The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-10
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FOR dogs are allowed to sleep under thu
masters floor and to eat the erursi
that fall from their masters table. TChears
You would get nothing. IA voice, "kieks.'
Yes, you would get kicks, and until r.,
would wish You had died man rather tlis
live to become dog. [Applausel
The old Order Of Things and The -.e,s. :
There is only one more proposition to eel
slider nnder this head. It Is q farorite i.ls
with great many, that possibly the old on
der OF things could be restored, that GU
lights under that Constitution could be qua
anteed to Us, and everything move on peac,
fully as before the war.
My friends, there arc great niauy desira
tle things, but the question, not what ma
beWisbed, but what may be obtained, is In
one reas sonable men may consider. Ii is dc
sirable to have lovely wife and plenty q
pretty children, but every man can't hav
them. tell you now candi"ly, there IL n,
more possibility of reconstructing the oil
Union and reinstating things as they wer
four years ago, than exists tor you to gatt,e
up the scattered bones of your sons VIII
have fallen in this struggle, from one end o
the country to the other, re-clothe then
with flesh, fill their veins with the blood tue.
with thesame breath with which they breath
cd out their last prayer for their country
triumph and independence. Immense az
plause
The Old UHi0n was not merely psysses
Jixscrosfion. constitutional egresI,eas i
was q moral Union. The cement Of eoaf
dsnce was what held i: together 90 long. Tae
ten1rils Of affection which grsw from a g. y
rion soil OF national memories of past glory
wrea.fed it's tall cslumns with q beauty pass
lag fair Doss this conf ience exist row7 I,
has G"ns forever. II has disappeared beneath
she 6srv hoofs of war that have t-Amp,ed our
falr fields into desoia.ion It is Lost in she
smoke of burning cities, and will bs talked II
Nd more by the hearthstones that now IL
hsaped With eha,rsd rafters and the ciuders o:
the family altar. The bloody bands that have
dag Up the bOnes vf our Gicassors aud ss.ifch sti
the sacred -dusts ia shair hsllish lu its, have
tur:ed'it 1h-rs plummss can never sound n
the truo OF rssurrs3ii,n awas il into rs
uewsa xi.'encs. Cheersl L. has finally
gone forever. b'otteI out by tho II stabers of
the Congress cf The Ua;aa States WHO hays
recorded the deliberate lrlsA;oa laf extertni
Mating she pa pic of :ha SoQsa and supplaat
ing them By n better Taes--:iJd savs the
mark IA better race
Can lhs pieas mother pray tina. her chiiirsn
may ba brought Associate with the men
who mako thu Word of Col ccnsrabsnd of
war! Viii the son sesk 20 give the brotherlv
siss to the c,ar.!are. OF his father, tbs out
rager of his sister, tbs s!au9hterer of mig ne,
pie, tbs dssoater of his ianll Not while too
fainSost spark Of mankind y,ows in his bosom
Appauss
There is another aspect OF the question to
which wish to call your attention, and one
which deserves much consideration. ide-
sire you to mark my prediction. There
never can be peace on the Continent Of
North America until the North and South
NE independent and distinct nations There
m ght DC Temporary peace; such peace as
You have seen effected by OverpoWering a
gallant man, putting manaclcs upon his
limbs, and throwing him into deugeon;
such a peace as exists uatil he wrcnches the
bars, scales the walls, and strikes terror into
the hearts OF his ensinies when they dream
-hey are most secure. You would have such
! :'cace as Poland has to-day. She has ob
tanned peace again and again; but SO clearly
has God drawn distinction between the
Poles and the cOnquarors that they refuse to
mix, and have retained their Inherent na-
though every quarter OF Il century
demands for it a sacrifice of blood. For q
while peace would reign in Warsaw, but
some act OF oppression-the whipping cf
delicate ladies On the bare back 10 the public
otACSUS, lOi iHcAsiuCC-NouIu CtuSS but DGi--
pie to boil over in fresh ebu.lition Of in
lignation, and torrent of blood TO How
lntii "peace" was again restored. just so
With Ireland. 1t did not, like Scotland, hold
out to the bitter end, but obtained "pcace,n -
aud esss si,aao one of the noblest Faces an
the face of the earth has been engaged, cx-
cept when fighting their oppressors, in fat
tening sucking pigs for the delicate palatss
OF their foreign masters, whilst their chill
sah f,,.. Il. Ixns.
country is being depopuiated by
the policy Of the enlightened conGueror5,
who find that sheep are more valuable than
men. Like the Yankees, they propose to
supply q "better race"
Do you suppose the ch;valrous people Of the
South. whose distinct moral nationality has
long since been recognized, would submit to
see all their proud cities gsrrisonsd wita ne.
gro soldiers; to see the lands OF lheiy friends
divided up aud parcelled ont aoong the
foreign marcenaries? Do you suppose .as
blood Of the Southern youth would ran qeist.
iy IN his veins when he saw a negro officer
walking the streets aud making his sister give
way fer him, or insuIting her by MA very
presence Do you suppose this kind of n psso
would bong endure? No, inauefsetson e fer
insurrecEon, revolution upon revolution. " .r
after war would burst upon the country. and
for year after year, csnury after century, rs
in European Safes, victims wou.d be aarl .nd-
ed and bkod ti,w in torrents. com osred to
which d1p would have a. fret won indie
pendsnce aad permanent psace. TIE only
way to Obtain continued psacs--snd | want no
ether-ls to light II cut nor = IapDis.j-e Ito
Hghs it ons ro1, whilst we have Govern
ment, and goat aid glori;us a7miss il tre
field. 1t We e not, wa will leave grar as a.,
Inheritance to our childreu's children We
will leave this hrribls question for our lille
boys to settle When we hsvs passed, aud IL.
der circumstances far different and advantages
far less than ~ now possess for asserting
their rights, taeisracs aud nationality.
If you thiak, GLOW 'tjz-ns, as n great
many OF yon dc, ~. proper Efforts have not
ossn made dariag ais warfare 20 oSaain bs
peace whicf yen deiTe, Why, there canuo. bs
any earthly ohjec;in 10 snch sffar,s bsing
made. Ihavs been / favor Of trsm myself
and from time TO tias have 80 advised .hs
Pres dent. II You tink our Hovarnm D.
should tender ths olis branch Of peace aud
lst no OCCASION pass. vhy, fellow citizeo o. az
> matte % course, let ! bs done. Bat beg
you 10 rs'3' 'tsc, thai thre ia 3 lawfa. and
!sgal wy aeia.sd out b, the Constitution OF
your con Try, and any eftrt yon make Il, .his
way vi be right and phpsr. Other mo ses
Of procedure will only pia4 you ic \. false p,
siiion AM TO your C ,untrys,i aiarv.
No deuhs many Of you hvs read .he writ.
ines Of Solomon, and have bns'udea Tia 5 /
omon knew a thing or tw6 l think arn.ns
sas bsss things hs svsr said'w was this: 9Th
Kings name is e tower oflssrsngth" r..
imply meant that those who Aad law and "
i=r and authority on their lias, which t.
I'D times was represented by ee nsme Of The
King, had moral forcs ayaiaatsheir ensraies
aud would generally prevail. Thsrcfore, %
member, in vii yonr individual eArts to obtais
relief, that ths Kieg's name tower Of
strength aaa that il yon procesdsccording to
the established authority and erdA ysu carry
wih you this tower of strength, Which will
accomplish mare for Won than Ay rsycls