy
given
From the accents Of that voice. my
friend, | see that y"u haze GENE into tins
country from one that has itself lost It's
liberty, and You may well cNelain three
cheers for the Contclcracy, upon whose
success now alone depends the existence
Of constitutional liberty III the world. /
We are fighting for that principle upon
Us depends its last hope HE Yankees,
in Cndcav0ring to COeice the States, have
lost that heirloom OF their fathers, and
the men Of the South alone must sus-
tain ii.
Oars is not revolution We were a
free and independent people, in States
that had the right to make better gov
ernment when they saw fit They sought
to infringe upon the rights we had; and
We only instituted new government on
the basis of those rights. We are not
engaged in a QuiXotic light ior the
rights of man; our struggle is for inner
tied rights; and who would surrender
them! Let every paper guaranty posi-
BILE be given, and who would submit =
From the grave Of many fallen hero
the blood Of the slain would cry out
against such peace with the murdcrcrs
The women Of the land driven from their
homes; the children lacking food old
age hobblng from the scenes of its
youth the iugitivoS, forced to give way
to the Yankee OpprcsSor, and now hiding
iii your railroads, all proclaim sea OF
bloed that treemen cannot afford to
bridge. There is but one thing to which
We can accedc separate State indtpend
ence. Some there are who speak of re-
with slavery maintained
but are there any who would thus inca
sure rights by property God forbid.
Would you see that boy, with peach.
bloom on biz check, grow up serf--
never to tread the path of honor unless
lac light the torch at the funeral pyre of
his country: Would you see the fair
daughters of the land given over to the
brutality of the Yankees?
If any imagine this would not be so, let
him look to the declarations of Mr.. Lin
coin, the terms he offers; let him read
the declarations of the Northern press
let him note the tone OF the Northern
people, and he will see there is nothing
left for Us but separate independence,
Who now looks for Intervention Who
does not know that our friends abroad
depend upon our strength ut home That
the balance is in our favor with victory,
and turns against Us with defeat, and that
when our victory is unqu: STONED We Will
be recognized, and not till then.
We must do our duty, and that duty
Is tins: Every man able To bear arms
must to the front, and all others
must devote themselves to the cause at
home. There must be no pleading for
>emptiOn. Wcarc fighting for existence;
aud by fighting alone can independence
be gained. Georgia is now invaded
She is calling for succor, and he who, from
Alabama, from Mississippi, from South
('aroiina ruShc9 tn her aid strikes when