The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-10

is too late To retreat is step into the grave
of self-respect and honor. To advance boldly Is
our only safety 10 Use the Language Of celebra.
ted perpetrator Of bulls in the Iiish Parliament the
only way to avoid this danger il to meet 1t ptumpys
and to grapple with it as monster that would take
your life. Daniel Webster, when pressed to the wall
question Of politics said, II take no step back
wads" And SO, in this contest there exists no true
Southern man or woman whoswould not echo back,
in the face OF the tyrant, ~ take no step back
wards"
Yankee idea of this It was that the prcserva-
ton Of the Union was essential to the life OF the
nation. The highest incentive that crafty states
man held out to his money-lov1ng hearers, whose
nations life was drawn from Southern productions,
was this But, sir, to Southern heart there is an
aspiration higher and nobler than this: Would that
ment in every city and hamlet and cottage Of the
| South: 1t is that the independence Of the Con-
federacy is essential to the honor Of the South
.[Great chcering.l Honor is the soul Of a nation
Political commissions AMI territorial divisions may
destroy its material life, but as long as the people
retain that heightened honor which makes people
truly great, even though the race be crushed for
time, it will rise again and re-appear from amid the
ruins Of dissolved governments and crumbling ma
tionalites. God, in my opinion, never made race
Of which Stonewall jackson is type and President
Davis the representative man great cheering, and
| from which sprung that great and good old chief
tain, Robert +. Lee prolonged cheeringl, to
be destroyed, Enough it were thrown into the
lions den, or into furnace seven times heated.
It cannot be done They talk about subjugating
the South. They who believe that the mind and
heart be subugated by base, sensual natures 1t
| conqueror the manhood Of the South would pluck
| power and: in short time, the vanquished would
rule the conQueror. Mr. Chairman. do not you feel
If you do not, do,) stronger and Drawer than ten
days ago? Do not you feel that the tide Is on the
] t:,rn? You spoke OF the augurics OF the ancents
| and of the signs Of the times. know that these
signs will be revealed in favor OF our country
know that the tide Of patriotism is running through
| the length Of the Conederacy, and that that mes
| sage from Hampton Roads, when it reached our
telegraph lines went like shock from the centre to
the circumference and every sprung to his feet,
| vowing to do or die rather than submit. Cheers
The fires CT 1861 feel burning brghtyin my heart
The fires Of aroused patriotism will consume good
deal OF rubbish which has gathered since the COM
mencement OF the war, and it will be a jolly bon
| fire. It will not consume the doubters, but the
doubts; not the croalers but the croaking; not the
money corrorants, but the greed for lucre; and
from the cracking Of the flames all will come out
purer and brighter.
| Where is the reconstructionist now! How does
he take the issue! week or ten days ago We heard
many whispering-Sometime with bated breathGnd
| sometimes lorder-about MISUNDERSTANDING
precious Peace. Peace was 80 much yearnsd after
! that men forgot there was anything better than
peace They forgot the precious blood that had
been shed They forgot the desoaed feds, scorehed
by the red anle OF war. They forgot the orphans
wall and the Widows cry, and almost persu AIDED
to go back to the Union il they could carry their
heads their shoulders. Some willing to 1un
some risk with thsr heads if they might only carry
with them their notes, and bonds: and title deeds,
under their arms. Laughter and applause. Some
were hitching up carts to carry thtir Confederate
! notes in, ard some were arranging their woolly
beads in line to take them with them into the
! CIon-au under the glorious @sis OF the Union as
it and the Constitution as it ought to be-
LAUGHTER They urged the Government to resort TO
the mastery arts Of craftsmanship, and were quite
that the President ought to send commissioners
to Washington. Separate State action, and q con-
venon of all the States, were talked over and some
fe thought perhaps, it would require the energy OF
the House Of Representatives toget through with this
big lob. In the meantime, north Of the Potomac the
drama approaching the fifth act There they
said tho Union must be preserved, but slavery must
ne abolished. The rascaly Democrats in the United
States House of Representatives we're refractory,
and would not give their votes to make the two
thirds necessary to amend the Constitution SO as to
abolish it. The Republicans pressed them on oil
sides. Horace Greeley was seen hobbling to and
| fro in Congress performing his mysterious role.
After awhile tho venerable Blair appeared with
wings OF his shoulders. Cox and Brooks, anti-war
Democrats, asked for time to II the rebels would
TO. submit to terms. The House, at last, consented
to give time
iastantly Blair, the superannuated Mercury,
spread his wings, and 10 here he is i'll the Confede
rate CAPT al. Cou,tesles are extended to him, and
at length President consented to send three OF
our most eminent men in asteamer, as they thought,
TO the Chairman-Didn't you y to Washing
ton. Great laughter. We had already heard on
the streets Of the fine dinners Stephens, Hunter
and Campbell were getting in Washington, when,
10 ard behold it turned out that they had stuck in
Hampton Roads. As they We're on their way. the
whole Yankee nation rose lancet them. They sent
their King from his throne and their Prime Minis
ter from his closet. The King. came to greet hi.
friend, turning to the chairman, MI Hunter, Of
| whom, suppose, he had hearn tell of before"
| The Prime Minister came to repress any mpruden-
cies the part Of his master and curb his little
jokes" Was not this climax worthy OF the Yam
kee nation, At last the curtain was raised. and nc
| duex Or dinner. tLaughterJ There stands Lincoln,
with Seward inch behind him. bowling out our
! to surrender perish, with the Yankee nation in
the back ground laughing this successful trick
to catch the Democratic votes. On the 30th the
conference took place. and on the Slst seven Demo-
cratic votes went over and the amendment was
adopted.
And row we have the offer, what shall w do In
gallant Captain Semmcs in this crowd II he is, give
him another Alabama Fcheers and, with the proud
flag Of his country flying, let him again meet the
| kcarsarge. What would he say to the demand Of
the commander of the Kearsarge to surrender or
perish! What but to clear the decks and give
them broaaside; and, if he again sunk, lac would
leave us proud example to follow Also, my coun-
| tryaen let clear the decks, and if We sink, at
least the world Will applaud us, ard our children
will not be ashamed Of and from the wreck Of the
ship Of state will be gathered relics for future
ship. say have abiding faith in our success,
because believe our are'true and high-toned,
and devoted to the principles involved in this con-
test; because women virtuous, and would
scorn the wretch who, with sackcloth on
his lons and ashes On his head, would ask mercy
from Abraham Lincoln; because have faith in a
power greater than Abraham Lincoln. whose thun-
ders louder than the tnklng of the silver bell
Of Seward and because the Almighty, whether by
pillar of cloud or a pillar Of fire, has always
| guided and directed us by His providential hand.
| Now, what the duties Of the hour! The now
burning spirit of patriotism will become cool unless
we follow it up with patriotic sacrifice. Our duty is
to give time life itself; aye, even money; for it
does seem that men love money-Confederate
money even at forty.fivc for one-better than life
itself. We must sustain our Government. To the
President we should turn with confidence and trust
not as a man infallible-that wonder which has
1 man who has been chosen by ourselves, endowed
| by the Almighty with some stirling qualities, at
least; AS q man whom We have chosen as helms.