Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-08

speech of JEFF. Dayis as having been delivered
In that city eept. 9Ji .T07.
ysrr. MEETS rus oEoRahss IN ADv.RsIrr.
Ladies' and Gentleman, Friends and Ftflop CT
i.rnH II would have gladdened my heart to
have met you in prosperity instead of sdvcr.
sIty. But friends are drawn together In sd.
versity. The son Of Georgian, who fought
through the fret Revolution, would be untrue
to myself should forget the State In her day
OF peril. What though misfortune has befsl-
lea our arms from Decatur TO Jonesboro', our
cause IL MT lost.
JEFr. Will LET SHERMAN orr WITH ONLY A
BODY GUARD.
Sherman cannot keep up his long line Of
communication aud retreat. Sooner or later
he must; and when that day Gomez, the fate
that befell the army of the French Empire In
Its retreat from Moscow will be re-enacted.
Our cavalry and our people will harass and
destroy his army as did the Cossacks that OF
Napoleon; and the Yankee General, like him,
will escape with only body guard.
THB ABsENrEBs LSCTuRHo.
How can this be the most speedily eiectedl
| BY the sbsentees OF Hoods army returning TO
their posts; and will they notl Can they see
the bsnished exiles; can they hear the wall Of
their suiT-riuC countrywomen and children aud
not comet By what influences they are made
to stay away 1t Is not necessary to speak. II
there is one who will stay away at this hour he
is unworthy Of the name OF Georgian. To the
women no appeal is necessary. They are like
the Spartan mothers OF old.
RoBBING THE CRADLE.
know OF one who has lost all her sons, eS-
cept one OF eight years. She wrote that she
wanted me TO reserve place for him In the
ranks. The venerable Gen. Polk, to whom
read the letter, knew that woman well, and
ss<d II was characteristic OF her; but will not
weary you by turning aside to relate the various
incidents OF giving up the last son TO the cause
al knnWn In
We nnd the hearts AVID hands of our noble
women enlisted. They are seen wherever the
eye may fall or the step turn. They have one
duty tn perform; to buoy up the hearts of our
people.
GEORGIA DIsGRAcHD.
| know the deep disgrace felt by Georgia at
| our army falling back from Dalton to the Inte-
rior OF the State. Bgt was not of those who
considered Atlanta lost when our army crossed
| The Chatta hoochie. / resolved that Il should
not, and then put man In command who |
kne" would strike a msuly blow for the city,
and many a Yankees blood was made TO nourish
| the soil before the prize was won. II does not
| become us to revert to disaster. Let the dead
bury the dead. Let us. with one arm and ono
| effort, endeavOr 10 crush Sherman,
JEFF. CALLS SOMEBODY A scouNDRrL.
am going To the army to confer with our
generals. The end must be the defeat OF our
enemy. II has been said that abandoned
| u IdLt. SuhInB upon such false
hood. Where could the author have been when
Walker, when Polk, aud when Gen. Stephen d.
| Lee was sent to her assistance Miserable
msn The man who uttered this was scoun.
| drrl. he was not man to save our country
II knew that general did not possess the right
qualities to command, would not be wrong II
| he was not removed
Jgrr. DENIES rHE CUBA roSTooS sroRt.
Why, when our army was falling bach
| from Northern Georgia, even heard that |
| had sent Bragg With pontoons to cross into
Cuba. But we must be charitable. The man
who can speculate ought TO be made TO take up
his musket.
sOFT SOLDER ron Tue SOLDIERS.
When the var Is over and our Independence
won-snd we will establish our independence
| who will be ouraristocTaCy! Ihope the lImpipg
soldier. To the young ladies | would say that
| when choosing between an empty sleeve and
the nan who had remained at home and grown
rich, always take the empty sleeve. Let the
old men remain at home and make bread; but
should they know of any young man keeping
| away from the service, who cannot be made TO
20 any other way, let them write 10 the Execu.
tive. read all letters sent me from the peo.
pie, but have not the time to reply to them.
MEN or MILITARY ACES USED VI.
10 hare not any men bttce,H eLghisu,t aud
forty flee lgt. Tho boys -God bless the boys
are, as rapidly as they become old enough.
guiug 10 the held. The city OF Macon is allied
| With storre, sick, and wounded. II must not be
abandoned when threatened, but when the
enemy come, Instead Of calling upon Hoods
army for defence, the old men must fight, and,
%h.n inc enemy is driven beyond Chattanooga,
they Loo can join In the general rejoicing.
| !. d. CALLS BUTLER A BRAsr.
| Your prisoners arc kept As . sort Of Yankeo
capital. have heard that one Of their generals
said that their exchange would defeat Sherman
| have tried every means, conceded everything
to elect an exchange, but 10 no purpose. Bat.
Ter, the beast, with whom no commissioner n,
exchange would hold intercourse, had puhlIshed
in the newspapers that IL we would consent "a
the exchange Of negroes, all difficulties nigh,
DC removed. ! his is an effort of his to get him.
self whltewashed by holding intercourse with
gentlemen. If an exchange could be effected
don't know but might be induced TO recoR,
n'<e Butler. But In the future every effort viii
te given, as far as possible, TO effect the end,
We want our soldiers In tho field, and we want
the sick and wounded TO return home,
Two rHIEDs oP JBTP's ARMY ABSENT
IL IS not proper for me TO speak of the num-
ber Of men in tue field, but this will say, that
too thirds cf our men are absent, some sicS,
some wounded, but mos; Of them dbSeHf uhhoui
leave. The man who repents and goes back TO
his commander voluntarily appeals strongly TO
executive clemsncy. But suppose he stays
| awGy until the war Is over, and his comrades
return home, and when every mans history
| VIII be told, where will he shield himself II
Ia upon these reflections that I rely To make
men return 10 their dutyi but, after Comforting
with our Generals at headquarters, II there be
any other remedy, II shall be applied. love
my friends, and forgive my enemies. have
been asked to send reihfoTCementB from ElT.
ginia TO Georgia. In Virginia the disparity In
hnm6ers 10 just as great as IL is In Georgia.
Then have been asked why the army sept
- the Shenandoah Valleywas not sent here,
II was because an army OF the enemy had psn.
etrated that valley to the very gates of Lynch.
bury, and den. Early was sent TO drive them
back. This he not only successfully did, but,
crossing the Potomac, came we'll nigh cap.
turing Washington Itself, and forced Grant to
send two corps OF his army TO protect IL. This
the enemy denOminatod raid. II 30, Sh ,r-
mans march into Georgia Ia q raid.
JEFF. WANTS ONE HALF HIS ABsHNTHES, (BCT
TuHY woS'r CoNH.)
! What would prevent them nov, II Early was
withdrawn, from taking Lynchburg, and put.
ting a complete GORDON of men around Rich.
mond | cOuuselled with that great and grave
solder, Genera Lee, upon all these points.
Ny mind rOamed over the whole field. With
this We can succeed. II one half the men now
absent without leave will return 10 duty, we
can defeat the enemy. With that hope am
going TO the front. | may not realize this
nope, eut know there are men there who have
looked death In the face too often to despond
now hrL no ono despOnd Let no one dis.
t,us., ana remember that If genius Is the beau