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

wnat GOULD Oecone OF US II We were helpless
In their hands, and those hands holding the power
to arhitrate in all questions concerning us. They
would raise questions about the State laws, and
soon sweep away any barrier we might erect
ior the protection Of social order and industry
in our midst. But, fellow-cit,xeus I will not at
tempt now to draw picture Of subjugation which
1nust loom up before tho eyes OF every man who
considers it. 1t would require a pencil Dipped in
blood TO paint its gloom. pass this to the ques
uon OF What is to become Of the slaves. We know
that in large districts of country the men have
been taken away BY them and women left. Who is
to support them? Under our sy TEN they were
provided for and happy; under their 'syste,h they
must perish. That system will destroy the whole
negro race il this country. In the fierce COMPETE
ton for food between tho white and the negro, the
latter will be blasted like human life before the burn
ing sirocco, and vanish like the mist before the SUM-
We drew the sword net for ourselvc. alone but also
for his sake, and the world, which stands coldly
looking on, will find that the men whom they have
excluded from their sympathy are the hope of the
French woman. "Oh, Liberty, what crimes arc
committed in thy namen' and We may parody by
cxc,aiming, Oh, Philanthropy, how much misery is
caused in thy name! Wen may the negro rise up
and pronounce Judgment against it. Fe4low-cit
Gems, have presented the future We arc to endure
if VIC are reduced to submission.
turn now to what We are to gain with our sue
neutrality-suspicious., Liberty, our women and chill
dren-everything dear to man. vivid cheering
Nay more than this; We will cover the name Of our
country with glory-glory such AS was never known
before. venture to say that there was never such
a contest, and never such glory, may win from
it. We have the world against 1t has been said
that its parallel may be found in the Dutch Repub
lie; but they had the sea open to them and the
the French TO aid them. WeAtand alone present.
ing the spectacle Of brave people, conteSting, foot
by fo~t, with double their numbers; excluded, COM
merclally and scntnentally, from the world,
With our success We shall establish q system OK
government shat shall challenge the respect of the
world. Weshali solve the problem Of the extension
Of the AngloSaxon race to the country south OF US,
ard show that the white and the black races may
be extended together. Then shall the Confederate
soldier return from the field, his swoKd dripping, and
his brow crowned with iaurels, a hero, whom after
ages will venerate, and who will be an example to
generations to come. Are not these considerations
to nerve every man to do his d.ty-to unite every
heart and hand in the country I viii
not hold out the delusive hope that the
struggle shall be easy the sacrifices light But IN
such Interests it is better to loose life than fail
Great applause. Property l throw ont Of con-
sderatioi. What is it to US II We fall it will DC
in the hands Of ruthless foe who spares nothing.
trust and believe lii the success of our cause. If
people exhibit the proper spirit, they will bring
forth the deserters from their caves and the sk,lik
els 4 voice" Give it to 'em {" who avoiding
the pcils Of the fiei will go firth to share the dam
gers OF their countrymen.' Applause. In war, as
religion, we must have works well faith
The man who desponds is half whipped. APP
pause. We must have faith in the determine
lion OF our country to suffer all and CO all Ii VIC
determine upon that, Go not see why We cannot
win our independence. In this spirit, French
general ordered the sounding Of the Malsellaise,
which changed rout into victory III this spirit,
the ancicnts consulted the bodies of their ANIMALS
they sacrificed. In this spirit the Roman Emperor
accepted the vision Of the cross in the sky. do
have faith. do not see, but feel, that there
righteous God. IN Heaven who holds cur destiii' rs
in his hand, and do not believe lie will allow us
to be cast down and the wicked to prosper. ZAP
plause.l I believe, with the help Of Providence,
tht that amy which stands as triple wall Of steel
between a,d sutjugation will eventually win.
"A voice-"Ihatac So" 1t is time tor croakers to
nush. To despond is weakness.