Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-02-23
NEWBERN, Feb. 10.

NEW BERN, + GU. 40.
The great speech Of Mr. Haines, delivered
on the 10Th ult, IL attracting much attention
His argument, favoring restoration Of the
Union, is Is fearless as it is able. The ire
s,,Onsilie representatives in the rebel Con-
gross, from Missouri and other States, who
have no constituents, and who are assisting
to bind the letters upon North Carolina, are
severely handled by him. He holds that
North Carolina has perfect right to dis
solve her allegiance with the Confederate
Government and enter into q separate nego-
tiation with Us. He proves secession to b. Z
failure, and says Sherman Is moving forward
through South and North Carolina to CO op.
crate with Grant in the reduction of Rich.
mond and the capture Of Lees army and
that great as this undertaking may seem, il
is not half SO great as was that of his march
from Dalton TO Savannah The North, he
said, being in the best possible spirits over
their present prospects, will speedily furnish
the 100000 men called for by MIR. Lincoln,
will 60 TO the field with the greatest alacrity
and soon become excellent soldiers, inspirited
as they are, with hope of speedy success.
He said: Can We prevent the success OF
our enemies? Can we recover back the ma
jority Of the Confederate States taken from
US by the armies Of the United States Can
even prevent the fall of Richmond and the
capture or destruction OF our remaining
army, recruited to the full extent of our
white population? Sir, these questions have
already been answered by the Government
itself, in the negative, by its leading organs
the Richmond Sentinel and 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 themtO fren-
zy by passing law to conscript, and we
would have an immediate insurrection,
which to put down would require the with
drawing Of our armies, thus leaving the field
to our enemies. If no instruction took
place, they would either go over to the enc
my in body. or turn their guns upon us,
with bold conscripts for leaders,
Regarding reconciliation he said, there arc
those who think after SO much strife and
bloOdshed, that reconciliation was impossi-
bic. This is a 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
q reconciliation and Scotland started on q
new career of prosperity and glory. Such
will prove to be our case.
Upon the subject of a divided country, he
said: When we take view of the countries
which compose the U. s., it is difficult to re-
sist the conviction that nature intended it to
contain but one great nation Nature never
intended the mighty Mississippi to water or
drain but one nation. Close this river to the
Northwest by transferring its mouth to an.
other nation, and they would become the
most completely landlocked country in the
world. We're they to consent to this, they
would sign their own death warrant. The
only hope they had of success in this strug-
gle, was that the North western States might
be induced to join the Confederacy. The
manner in which those States voted at the
last Presidential election had dispellcd that
idea forever, and in my Judgment has sealed
the fate of the Confederacy.
Mr.. Haines is distinguished lawyer and
the author of able letters which appeared in
the Raleigh Standard, over the signature of
Dawson, which attracted so much attention
in the North in 1863 Davis attempted to
arrest him recently for making this remark
able speech, but was prevented from doing
80 by the Legislature Of North Carolina,
which has extended over him the protecting
shield of the State.