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SOUTHERN
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1861.
Tb* Froduee toil.
GREAT IPIBCK 0T VICE-PRESIDENT
KnlXunutie Jtufooee if tU 1reqpfo if
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be Baetmimed—Two Tboueand Belle if Gotten
Nuboerlfad on theBpot—Onr Trtf t» NtoeAGty-
ten, M. **f, U ,, ■ -. '. .
U.vUg lontd that Vtoe-Preeident Ste
phana «u to oddrooo tho pooplo of Wilke*
conety oa iotardey loot, oa tho Preduea Loon,
enA wishing to hoar tho plaha and parpoaos of
tho Government more fully oa this subjset,
sad lay tho sams hofora oar Nadars, wo at.
toadod tha aaootlag, and mads a roport of tha
•pooch. Tha Quart Homo, in which tho ad-
dross was dalivarsd, was Iliad to orarflowiag
—tho aaaambly being graced by tho prasaaoa
of many Indie*.
Hoa. Garnett Andrews was tolled oa to pre
side, and Dr. H. G. Robertson Soorotary.
Mr. Btophons than orooo amidst loud ap
plause, and sold:
Ms. Cultures, Louisa ass GenLiMea: 1
appear before you to day mainly on business.
The subject is of no little importance. It is
of great magnitude. It concerns us all ss
muoh as any upon which I aver addressed you
before. Our oouatry is at war—the most im
portant wo eTsr were engaged in before—not
•xoepting that of tho resolution which result
ed in the aohiesement of our independenee.—
To provide means to carry on the war, and
•uetain our country in this exigency, is the
object of my appearance here to-day. Our
cause must be sustained. On its success every
thing that concerns us in life depends.
Time need not be taken np la rehearsing at
length the causes ef the war—its origin or his
tory. Allow me to premise, however, briefly
a few thinga in relation to this contest In
the first place, it is a most unnatural and irra
tional war on the part of our former Northern
confederates. Its success on thsir part would
end in an entire overthrow of the principles
upon which our eommou independence was
achieved. Those States at the North now en
gaged in this war against us, occupy the posi
tion towards us that the British Government
did towards the colonies in the Revolutionary
struggle. They are endeavoring to govern us
against our consent.
England claimed the right to tax and govern
us on the same principle. This right our fath
ers denied. On the fourth of July 177S, each
one of the colonies, through thsir legal repre
sentatives—each State for itself—declared their
independence, and proclaimed the great truth
that all governments derive thsir just powers
from the consent of the governed. This dec
laration was not made as a nation, but by tbe
representatives of each one of the sovereign
and independent States. When the war closed,
England acknowledged the independence of
each one of the States separately, of Massa
chusetts, of New York, of Virginia, of Georgia,
and all the other States individually. On this
same principle the Confederate States now
stand. In this most unnatural war, Maasa-
chuseils, that was represented by tbe patriot
John Hancock in 1771, now occupies towards
us the same relation that England did to us in
the revolution. It is a war against the whole
principles upon which the revolution was
fought. Whatever may be the dangers of the
future, let every son of revolutionary sires re
member that the same prlnciplse are now in
volved. We never sought to interfere with
their Internal tffein.
After the acknowledgment of the indepen
dence of each ol tho States separately and
severally by Great Britain, a Union between
all of them was formed in that oompact known
as the Constitution of the United States. This
related to extra territorial or foreign aflairs,
and extra State affairs.
Tho regulation of all matters of domestio
and internal policy within the States respec
tively, was expressly reserved to the States or
to the people. State Sovereignty was never
parted with in that Constitution or compact of
Union. Sovereign powers to a limited extent
woro delegated, but sovereignty Itself was
•till reserved to the people of the States re
spectively. We claim the same sovereignty
that oar fathers did—the same Inalienable
right to self-government which they asserted,
and which the States of the North joined
them in pledging their lives, their fortunes,
end sacred honor in maintaining. This right
is now denied j hence this oonlicL
When the people of the Southern States
looked to tha future, after the elections last
fall, some thought It best M wait a little, and
see what tha result would be—to see whether
the party than successful in the election of
their President, would attempt to carry out
thsir avowed policy. Others thought it beat to
meet the eaemy at the threahhold. The gal
lant State of South Carolina took tho lead. It
was her right to ro-assume tho exercise of all
her sovereign powers if she chose to do so, and
no one had a right to <|uesMon it. This right
was scoured In tha prlnciplse established whan
her, set our, and the independence of all the
Status was achieved. Other States soon fid-
lowed. We did not resort to arms. Our sepa
ration was effected, not through the cartridge
box, but through tho ballot-box. The people
decided this question for themselves. Such a
moral spectacle never was witnessed. An
overwhelming majority of the people of saves
Southern States decided that it wee beat to re-
sums their sovereignty. To question their
right to de am involves tho whole doctrine upon
which American Institution! wars founded —
This great fundamental principle which sn-
derliea, American Constitutional Liberty was
daaMt by Mr. Liaeolu even before ha was for
motif esated Ja hie pennant position.
