The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-25
Rebel Gencrals on the stump.

At meeting in Augusta, Georgia, on
the Sd inst, where JEFF Davis made his
farewell speech to the Georgians, whom
he had been counting several days, three
Of the rebel Generals were called out
The Georgia Constitutionalist gives the
following sketches Of their remarks
GEN. BEAUREGARD's SPEECH.
Gen. Beauregard being loudly called
for. came forward as soon as the music
had ceased and was received with the
widest enthusiasm. For a few mo-
ments the gallant soldier stood motion
Less and silent, the cynosure Of all eyes,
and then, a. the crowd hushed into per-
feet silence, proceeded 10 return his
thanks for the kind reception, however,
he could not but think more homage
to the cause than a compliment per-
sonal TO himself
After the eloquent speech of the
President, he would not attempt more
than few words, but in those he would
say that he was ready TO go wherever
The President should see fit to order
him, and TO fight the enemy on every
single foot of ground. He had fired,
be continued, the first gun at Fort Sum
ter, and hoped he should live long
enough 10 fire the last Tremendous
cheering In war we must expect oc-
casion&i reverses-lately some had be-
fallen US but, with our people present
ing one solid front TO the enemy success
must be ours. He could not believe
there was any one so base as TO be a
slave TO a Yankee, and for himself he
would say he would sooner lay down
his life, see his family perish, and his
property lost forever, than live TO see
his country under Yankee rule. En-
thuSiastic applause.
cEy. HARDEEs SPEECH
Amid loud cries for him, succeeded
by cheers at his appearance, Gen. Har-
dee proceeded to say, he was turning
10 the President) no orator as Brutus
was applause, and could not make
much OF n speech, nor did he take the
warm welcome he had met, preferring
to believe. with Gen. Beauregard, it was
more the due Of the gallant men he had
so lately commanded. Some curiosity
might be felt as TO how things were GO
ing on at the front, and that curiosity
be, having just come from there, would
endeayor TO satisfy. The General then
proceeded to give a resume Of the ope~
rations attendant on the fall Of Atlanta,
and concluded by saying he had had a
conversation with the General com
handing q short time before his depar-
ture, in which that officer had told him
that on Tuesday next To-day he hoped
to lay his claws upon the State road,
and, having once fixed them there, it
was not his intention TO let them loose
their hold.
In closing, Gen. Hardee also declared
it was not our fault, only our misfortune,
that at Jonesboro we were unsuccessful,
and that now, though few would think
50, he could declare that Macon, Au-
gusta and Montgomery were far better
covered by the present position of the
army than before. Applause
GEN. COBR
At the conclusion of Gen. Hardee's
remarks, Major General Cobb was called
for, and coming forward made some
very humorous remarks, to the immense
delectation of the crowd, who greeted
the orators bon aaots with loud applause,
and even when he had finished seemed
to regret he should have brought his
speech to a sudden close.
At the conclusion of Gen. Cobbs
speech, the President accompanied by
Gen. Hardee and suite entered the cars,
and, amid the cheers of the people and
music by the band, took his departure