Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-10

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we're diVen with slight resistance, from ngspOrt to-
Wuds RlgeFsVile. No enemy this side of Jonesboro.
PRECEDENT DAVIS At AUGUSTA.
spESoHLs By The PRESIDENT, AND BY GENERALS BEAU
kLGAKD, hAADEL AND ooBB.
from the CoastitutiOnaIiSt of The All
In spite Of the inolsmSney OF tbs weather an i'm
nen5e concourse OF ladies', ctE3 and soldiers
| assembled at the South Carolina RIilTosd Depot
60 hear the speech Of our Persistent ana b him part
log farewell prior TO his oePGrture for Virginia. The
hour appo ted for the delivery of the address
o'olccK ru. long before that hour steady stream
CARRIAGES aud pedestrians owed towards the depot
al past four oclock tae Presidents carriage drove up
| Ia he s-sud. Mr. Davis had 10 walk about twenty
ars before he could get 10 the centre of the platform
10 had tcAo.ly ahsnIed from his carriage when his
ostbWay Was besst by throng OF ladies', struggling 70
catch glimpse OF him or kss his hand. Finally h.
succ seded in reaching the poidt aimed at amid the vo
olierous cheers Of Ehe entire ss5emolsge
The President maze has app. aranCe, accompanied by
Generals Be4u egArd, Aardee, COOb, and q rumber Of
o.usr cfs.r, al being Introduced by Mayor NAY
amid In a UsAssic cheers, spoke as fJioWs:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and FslOv.s;tssns of
Georgia:
A, tie moment of leaving your State after having
osms BIZ her 20 Lara the Let truth as TO the late mill
TAR operations here, 90 away much moro confd mt
than when l cane ave been to the army and return
j. baed with toe thou ht thaS they as fully ready
as evsr meet the enemy, and that If all Eho
abrnt viii return, and those owing service will q,
thirty u will NOS oct before no foot OF an invader wall
press Tho soil of Georgia
Never before was 20 confident that energy, harmony
aud termination would rid tho county OF iis snony
aud 20 to the OF the land that peace their good
d,,cs have 80 we'll doserved.
Those VINO sse 10 hope nov, who have lost corf-
de1cs ave TO me like hole of Whose stoTted vision
10 said they behold spo;s upoa the sun. Such the
oakers who to forget the battles that have been
won and the men who have fOugs Who forget that in
he msgaiuie o. those battles and The he osm Of tho
men his struggle exceeds all that history geco d.. We
comm need the fight without an army, without navy,
without srensl4, without mechanic, without money
AID without edit; Four years We have stemmed the
de Of invasion and to-day are stronger than W5e1 the
war began bet a0ls nov than ever TO repu se the
vAudsl who seeking cur overthrow. Once We imported
tle commonest articles of daily and ought in ON
beyond our borders even bread aud meat. Now the
ate Of Georgia alone produces iood enough Lot only
70 her own people and the army within it bus feeds too,
the army Of Virginia. Once We he'd no arms and could
receive 10 soldiers but hose who came to US armed
Now We have arms for all and are begging men to bear
them-this city of Augusta alone produ,es more pow
der THAI the army can burn-all things are fair and
this Oonfederacy ia not yet in the familiar plrllncs OF
the croaker 'psyed out" those declare who spread
their own dependency over the whole body polite.
Voce in the crowd, beyond doubt that Of HberniEn,
'Tbree cheers for the Oosiederacy," which were Vo.
ci'erou'ly gven)
From he acc nts Of that voice, friends, zee that
YOU have come into this country from that has IL.
self lost its liberty, aud you may we'll excsim three
chees for the COnfederacy, upon whose success now
alone depends tie exstencs of constitutional liberty In
the world. We ere fighting for that principle; upon
depends its last hcpe The Yankees In endesvorng to
cotrce the Safes have lost that heirloom of their IA
tbsrs and the of the Souh clone must sustain it.
Ours is net revolution. We were free aud indie
pendent pie ia States that had the light to mako
better Government when they fit. Trey sought to
infringe upon the rights had and ohly Rsitu ed
new government on the basis of these rightr. We
are no. engaged in QuixDtc fight for the rights OF
man; Struggle is for inherent rights and who would
sura der themf Let every paper guaranty possible he
given, and Who would submit From the grave o. many
fallen hero the blood Of the slain would Ciy GU
against such peace with the murderers Toe
o the land driven from their homes the children lack
log food old age hobbng from the soaues of its YOUTH
the fugtiVss, forced to give way to the Ysnkee OPP
pressor and now hdir in your railroads, all proclaim
sea Of blood that freemen cannot afford to bridge
There is but one thing which we can accede-sspa-
rate State Independence. Sumo there are who speak
Of Reconstruction with slavery maintained but there
any who would thus measure rights BY property God
forbid. Would you see that boy with peach bloom
on his cheek grow up serf-neyer TO tread the path
of honor uulsEs he light the torch at the funeral pyre
OF his countryS Would you the fair daughters OF
the lsnd gwen over to the brutality OF the Yankeesl
II any Imagine this would not be so, let him lock to
the declaration of Nj. Lincoln the terms he Csr; let
him read she declarations of the Northern press; let
him note the tone of the Northern people, and he viii
see there is nothing left Tor US but separate ind
delce.
Who now locks for Intervention 7 Who does not
kroW that our friends sbroAddep nd upon our strength
az homt Thas the balance isSour favor with votory
aud turns against us with dgfsst and that when
victory is unq questioned, We viii Do recognized, aud not
ill then.
We must do our duty, and that duty is this: Eve
~ man able TO bear must to the 'front.' aud all h
e's must devote themselves to the cause OF home-
Tfere must be no pleading for exemption. We are
fighting for exsence and by fighting alone can inde-
pendebce b. gained. Georgia is now invaded Sc IA
oIlug fer eucsor, and he who from Alabama from
II ssssipp, from South Carolina, Iushes to hcf aid
and fsm;ly. Our Confederate States must lean one
upon the other for mutual support We are as tho
poet has said:
Distinct as the pillows, yet one as the sea-"
One pait must rush 10 the support Of the other. We
mgst beat Sherman, We must march i1to Tennessee
there We Will drsH rom 20 600 20 80 600 20 our stand
ard and go strengthened, Wa mnst puh the enemy back
to the banks OF the lo and thus give the plrv
OF the North se0reton puuy editorial can give
Words viii Dot nov avail. You must consult your |
heart pelf rm Dere than The Law can exae yield az
mitch rs ireemen can give, and ell will be well. With
peace and freedom glorious opens for these
Con edeTRte ates. RsIeSed from class legislation,
free IRON txes-indirect, Il Is true, but imposed -
POUR rulers for t-eaty ycars pat-no longer cut.
eos to Northern SpsOusiOEs, grinders Of the css Of