Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-02-16

Sc DAY through the gloom with 1hl3h despaIrIrg mel
ere eLr,cu1dipg themselves.
The Rcanond Sentinel! of Friday, gives the follow
5nV sketch OF speecA delivered 10 Richmond Last
Yhuss4ay night, by Ion. R. NJ. I. Hunter, of tie
zen iem.a appointed TO confer with Lincoln:
aR a-STEns sPEaCH.
gr hunter en- taking the chair. explained In speech
# lezgb tas object and purpose or which the
-og nd been convened. Tie momsnous Issues
people. 0ur teEra OF government; oar social system and
framework. the protection OF ite liberty and property
are al inyoiYed ali at stake GOO grant the
7dvm encsVe and the energy that our Sit uaion re-
guires.
We are not rssponsIblo, said ar. Runter for he war
which hos ragged fonr aud fer tue blood which
has beea shed. skrjs clear We have contended
only for tn right Of sefgoUerren This ought! 10 hsyr
dear TO our eueles as te u.s. of IL ls an american
principle, education and tradition they had beo
3 ia eleri h.sg maintaining it; but instead
nave chosen 10 declare war upon it and Hpsn US
and nd 1Ia and he Thirty Year var The fury and bar
g@Fy wifo objects whiah
air. Buster proceeded to notice the legislation of the
relation the people
Confederate The coAGsCaton laws, the erancpa-
lion CONSTITUTIONAL amendment &c, passed ia
view If arYrEiuR wanted. said M. H,
snow the animOsity wheh exhibited towards it is
found thr reissa to enter nto negotiations With u.s.
NEGOTIATE with the meanest Indian t5s; bat with opu
Numbering bet"eea seven and tea millions Of PEG
e. they will enter into 8greeRent.-
suspose "rebeIs' as they g1y are; e. eat
civil war vas SetIed without Negotiations. The
British overhmen held the colonists to be rebe yet,
IN 77s hey COnmis oners hlther authorized
- and tTesJ with sny Government or With individuals and
to strange for truce, armisoe peace Strong
nens have always esteemed the OF duty and OF wis
Eo tter lind eating their power, extend liberal terms
10 those who had armed opPDsitionIn oIder to
reconcile them TO their sway and make them consnted
SUBJECTS.
The President of the United States had proposed nothing
Of s He did nothing aud offered nothing soohe
the reluctance mitigate the seventies OF submission. 1t
hIe hat he
Se on bis terms with such armed force the COIede
fas have ia the field lie CURED that we should con.
@ ourseves rebels and responsible for the blood
thet been she'd TO submit without condition; TO sub
snd our ives forteited He promised, indeed that he
would leDisECy the exercise or the p3rdOlng
power but could people accustomed 20 be- ree
s,pt to hold their lives their property, their security
thu will and not under the guaranty of law 3
In he Government to which they thus required to
yu5mit Internationally; was not promised that tkey
Tbvther they SHOULD allowed any representation.
lincoln had told our told him
Ir Euuter that sooutd We elect hepreEeRatlYes and
send them lie Washington Congress, he President Lin
colD wcud be in favor Of recayl'g hem but only
one man. and whether or not they would 90 rceVeC was
uncertain. .
Mr. Hunter then proceeded to notice of the further
consequ of submission or surrender to the Washing
ton Government More than three millions OF slaves, worth
from twelve fifteen hundred millions of dollars, would
At turaed loose as ders and upon
necessary E explain the evils OF
sncb uoTuatou Nor would il be allowed to regQ-
make them uss10L
their vciousness The OUlted Staes Congress to have
he mower TO regulate these questions, and would ba
nnsy interfering between the white and the black and
~ nveT Of regulation would be in the hands OF those
who for at least, would DO extremely hos
tile TO u.s. the Northern agitatons OF past times,
connection with cur vas lntoi rape to
s what would be under the extremely aggravated cir
cnmsances which would oo as TO the future The status
OF this population would Dc subject OF ceaseiess dstrac
lion. ~ =. l.. ,.. r. 81,
saves among them have been carried OF By the
emy large DISTRICTS Only the Woa en- and children re-
aaIr. SYSTEM these would be taken care OF b
eIr oYclrs who would be bound TO By their future
tareste under the emancipation pocy thsy would In
evitably perish Even the males existed among them IL
.dne pr0poron emancipation would destroy the
Ia competition with the white man they weud perish the
human whers under the srocco, or the ss of the
morn az disappear uude the beams Of the Cur sys
tenn has the best for the Negro as we'll as for
the outside rid which has permitted tsett to indulge ID
uyon this question, were acquanted With
o. woRd CONSIDER the real facts of the ease it would hail
miles, but IS the protectors and saVoEs OF
the black
An eminent lady said, Oh liberty, what crimes
are committed IN thy name In NE manner, tae African
misery Inflicted IL thy name The negro will rise
Up Judgment against those vho under preteuce of pro-
noting interests ndc upon him the most fatal misfor.
they succeed in their present designs his race is
doomed.
Having Ekached evils and the ruin which We would
BE hopeiesIy involved, We submit 10 our enemies @r.
fu resistance of the attempt our subusatoa We shall
win said he Independence and Lpety and dgaity for
tickst'l There before such contest: never
has been such glory as we shall win Never beor
aid hy standing for their be ties, brave
~ contesug thsr sOll loot by foot, with the enemy
Sealed Up with the outside world
siadsd both sIcay and sentinentally from their
sympaties nevertheless, maintaining the light with
brave hearts and stout hands
Our will estabsh, continued Mr. H. system of
that shall Command the respect of the world
government in which both the black and the white races
gill improve together. Our soldiers. when they return
victorious from the war; with their swords drpopg witt
gore and the hrows crowned with aurels will to
hailed by TIE benedictons and honored by the graft
Eude OF ther couutrymen When grown old In the enjoy
nsn Of the love ard Vensraon their associates, the
youths of another generation will gather arennd them to
learn the of the present day. and to be instructed in
sll that is brave and noble.
Gould higher motives be presented to engage zeal
rouse activities he would promise the sug
gle would be without sacrifice On the
would De ardRoas and severe: But far better lose life
Than 1apropery he threw out of the question: for
was "ohg In such contest. proper zeal the part
OF the pc PIE VIII accomplish wonders. 1t will bring back
deserters, and it will bring shakers. soldier
aNeit To EN- And as Ill religion We must join faith
70 our works he who desponds already half ped
tOheersl With devotion and enthusiasm, he rea
son why We saoaid fail We must cultivate eathpsi asn-