Year: 1862

sufficient provisions for home consumption viii neces
saFy require lsrger grsa crops To have an abundance
for home consumption and for the my, should be ths
object Of every This Is dictated by the highest son
sderatons of home policy, and net from any view o.
advancing interests sbroad On the contrary after
sufficient provisions made FOR homo consumption and
70 supply the army the cotton that can be grow
the better. How regulate this, know Is dinleul'
matter. When the duty rests upon all alike 10 grow
grain and stock for food some may be dispose to
neglect d. How to meet this difficulty Is itself ail-
cult question II ght perhaps be done oy eaeh Stae
pa sing similar law upon the subject limiting the pro
cucflou OF each hand en- aged IN US eultuse- Anls
would require concert Of action What the Limitation
should be not p epared 70 say hsve not the ne
cessary estimates and statistics


On the subject of foreign recognition, Mr. Stevens
he LT no change in The prospect Foreign aoNern-
meDts he thought, very much disposed to stand
ui0of from ths cone He did not believe hey ren!y
sympa hizei with either side-he meant the ruling


asses The masses Of the people, and the commercial
interests generally he thought did sympathize with Us
Not with fhoir rulers They care but little Tor tne
SUCCESS either the North the South. Some Of our
people were disposed think that shelf syEpathies


were with the North while the Northern papers were
chsrgins them wi sympathy FOR He thought they


d no kind feelings for either but rather reJOeed to see
Republicans cutting each others throats He thonght
the remark reported TO have lately been uttered by
Carlisle 10 his quain style embocie IN iushei lhs
diplomatic feelings Eulope ds the cause on ho
sides. The remark that Il was he foulest ehlm
ney that had been fire for century and the best
way Is TO let 4 burn Itself out


They were agairst RepublieAnsm. They are hostile
70 the principle that is capable Of sefgoyernment
They doubtless in hopes that this principle will be
eIn ushed both sides Of the line before the contest
ends. They wise enough TO see that the North


0m the course CONNIE ced there) would soon run nO
anarchy daFpotism ard they perhaps looking for
the fate to befal This has usually been
tbs fate of republics and Of the highest duties we
have perform ourselves and pOserity was TO see
that thei5 expectations shall fail far we con
csued. We have high mission 10 perform and Mr..
Stephens trusted the people Of the South would prove
themselves equal to the task Of its performances We
have our Independence to achieve and our constitutional
liberty to maintain With rests the hope Of the
world. The North has already become despotism
The people theirs while nominaly free in better
condition practically, than serfs. The only pleusi5lity
they have for the is to make free men Of slaves and
those OF an inferior race while their efforts IN this I'M
natural thus far has resulted in nothing but


lions upersede and set aside both laws and Constitutions
Liberty with them Is but name and rOckery. 10
separating from them quit the Union but we rescued
the Constitution This the srk Of the covenant OF
and preserve it forever Independence with US was,
Eaid Mr.. S.. a great object, but greater than The
nanenance and perpetuAton Of constitutional liberty
The after was even more important than the other In
dependence resored the only means to secure
au maintan for ourselves constitutional rights. Let
BON independence end constitutional liberty be Kept
constantly in view. Away with the idea Of getting indie
pendsnce first and looking after liberty Afterwards
Our liberties once LOST, viii be lost forever.


Ol this point Mr.. Stephens dwelt at length as the one
from which he had felt most apprehensOns from the
be ginning. but with virtue, Intelligence, patriotism,
orhuds and vigilance the part Of the people, every
one Doing his duty, sll would yet be we'll


In conclusion he again appealed to all in whatever po-
ston i'm life to do their whole duty the soldier In the
field would do hiss let the planter the tadeslnan the
tanner the shoe maker and all at home do theirs


lei no one thns Of gains while the war lasts, except
gaining our Independence and securing their liberties
and 20 accomplish these ends let every energy OF the


whole urblie aud every Of the whole country
be put forth its fullest extent and utmost capacity