OMininioMN |p BtMwv
between us sad eur old seared see tee upon the
principles ef justice end good fettt. We
wished to have no strife—We wished pesos.—
tory of the world show Hi Bat ell oer efforts
to meletale peaceable and amioabla rnUtiona
were veia.
It never wee our abject to make aggressions
on say State not luelined te oomejiJj^^Nja
think Mtnsouri, Kentucky,
aware ought te oomo with us. We think it is
beat for them; but it ia at question for thorn to
deride. j
It it our ito Ur eat to bo at peace with tho
North. It is not to our interest tbet thej ahould
overthrow the initiation* of tbrir frthtrs>-
Wars ere injurious to it people. We end they
feel it, end will oontinue to feel it more, ee long
ee it leete. Hence, thi* wer Is nnneturel end
■uioidel on the pert of the North. They iey
we bsguh it; thet we first fired on Fort Bnm-
ter. We did fire on Sumter, but it wee not
until efter we hed asked them to vacate
it—-located, et It was, on our own toil—over
which the returned sovsrsighty of one of onr
new oonfederetee extended, end efter we hed
been notified thet reinforcement* would bo
fbreibly tent to it, end efter theeo reinforce
ment* were on the wey, end nlmoet et the
pleoe. The wer wee virtually begun—not by
the first gun thet wea fired, but by the an
nouncement thet Moultrie end ell the other
Fort* in onr pome—ion should be captured, seis
ed end held by Mr. Linooln's Government.—
This wee the beginning of the wer. This wee
its declaration, end from this bee sprung ell
thet has or mey ensue. The taking of Sum
ter wee but the meeting of this procalamation
ee it ought to hero been met. The nsxt step
was Mr. Linooln’s proclamation of the 15th of
April, celling out 75,000 of tho militia, with
out the shadow of legal or Constitutional au
thority, with e view to our coercion end sub
jugation—a purpose which could have been
conceived in nothing short of the most stupen
dous folly, as well as the most suicidal reck
lessness. The object oen never be attained,
while tbe consequences will be ruinous to those
who undertake it.
It not should be our purpose to detract from the
merits, the eharaoter, prosperity, or power of
the people of the North, or any other people on
earth; but it may be justly said, that the most
of the wealth of which they boast, has been
acquired from their oonnections with the Booth.
Their wealth is not in the productions of their
•oil. It consists mostly in their commerce,
their shipping, their trade, their manufactures,
their spindles, their looms, their foundries,
their forgee, tboir inventions, end their thou
sand end one contrivances for supplying tha
wants end the markets of the Sooth. They sold
to the South annually not less then $250,000,-
000 worth of manufactures of various kinds,
besidss the enormous profits accruing to their
ship owners frem being onr carriers; while
they exported to ell the world besides not *x-
oeeding $40,000,000. Whet will become of them?
Tho party now in power there have always
•aid the South wea accursed. Their machine
ry is fitted only to manufacture supplies suited
to our wants. They knew our went# end were
prepared to supply them, end were not prepar
ed to supply those of any other people. Most
of whet they made for us will suit no other peo
ple. This wer on their pert is a forcible illus
tration of the old adage of a men 44 cutting off
his nose to spito hie face." Hence the remark
thet it ia a wer altogether irrational end alto
gether suicidal on their pert. When, however,
reason is blinded end passion beers sway, there
is no telling where a people will be led to.
But there is another remark about this wer
which eonoerns us end ell friends of constitu
tional liberty everywhere. Upon our success
in it, depends constitutional government. Noth
ing less Is involved in the issue. The United
States have been looked to by tbe down-trod
den of earth, ea the pole star of hope, because
within their limits every freemen—every citi-
sen stood on an equality. The whole fabric
rested upen restraints being thrown about ru-
lers. No other government in the world secur
ed such privileges. The will of a men or of a
few persons, governs most nations. Of ell the
governments in the world, in this alone, your
President, the highest officer, wee bound by
lew the seme as the humblest citisen.
