Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-17

name Of your fresides and families so dear
to you-i in the name Of your bleeding
country, whose future is In your hands,
Show that YOU are worthy Of your position
in history. Prove TO the world that your
hearts have not failed IN the hour Of disas-
ter, and that at the last moment you will
sustain the holy cause which has been so glo-
riously battled for by your brethren east of
the Mississippi. 1I
TOu possess The means Of long resisting in
UGSiOR. You have hopes Of succOr from
abrOad-protract the struggle, you will sure
~ receive the aid Of nations who already
deeply sympathize with you.
Stand by your cOlors-maintain your dis
eipline. The great resources of this de-
partment, its vast extent, the numbers, the
discipline, and the efficiency OF the army,
will secure to our country terms that proud
people can with honor accept, and may, IN
der the Providence OF God, be the m ans OF
checking the triumph Of our enemy and Sc
curing the final success of our cause.
Z. KIRBT SMITH, General.
Col. Flournoy, Of Texas, then took the
stand, and made most eloquent, bat, rs we
think, in some respects, rather uncharita-
bic and ill-judgsd address. He, too, fre-
Quently appealed 10 the feelings of his SOL
der auditory, and received their hearty
concurrence in his views. The Colonel con
clsdsd his GRAFTON 6y glOloing panegyic
upon Booth, the assassin OF Mr.. Lincoln,
whom he compared 90 Brutus, the slayer Of
Caesar, and predicted for him BOOTH like
and enduring fame.
Several other speakers followed whom We
did not hear. We noticed among the cele-
britieS of the meeting Gen. +. Kirby Smith,
Gen. Price, Gen. Buckner and Governor
Reynolds, and there were doubtless other
distinguished gentlemen whom We did not
know.
MASS MEETING AT SHREVEPORT, la.
From the Shreveport Sentinel, Apra 27.l
We attended the mass meeting held yes
terdAy in the Court House square of this
city, and have only space for a short and i'm.
perfect sketch of the proceedings. Gov
ernOr Allen commenced them by an eloquent
address, in which he endeavored TO show
that the cause Of the South was by no means
desperate or hopeless, and at the conclusion
Of his address read a series of resolutions
TO the same effect from 4 committee appoint
ed for that purpose by a preliminary meet
ing held a few days ago. General Harry 7.
Hays, the Bayard of Louisiana, then follow
ed, in q calm, temperate and most eloquent
speech, every word of which, it was easily
perceived, came direct from his manly and
patriot heart, in which he too took the same
view Of the situation as his predecessor,
Governor Allen.) General Hawthorne, OF
Arkansas, was then introduced to the meet
ing, and delivered a very fiery address, ap-
pealing frequently TO the feelings Of the sol
diers, who formed much the larger portion
Of his audience, and eliciting from them, Of
course, frequent rounds Of noisy applause.
General Hawthorne took advantage Of the
occasion and the presence OF General Smith
TO give him several hints, as he termed them,
one of which was 10 constitute every officer
and soldier of his brigade an enrolling Off .
Ger, to force into the army every man who,
according to their judgment, ought to be in
il. Colonel MusSer. Of Missouri, followed
General Hawthorne in an address somewhat
10 the same effect, though in a much more
Subdued tone.