The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-03-02
From North Carolina.


Manly aud Eloquent Appeal for Peace.
NEwBERN, Sunday, Feb. 19.-The
= speech of Mr.. Haines, delivered on the
Doth ult., is attracting much attention.
His argument favoring 4 restoration Of
the Union is as fearless as it is able
The irresponsible representatives in the
rebel Congress from Missouri and other
States, who have no constituents and
I wiz are assisting to bind the letters upon
North Carolina, are severely handled by
him He holds that North Carolina has
a perfect right to dissolve the allegiance
with the Confederate Government, and
enter into separate negotiation with the
United States for peace. He proves Sc
cession to be a failure, and says Sherman
is moving forward through North and
South Carolina to corporate with Grant
in the reduction Of Richmond and the
capture of Lees army, and that great as
this undertaking may seem, iii not half
so great as was that of his march from
Dalton 20 Savannah. The North he said
being in the best possible spirits over
their present brilliant prospects, will
speedily furnish the 300, 900 men called
for by Mr.. Lincoln, who will go to the field
with the greatest alacrity and soon be-
y come excellent soldiers. inspired as they
are with the hope of speedy success.
our enemies can we recover back the
majority of the Confederate States which
have been taken from US by the armies
Of the United States can we hold our
remaining territory? can we even proven
the fall OF Richmond and the capturd or
destruction OF our only remaining army,
recruited to the full extent of our white
population? Sir, these questions have
already been answered by the govern
ment itself in the negative, by its leading
organs, the Richmond Sentinel and the
Richmond Enquirer, who have declared
the contest too unequal to be longer
maintained, unless we arm our slaves. /
We have, he says, ten male slaves at
home to one white man. Excite them
to frenzy by passing a law to conscript, +.
and we would have their immediate in
surrection, which to put down would re-
quire the Withdrawing of our armies,
thus leaving the field to our enemies. If
no instruction took place, they would
either go over to the enemy in body, l.
or turn their guns upon us, with bold
conscripts for leaders. Regarding re-
Cancellation, he said there are those who
think after so much strife and blood shed
that reconciliation is impossible. This
is q mistake. The case of England and
Scotland which was in some respects
similar to ours, divided, as they were, ,
into kingdoms, and at war for centuries, ,
effected a reconciliation, and Scotland .
started on new career of prosperity
and glory. Such will prove to be our
cause. Upon the subject of divided {
country, he said, when~we take view Of :
the country which conn loses the United
States, il is difficult to resist the conyic- {
ton that nature intended it to contain but "
one great nation Nature never intended 4
the mighty Mississippi to water or drain
but one nation. Close this river to the
Northwest by transferring its mouth to
another nation, and they become the
most completely land locked country in C
the world. Were they to consent to this
they would sign their own death warrant.
The only hope / have had during this
was that the Northwestern a.
States voted in the late Presidential :,
election has dispelled that hope forever,
and in my Judgment has sealed the fate =
of the Confederacy :,
Haines is distinguished lawyer and II
the author of the able letters which APP Il
peared in the Raleigh STANDARD over the
signature of ''Daneson," which attracted de
so much attention in the North in 1868.
jeff Davis attempted to arrest him re
Gently for making this remarkable
speech, but was prevented from doing h
SO by the Legislature of North Carolina, Pc
which has extended over him the protec pr
ting shield of the State. =