The men who made the Constitution wore
mostly Southern men. In the North, in thet
greet work there were but few helps end aids.
Dr. Franklin end Alexander Hamilton end a
few other able end distinguished men from the
North were in the Convention, but they con
tributed little to the master pieos of workman
ship. They gave greet aid in having it adopt
ed efter it was fashioned in the Convention as
it wee; but it wea mostly the work of Southern
hands—the 'product of Southern statesman
ship. Hamilton wanted a government on quite
* different model, end he eotnelly quit the
Convention before its labors dosed. He after
wards, it is true, brought his greet powers to
beer, end did ell he conld to suetein it, end to
put it into successful operation; but he contrib
uted not a stone to the foundation, the wells or
columns of the greet super-structure. Thet
glorious temple of liberty wee the work of the
hands of Southern men., If it be kept, end its
prinoiples perpetuated, it will be done by the
Confederate States. Reflecting men have long
entertained the belief that if the Union were
diaeolved, the North would go Into anarchy
end despotism. It has been our pride thet out
•f the seventy-two years of the existence of the
Government under the Constitution, it haa been
for sixty, under the oontrol of.Southern states
men. This bee secured whatever of property
end greatness—growth and development bee
marked the Country’s career during its pest
histery. The Northern masses generally agreed
with Southern statesmen in their policy, and
sustained them. These were the demoeraey ef
that section. Mr. Jefferson said they were si
fts* Washington's administration lasted eight
yean. It was southern* and Ia tha line of
Southern policy. Then same the elder Adame.
Ha was Orem Massachusetts. Opposite ideas
shaped hie policy. At the sad of fear years,
the people indignantly turned him and hi*
counsellors out of power. Then some Jefferson,
yr *■
itrel
f fear years hf was
ss»
i. for four yeara
T/los orI'ToIA, shlsh sAM
ofsaath.ru oootroL XeshTeyl
Fillmore was a corth.ro men I
administration was sustalnsd by tha
»»d to was Piano's. Thssa ms y ha sallsd
EDERAC Y.
thsflrfiattitattoos. V tho, UoBght tholrs hot.
ZM&AtHtSSM
ition. All the important measures
which have marked tho ^ is tory of the Govern-
mssitf whiok hevs mad# it what it is, or wss
before the dismemberment, and made it the
admiration ef the world, were tbe fruits of the
policy of Southern eteteemen. The party at
the North new in power have been sgein*t the
oouatry fc all its leading features ef pnblio pol-
ioy, which haVe marked its kMory-csi&eially
has It been against all its wars sinoe the Con-
•titutien was formsd. Ia the war of 1812, Mas
sachusetts would not ssnd bsr troops beyond
hsr borders, though the war was mainly for
tha prelection of the rights of her teamen.—
That State opposed the Mexican war, and her
people did not go there to fight the ooontry’s
battlee. It is trot Caleb Cushing got up a
regiment and went there, but it wu not com
posed of mao/ native MMiaohueetta men.—
Ite ranks were in a great measure filled up with
the chivalrous Irish. This is the first war that
has taken place sinoe the Revolution, that she
has sent many of her native sons out of the
State. It can be accounted for only because it
is a fanatical war. Every thing in our past
history that belongs to the nation’e glory was
the result of Southern policy and support.
We were all attached to the old Government,
not for the name, not for the hull, but for the
spirit, the life and soul of it, scouring as it did,
equal right* to all sections.
Wo have thrown off the Union, but we have
preserved the Constitution. The revolution
this country is rsally at tha Norths From Con
stitutional Government, they are rapidly ad
vancing to deepotiem. Southern men, in the
hour of danger and peril, have rescued the
work of their Fathers. They have taken the
Constitution of ’87, and, instead of laying vio
lent hands upon it, they have made such im
provement* a* time and experience have shown
to be proper. Tbe ohangee are not many, but
of them thio may be said: Every change made
in it ia of a conservative character—not one of
a radical nature in it. They all look to a bet
ter security of life, liberty and property. They
all look to the better aecurity of tbe rights of
the people against the encroachments of pow
er, or the corruption* of their rulers.
