Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-03-01
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feVpic os Macon ~i;h 8 speech, trou. Ehit
We extract as ilio@s. Read tleu eyerybod
Whist 10 wc ncet--wbat are our prese
wants? Simply these. We need an arm
and provisions ana clothing for them. The
arc all.
an army? Do you give up for walt Ct q
army? True. yuu con pare our army
Virginia, Carolina, Or Mississippi 10 what
once was,it is thir4il. There era too mar
absentees from thsirpoSts but are yoa awar
my. friends, that ifevery man who oTes dat
in the army was TT his post NC wonld have
larger army than the cnemy ever had sine
the war began? Conquer this people Who's
fault is it if you are conquered?
But it said agai if the inen go lack
duty-it every niaq who should go would d
SO, and remain steadily at his post, they vii
fell in large numbers by disease and battles
and after q while the ranks will be so thiunet
friends, haze you ever calculated that every
year more than fifty thousand young men ar
rive at the ageto perform mi itary. duty? Will
these we can keep our armies fully recruited
and if we arc conquered, it will not be lol
the want Of men. You have enough, enc
more than enough to supply every demand
viii you be startled if l tell you there ere
twenty thousand men now in Georgia, who
are absent from their commands? Yes, there
ale moro than chat number, and suppose
tha other States arc in the same condition.
To-day, if an Ali-wise Providence should
sweep from The face cf theearth every an in
Lees, Eeauregard's, and Kirby Smiths COM
mands, we have still enough men left to win
our independence; and when speak of men,
I mean fraite men im.nepse applause) good
and true. who ought TO love liberty, for they
imbibed it With their mothers milk.
Provisions? Are they not ample? We
talk of suileling We have not known what
suffering is, and God grant that we never
mag. We can endure ten fold-yea thou
saHd fold. the suffering and privGtion We have,
if it shoud be necessary to win our irdepen-
dencc. Then, ask again, what is the cause
CT onr despoadency? and that brings ms to
another p0nt-the main and only point in
t5ese remarks that deserves our special con-
sideration.
What, then, is the cause? Ills not With
the brave boys in The field. They have none
1t. They arc not afraid Linccln's armies
caa whip them. 1t is not on account Of dis.
laya! men or iisloyalty among the people,
for there is not enough of these to make any
sensible impression ON the public mind.
What, then, is it? It's The lore cfproperty!
it is miserable araricc' that has crept into
youl souls unawares, and is enawing out the
very yit:ls Of jour patriotism.
want 10 talk plainly to you, my country
men, on this subject. Examine your hearts
car. 'ullS, snd see ;f tits not SO. 1t is not tie
love of Your wires and cEildyen,lhat causes it.
it is not The love OF your SON, for you have
sent item 10 The field 10 fight for your coun-
Try. Some OF .hcm are still .conlronting the
ioe, others are manned; and others gene 10
heir last account. It is none Of t-eso thirg,
~hicI. .causes h. dcspoalent feeling; bat it is
';i. tore q yo,~ property
haze said is privately, and I'll say it in
ri ;ic. t:..l no -7.ar ever exhibited mare wis.
10. 5asaci;Y aud S.otesnaUsiip, then Mr.
u rs dii i. ,ha m,n b. selected Ter the lu.e
LISA compliment to them,
nn:.i u; il1cs ;i,e !l;gLest praiss upon himself
Y0lC ::.:::te1 .f;ar ;,:n - l:.-SHn!ti: nc GG:.
ii..,I t. Yuf. :.,.t t.g @arc inen 9::.',,c pr..-
:, *. cin!, pCt u. g;,i:.; "a piiensiyc to c
i.i.,t,.l.: ;iay.r at "i'i,;.t nJre could ie
J. .taa hA di!:
/ look 0-i'l p c'!iiie pride uiou the hia'o-
ffti, ll:,f,,: - Sc, ';.sti.,',s. 'i''.erc Is
i,iaro :. i: ila;4 ,a>e..s tl eya ul .c@dc;s The
sn~ny SAYS NC asa .shiape,i---;n lhe Lat
30, j ryistcEce. ,s:::::vr' i3oi! or railne {:
a,:,. ~ a,n,nun.,ioii, ':nt III" p4o!.ie "re III.
ye;ul III. ,:i:'ia uj. an lca'iy yirii up
u. ..,:;;.; y. -, ~ wiling li,t oil FaLk
ni;r. ono oi,i,!2 ,:rcfl.-! an, e:,raH'!c*t ~
e,it- the s,g'5 aY.ei~'; s'"al5 .. m" L. .;'r
i;...,i,.!, as: .v. les Intercourse wib orF
n..srle. talk s7;ih oai Coagros5-;sen aud the
2r,.is,.t, SID ~: ear r.a, o.,:'.i..o'' nG tel
ms. iuelnG;ng onr ds..,ouIcal.'.' 81. rc Tas
no restraint urm, i.i3a tie c::uo ti1onsh
orr lines. wcat b:cz !nd calmc ae..i;i!. Ih.
loors were thrown wide open, and - u'rg-
led freely, so rs in aec nnd j'tcrc 'o' ilims";i
flo cha..,.ss OF or ruin and ,,cs;,uctlvD. aic
Singleton came aDd went in the same way,
wlh iuli liberty 10 eo back and toll li:s master
ali he saw and ha,;r'i.
Bat wlca ycur Commissioners wee seat
in response to I.!rco!ris i:iV;iatio;a, they wc:
not allowed 10 20 10 Washington. He was
afraid. If thew were a'lowcd :ha same pririi-
ooeaii,at We gaya TO Biair AID Singleton, it
m;rI,t pI...s somo seed which the Yankees
don't w;, 10 ha:yc.. They were Eot even
.narmil..d 10 20 into the pre&cucc Of tho
i.aryigon of ORG Of his strongest taris. Lin.
eyln and Seward could rot trust these men
:..nang their people, but came all tho way
from Washington to Hampton Reads to NEE;
her, personally. Ti.cy were, not willing Tor
ti,rce :nan cf I.ncnln's own choice. TO cumo
end meet oura. Here is what never before
ccc;lr.ed in tho history of diplomacy; whe e
the hea.ss of tie Government have gone Gu:
thep,:el,es to have talk with the agents tf
:;noEs.r Government. Lincoln and Seward
we're leterlniaed that our men saould not
Itira back to Richmond anything that voa!d
divide and distract the mind of ths North.
REV were determined t!.at themselves end
no enc eise should siyr an answer 10 our of
to negotiate, and they did giso iiat,f o'cd
spswcr: "jIo back and tell the South they
can have peace by laying down t'.eir arm. !;
era submitting to my Will and Judgment
Iii, is the sam and substance CT Lincoln
reply.
Lncoln and ':eward have determined ths1
Cha old UOipn shall! never be rc-estanlisheo