Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-03-01


e,i, t:ti ~ 4..,c l4iat we inI'y a&Feo' ;sithe
~ .,.:i,: sshe i.*ae. '.s.:e?t npo:i just ai7i
I..ono. t,alc terms (App!ause.)
On this, We stapd together tonight and i
fills me With new hopes. There is no longer
any grounds for differences Of opinion among
mon who are true From this time forth
mark the men who begin to- talk about peace
who say the war ought to closev-ars des-
pondent, encourage disaGcction and i'll feel
ing5 towards our efforts to prosecute the war,
aid whose wcrds and conduct show that they
are il favor Of reconstruction, though they
DO not talk i. openly. Keep your eyes on
the man who talks this way. will writo his
history tonight. He will De gloomy. Say
Our armies will be defeated and destroyed,
and that there is no hope fpr us. The next
thing you know oi him he will bs bnying goId:
daughter and applamse) next he will send
his sou to EuWpe, (grcat laugater) and per-
haps close up the scene by going there him
self. (Great laughter ond applause.) was
going to express the wish those young men
nov in Europe, were back here, but don't
wish it. | hope they will remain there dur
ing the war, in justice 10 themselves, and
that they will stay after tie waris over in
justice to us.
Butwhat ofthc prospects before US. Frienda,
| do not wish to draw . picture to deceive
you. / look upon the prospect es bright and
promising. As God is my judge, / have yet
to see The FIRST despondent hour. (Applsusc.
l believe it will render the success of our
cause as certain as the rising Of to-morrow's
sun, if every man would act as feel. don't
profess TO come up to the standard of duty.
" If It cost me my property and my life, be it
SO; but 0 God give me the liberty and inde.
peneencc of my country"
i
Ponder well, hesitate long before you yield
to the delusiye hope of restoration of the
Union. Go among the people where Yankee
conquest has prevailed. Would that You
could have accompanied me to the Gate City |
a;few d lys ago. No man can form any coz
ception OF the cruel, wanton destruction, but |
those who see it. Standing there and behold |
ing the wreck and ruin around ne: I asked: |
Why, oh why is this2 When the enemy
conles to our plantations ard takes our stocks
and provisions, can understand that. II is
to supply his wants. But Atlanta is alpo:t
one vast pile OF ruin, Wien Sherman left it
the incendiary torch was applied indiscrimi
nately. Was this necessary to his success?
Did it add any new. 1aurels to Sherman, ex-
cept 10 that wreath cf iniamy for his prcviou,
Then why was it? I answer, it
vas prompted by their malignant hate of our
people, their unquenchable and kcllborp
hate. Do you ask me to reconstruct with
.hem2
went to the graveyard and stood there
among the city of The dead. There were
aundrels-perhaps thousands of our gallant
soldiers sleeping quietly their last aleep who
had given their lives Il holy sacrifice for our
holy cause And thought Of reconstruction
Ind it seemed as though voice rose from the
graves Of the gallant dead, saying, "s2yEK
TOUCH II NOT!!" and l called upon Goo
to witness that had sworn never soald;
and 50 help me God. neser wi' (Emtl!u,
:iastic and prolonged ch2eling.) Life is but
L span. Properly is buta fleeing sho~. Pr'
ne in the grave, bm' nsrsr pp! on n:s tae gYs,'-
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