Mr. Lincoln says he make# war on us to pro
tect the publie property, and yet under him the
public property has been destroyed by mill
ions. Immense amounts were burned at Har
per’s Ferry and at the Navy Yard at Norfolk.
This is no war to protect the property of the
Government but to coerce and subjugate us.—
What law was he executing when he iseued
his proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteers?
It was in open palpable violation of law that
he did it. It was without authority ot law or
the shadow of law. No usurper ever entered
upon a more unconstitutional career. By pro
clamation ho has increased the array 25,000.—
What law was this in execution of? It was a
law of his own mtking. By proclamation be
has increased the navy 25,000. What law was
this in execution of? A law of hia own mak
ing in palpable violation of the Constitution
which he was sworn to support.
Tho Constitution wss the foundation—the
soul and life that we adored ; tbat Constitution
that our fathers made, and which the Confed
erate States have rescued from the impending
destruction of his hands, and now held as a
shield over you and your posterity, gives the
power to Congress and not to the President to
raise armies and navies. The President has
no such power, and a people who submit to
such glaring usurpations may have a name to
be free, but in fact they are nothing but serfs
and vassals. A war to execute the laws 1 By
what law does he issue his warrant to arrest
freemen and immure them in jails and dun
geons, without information or prosecution ? By
what law has he assumed to suspend the writ
of habeas corpus t By the Constitution of our
fathers and by the Constitution of the Confed
erate States, Congress alone can suspend thia
great writ of liberty, which was extorted even
from a British King in behalf of his subjects'
A war to execute the laws ( The war from the
beginning bae been against law, and in viola
tion of law—in utter violation of the funda
mental organio law—the Constitution itself;
and if not checked and stopped by the people
of the North, it will inevitably end, and at no
distant day, in an utter overthrow of every
thing like constitutional liberty. Already tho
courts—the expounders of the law have been
•ileneed—the decisions of the Judges utterly
dieregarded and condemned. Free oitisens are
seised, imprisoned and possibly may beexecu
ted, without any other hearing except such aa
a military satrap may be willing to award.—
All this is dene under tbe pretense of execut
ing the laws, in the face and teeth of the high
est law, whioh declares that, “ The right of tho
people to be teoure in their persons, houses,
papers and effects against unreasonable March
es and Miiures, shall not be violated; and no
warrant shall issue but upon probable csum
supported by oath or affirmation, and particu
larly describing the place to be searched and
the persons or things to bo seised.” And that
other clauM which declares that, “ In all crim
inal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the
right to a speedy and public trial by aa im
partial jury of the State and district wherein
the erime shall have been committed, whioh
district shall have been previously ascertaintd
by law, and to be informed of the nature and
mum of the accusation ; to he oonfronted with
the witness against him; to have oompulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his fsvor,
and to have the assistance of oounasi for hia
deft
Soak are tho provisions of the Constitution
he was sworn to support; bathe pats himMlf
above the Constitution and above the decisions
of the veaerable Taney, fie constitute# him
self Into a law Maker* Isaacs his edicts, and
south** men. fisrs ts hid thirty-two years then executes these aft Mm paint ef the haye-
ol solera administration to four Norther*. :
Then ss troths y—gw fids ms from tha North,
fit was the treat embodiment ef those ideas
dry ? Already the key-note hM boon given not
—tbe Couri-
ao be oblitera
ted, Bute Legislatures abolished and State
Courts done away with. Tho Government if
to become consolidated and Constitutional bar
riers are ell fo be swept away. Another paper
—the Tribune, gives out tbat the Cong roes to
assemble oa the 4th ef July—what a mockery
to the memory of that glorioas day in ear past
history, that such a Congress will aoMmbl* on
ite; anniversary—will probably not sit more
than two days. Everything ie arranged for
them, out and dried. They are but to be the
instruments of registering tbe edict! of the
Cabinet however unconstitutional and mon
strous. 1 * ' '
Sons of the South ! of the lend of Madison,
of Jefferson, of Washington—of those who knew
what the principles of self-government ware,
ths priceless value of constitutional liberty,
and periled everything in tbeir achievement 1
Did we cut loose too soon from them, your old
con federate* ? The utmost Kcentiomnsss of the
French Jacobins, iu their most unbridled fu
ry and phrensy, did not exhibit greater ex
travagance and recklessness in total disregard
of lew snd order, and everything essential to
good government, than these people at the
North have exhibited in this wild, unoatural,
irrational and fanatical crusade against us.
