Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-02-11

mistasabie evidence Of devotion TO the canSe wa
manifested on every occasion,
Lincoln, il is said fears that the greatest d'ih
culties to be encountered IN this CONTROVERSY would
come frum Virginia aud Louisiana. Why tins ~sS
lac lid not pretend TO say bur sure il was thai Oot
had been tried and not fund wanting
Speaking OF SPECTATORS, he said that n, by law
cmal punishment could Ie made 20 overtase theil
crime he would say apply It. (theers.l He. caiitu
UPON the people 10 suppress all feelings OF jealousy
against each other, except aginst the crodker and
,kuker with regard TO those whose presen,e i need
ed 10 keep up society and the goNtfhhehti no envy
thouI I've excited against such classes He made this
statement because "a was time that weNhVuld all
mite and strive to pNcure success we struggle To-
grtber and if necessary, die together. Whatever
Snp MAY have done in evil life, whatever the priya-
tionS he max have endured he has nevcryet endured
sbe >uherjpe> the trials and Ole sacrifices Ot our
SoiIieN in the field. And, appealing TO the ladies,
he would S.1 That when they see ragged soldier
Who /, called dirty Sodier-far tromrecoiliIs from
him. they should feel drawn towards him To the
n,int of embracing him for who knows ht that
thai soldier has contributed TO save from shame the
h,iebteSt Jewels of her sex. Who are these sol
hersy Are they hirchngS, drawn from Europe =
No: they are our sons, our brothers and tdihers-
they are our citizea sOlhery-lor We have no sol
disrs bat the citizens OF the country. Hence the
soldier Is one whom we should assist on allVcSsionS,
But, ON the other hand there WAS that class rom
whom all should recOl-and this Is the sraggler,
.pretendsto be his wounds. Discriminate between
these classes from the good aud deyo.ed soldier.
Mr.. HENRr's SPEEcH.
Mr.. Henry followed. lie began by saying that he
had lesn the worse treated man to-day he had evpr
seen. He had been subjected TO hearing Mr.. Shei-
ty use every one 0f the arguments winch DC had pre-
,,,ret for ais own speech. (Laughter.) And he had
bored that something might beleft him, however,
when the Secretary of State, With whom he had
tLis far been on the best relations took all the bal
ance OF his prepared speech. Great hugter) lie
had He'd from the stand cryIng ''SaVe me from my
friends" But stin be hoped TO be patrioticaily
moved 10 mud vet words enough To hurl back the IN
science offered us 10y Abraham Lincoln.
Looking back to the hrSt resolution, he asked
whether We bad greater reasons for dependency
than our ancestors. a.
Alter reviewing the number of arms-besring
population OF the South by the census OF lsoO, ne
ud that his opinion that all those capable oi
earnz arms whatever their status or condition IA
society, should be called in tue ranks to ward on
the tyranny and oppression which threaten us. lie
heard some say thar they would not hight by the
side of a negro We hunt and tsh with our negro
why should we not fight W it'll him On one occasion
he was very hard pushed by man more powerful
than himself, aud he got very valuable aid from bis
negro and hence il was that he said that pressed as
we are we should not hesitate TO use the
negro as soldiers. We should whip the Yam
KEGS with white men, but II We could NOT
with the negro lie had studied the character Of the
negro and knew il well. His local attachment was
very great His word for il, ii the same promises
were offered them as are offered by the Yankees
they would make the best of soldiers. Discipline
was everything in the making OF good soldier; he
thought the negro was susceptible of great diSci-
line Hence he concluded that il II were necessary
TO turn the scale, he would employ two hundred
thousand negroes, givingthem the boon Of freedein
for their services. f..-.
Referring to the prospects of the country, he
oretold that the ship would yet weather the storm
and come safely 10 port. He was confident that we
would vet succeed. True to ourselves, as be knew
We would be, success awaited us. D. .e
What was the cause which had brought this as
,embly together 1t was a renewal of their Loyalty
and of their first determination that they would not
sheatGe the sword until the great end had been
achieved.
They had been told that the country wanted the
cotton and tobacco: but he wanted something more;
he wanted the gold of the people. (Cries OF good.
He alluded 70 an aneedote OF Roman history, whciI
he hoped 10 see renewed bere. ne SApScled 70
hear that there would be such rush at he Treasury
to deposit their gold that their names could not DC
taken down. Let all 20 and deposit their goid
in Mr.. Trenh0lul's vaults, and then the
Treasury notes would be worth something
To the ladies be appealed, and asked them what
they could do in thar way. lie asked them II they
could not 70 and deposit their Jewels, which LEM
but an sdveutitious beauty to their charms lie
aiwys thought that the greatest beauty was beauty
nnadorued-benee he appealed to the LADIES 10.
make the SacTIhee.
He concluded with stirring and eloquent adIn-
ration to emulate the great exemplar Of our hrst
struggle lor liberty, invoking the great name OF
Washington.
Hon. John Randolph fucker and the Rev, Dr.
Hoge followed III able addresses. We regret that
pressure of other matter prevents us from giving
synopsis of their remarks At the close of the
speaking the resolutions were adopted by acclama-
tion, aud the meeting adjourned.