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

|" we viii make him giveis up YETI
feel that the time is rapidly coming on When the
pe will wonder that snsy evto Dto IL, ,
on condition of Being made free-"oo ana fght
you are free" Ii we press them, they ~nl go
inst u.s. we know th not % Chance Dne ~ The onv
side that has had the advantage OF TINS eiemen!
the Yankeea people that can beat US 70 the end OF
the year in making bargains. Let us lmisa1e TEEN
own negroes have been to me ana sa1d Master,
set free, and we will fight for you we mad rather
fight for you than for the Yankees. But suppose
it should not be so-there is no harm IN try
ing. With all my early attachments and pre-
JUDGES, l would give up all It can only Be
done BY the States separately. VIVA, osase WI iea1
separate State counses had been followed We would
now have b.en bound hand and foot to the Yankees
What State lei off in th volutit South Caro-
lima. One State after another wheeled into Inns
until at last, when there, far away in the South,
every eye was turned northward-when men were
asking, day by day, what Of old Virginia 1T was
telegraphed that she was going to desert the South
honored Virginia the mother Of States and OF
statesmen-sored in her as part Of our possessions
We had men from Virginia all about US, and
were bound to her by indissouble ties. Day
after day came the same tidings-Virginia will
not come. t"Who said it"j Everybody said
it, and it was true until Lincoln insulted
news-virginia has seeded! Such spectacle
! Rever before greeted my eyes. Men whose
faces looked like the parchment upon which their
bonds were written rushed into the streets, danced
Rugged and kissed each other. Cannon were fired,
and it was great day. South Carolina, l know,
will follow Virginia, well every other Southern
STATE, If she but give the lead When shall 1t be
done! l"Now."l Now. Let your Legislature
| pass the necessary laws, and We will soon have
twenty thousand men down in those trenches fight
ing for the country. You must make up your
MINDS to try that or see your army Withdrawn from
before your town. l came here to say dlsagreeaoie
things: tell you, you are in danger unless Some
radical measure be taken know not where the
white men It is said there quartermasters
| clerks, railroad employees, and men in bomb
| pToofs-but tell you there not enough able
bodied white men in the country. Do you suppose
gas-lght you have here, and not found ont this
thing? My honorable friend has told you that de-
serters and skulkers would come in. Possible But
where is Tennessee, and other States that were for
| me-ly relied on! YOu have part OF Virginia, part
OF North Carolina, part OF South Carolina and part
| of other States. What else' IA voice. Texas
Texas She is beyond our reach. Would that she
We're not.
| Mr.. Benjamin then spoke Of Louisiana and her
| shattered brigades; Of Stake and Stafford, who
have laid down their lives in our service Of Nichols
| who, wounded and disabled, resigned his commits
sion, which the President refused to receive, and
| placed him in what some call "boN rproof"-in
the CONSUMPTION bureau of louisa -; of Harry
Hayes who was repeatedly wounded in the service
| and Of YOrke, who is in North Carolina, endeavor-
ing to raise recruits among the Irish Catholics
Louisiana has done much, but you cannot make a
Mr.. Benjamin asked, what do cur enemies pro-
pose to do! ard read from the New York Tribune
of the 9Th instant review Of Buffers speech, which
argued that it was the duty of the Government Ito
render Justice to the negro-to educate himto give
him fair share Of the lands his fathers wrought
upOn-to leave him in the State where he was
reared. and to furnish him with the means to bogn
life After that, he was to be let severely alone
that is, to take his place with other citizens.
Now, said Mr. benjamin, if there be hell upon
earth, it would be an universal emancipation CT the
1 aVdt hD loo fn ln fNov
imagine yourselves in atcity where the municipal
officers were your former slaves, in military organ
izaton Of which the officers we're negroes with the
maace Of the Yankees firing their hearts to wreak
vengeance on us That is to be our fate if we
fail in this contest. And yet men object to making
use OF the means within our reach, because, for
man rushing forth from his burning house, and
| begging his neighbors, for Heavens sake, not to
throw water on his blazing root, because it might
spoil his furniture. Applause.
Mr. BENJAMIN read an extract from the New
York Post, published in 1862 to show the devilish
malgnity OF our enemies. The article showed that,
under the institution Of slavery, the number Of
groes had increased from 700 coo to 100000. He
would plead guilty to that indictment, and thanked
God that the institution Of slavery had thus pre-
served that unfortunate race. The Southern sys-
tenn the true system for the improvement Of the
blacks and the freedom of the whites. But if we
were in q condition when We could no longer protect
:he slaves, wewoud say to them, we yield what We
believe TO be the best system on earth under mo-
test and take the next best system which could be
obtained. He painted the scene in the Yankee
Congress when the unconstitutional amendment
was passed, and held up their mock philanthropy
glazing colors
There is one other thing wanted After you have
given us all the means and all the men want the
croekers should be hanged Good. They should
| ilict capital punishment upon them. Put them in
| the trenches and let the solderscome 10 town and
take their places. That is the sort Of capital pun
ishment would accord them These croakers saw
"Ihis or that general is whipped" "Gold is sixty
and calico nnety"' They have no right to talk in
this manner. A man recently came to my house
and commenced croakin9, when I took up my hat
! and left, saying would not listen to him. ZAP.
piaUse These men, who have not spent one night
out Of their comfortable beds since the beginning OF
the war; are utterine'th dismal complaints, while
the soldiers are passing resolutions that # they do
not cease they will fight them and the Yankees too
He then read resolutions Of the Fifty seventh Four
teen:h and Thirty-hrst Virginia regiments, and
Daviss Mississippi brigade, showing the spirit and
determination of our soldiers. That, he said, was
the way TO talk. These model soldier resou-
tons; scSrn for the cfoakers, confidence in their
| rulers, and contempt for the weakened. Also,
resolutions of similar character from Louisiana
regiment, showing that they would make every sac
rtce Tor the defence Of Virginia, upon whose soil
so many of their number had laid down their lives
that they entertained fond memories Of home, but
were fired With stern resolve not to return until
this fight was fought TO the end louisiana stood at
this hour 2s firm and erect in 1861, when the first
shot was fired at Sumter. There was no proposition
for peace there the war could not long as
| the foot Of the foe pressed their SOIL
Mr.. Benjamin said he saw prospect Of cessa-
ton Of this struggle during the present year. Let
every man stand UP and nerve his heart to the
test. The enemy was utterly unable to continue
this war beyond the present campaign Let us stand
| up firmly, and We shall be free
! In conclusion, Mr.. Benjamin drew q beautiful
picture Of peace ard its consequent blessings, and
said all that and c awaited US i! nerved our
selves as we ought to for this las. struggle.
| REMARKS OF MR.. JOHN A. 0ILMEp Op
| NORTH CAROLINA.
| Mr.. JonN A. GILMER, of North Caro-
lima, then came forward, amid cheers
and applause, and addressed the assem-