Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-08-28
Ho'OeU COJb's Message to the
North.
We find the following copied into the New
York Tribune of the l4th;


Ia his recent speech ct Atlanta, that
horid and haccid Georgia orator, General
Howell Cobb, remsrking "that the time
has come when the Northerners are to
leave US and return back to their homes,
aud in the part which they have played to
return no more forevyr,' begged them TO
bear bis words to tho North as follows:
Oh! men Of the North, as ye travel home
ward, spread these broadcast; and when
you receive a cordial welcome into your
own homestead, aud th3t wife and mother
avd daughter impress upon yaur lips the
kiss Of affection aud love, remember, beg
you remember, be mothers and vivrs and
daughters Of Georgia. IL you cannot
feel Tor them a that hour, then tto spiri,
Of love ana affection ba, departed from you,
never Ggliu O he reclaimed Telltupm that
/ Ia The MIDST Of all this dss1l4ii0n, IN the
mds of al these wrongs, that there was
I not 10 all George q sIug.s daughter that
/ bowed her head 20 the yoke. Tell them
1 that our brave utn stood submissive 40 the
/ point of the blyouet. Tel, Them that kind
ness and generosity would have won hack
/ the allegiance OF their hearts, bat all the
/ bayouets chat We're ever made Ia the Amri-
| can L uion cauIot drive mluh1 d from their
/ breasts. [AppIause.l Tell them that these
/ men were brave and generous to the last,
/ hating their enemies, loving their friends,
| and, even it il had been necessary, from the
scaHJld they would have buried defiance
| iofO the teeth of their opures-Ors. They
would have welcomed every MOLE land gem
| erouS heart 10 the south with cOrnlsiity
! they extend alone 70 those they love. [Ap.
| plause Tell them, moreover, Georgia mas
| a home Tor every true man Of the Nor h.
/ She has welcome for every true maI thai
| will come 10 live among and with u, aud
| he of Us. But she has neither a true we
! come nor a false Hospitality to offer to tho ,r
who cnme to wrong and Cypress them, and,
/ when you have tod them all this, tell THEM
/ thJt ia Georgia there was hut one voice,
/ oyo heart, one soul, one spirit. When you
turn your back upon tho State, looking
/ through all her length and breadth, upon 7
mountains, in her valleys, 10 her Cities ia
her towns, along the public highways, DO
public and private Workshop, yoG don't
leave behind yOu one single white Radical
advocate oC the Chicago platform who wa,
worthy Of the respect and confidence Of a
gentleman. [Appltuse.l
And when you are asked by yonr people
what are the views, and sentiments, aud
purposes of the people OF the South, do Us
| 'HF JUSTICE ~ pI"'l-'I~' 'HN OHN' ~ 'A'' w
are hostile 10 the Union aud the COnslitu
ton, aud that we desire to renew the bitter
conf ct through which we baye iu,t passed
as false and uuf0un led. Tell then thai
when you heard the people o Georgia Is
sorting their claims to perfect equality ID
the Union, under the Constitution, you
could not tiud it in your hearts 70 deny the
instiCe Of their claims, and that tle eifnrI
~ the r ldICtl party. AS manifested Ira thrii
Congressional legislation, aud affirmed il
the most offensive shape in their Chicag,
platform, should not hud among the homes