Should they succeed, this whole country, North
as* well as South, will present just such scene*
as Franoe did during tho Reign of Terror. If
eon|titutional liberty is to be maintained, then,
let it be repeated, it must be done by us.
This premnl* some of the outlines of the
magnitude of the issues involved in thia eon
test. It is not only the preservation of our soil
from the polluted step of an arrogant invading
foe; it is not only tbe maintsi nance of our sep
arate independence ; but the maintainance of
those principles which have distinguished the
people of the United States above all other
countriea and made them tbe light and the
hope of the world.
Let us then proceed to the important busi
ness this day to be presented to your consider
ation. The ladies do well to be here. Their
presence alweya does good on such occasions.
At this time everywhere they are found ready
to do their part; but the business in hand is
mainly with the planters.
This war is upon us—not of our seeking, but
it has to be met. Means have to be provided.
Large armies are in the field A larger atill may
be required. The support of armies requires
money. Our means are ample. How best to
use and control them moat efficiently for the
best advantage to the Government and least
disadvantage to the people, is the question.—
On tbe present basis of military operations,
$50,000,000 will be required for tbe present fis
cal year. A loan of $8,000,000 was made some
months ago. This will soon be exhausted. The
immediate wants of the Treasury can be sup
plied by the issue of Treasury notes, if the
necessary measures be adopted to sustain their
credit. A tax of $15,000,000 will be necessary
to accomplish this object, before the proceeds
of the proposed loan of produce, of which I
intend to speak, can be made available. The
rate of tax to raise Georgia’s part of this $15,-
000,000, if we shall have to resort to that meas
ure, will be about twenty four cents on the
hundred dollars worth of property. This,
it is true, will be a small lax compared with
the object to be attained, which is nothing less
than our security, safety and political exis-
tence. The Secretary of the Treasury hts been
authorised to issue the notes for pressing exi
gencies. The means to sustain their credit
must be supplied. These are abundantly at
our hands either by taxation to the full amount
of the Government wants or by some other
means which will accomplish the same object
with more ease to the people. Our resources
are ample.
The proposition which ths government makes
and which is this day presented to you, is to
take a loan from the planters and farmers of
produce instead of money. The products of
the soil will answer the purpose of tbe Govern
ment quite as well aa coffi. Grain, bacon and
breadstuff* generally, are necessary for the
subsistence of tbe army. TheM have to be
bought with coin, if wo had it in hand; while
cotton ond tobacco can and will at all times
command the ooin. The proposition, then, is
that each farmer and planter shall lend to the
Government—not give but lend—so much of
his produc-s as he can spare, and reocive Gov
ernment bonds for it bearing 8 per cent, inter
est. In this part of the State cotton is the
main staple. Breadstuff* could be got more
cheaply elsewhere. Now, if a planter make# 60
bales of cotton and ten will answer all the
purposes of bis own qm and necessities, he is
aiked to lend the remaining forty to the Gov
ernment, and take bonds at 8 per cent interest
instead of laying out his surplus in other kinds
of property. If twenty-five of this fifty be nec
essary for his own pressing necessities, let him
lead the other half. If forty be required for
his own wants, then let him lend tbe remain
ing fifth of his crop. Whatever may be the
expected surplus over and above his pressing
wants, let it be vested in Government bonds at
8 per cent. In tercet instead of remaining idle
in their hands or put in other kinds of proper
ty. Thia is the proposition. It is easily un
derstood. The form of subscription is in these
words:
14 We, the subscribers, agree te oon tribute to
the defcnM of the Confederate 8tates, the por
tion of our crop Mt down to onr respective
names; the same to be placed ia warehouse,
•r ia our factor's hands, and sold on or before
the first day of next, and the net pro
ceeds of sale ws direct to be made over to the
Treasurer of the Confederate States, for bonds
for seme amoent, hearing eight per eeiL fn-
Rath OM ortil deergneto tko fjkm'oilt'xi* '
agoet to whan Uta aoUoa to to Oa aM, with
tha nomber $f Htafo Btod tha Ua># wHhin
berea*»n.t>ly
to yet,
ply wlA tho fan amount
tioo from Frovid.nli.l or otbar good eauao, no
legal riak or forfeatnr* would bn Incurrud. It
ia a voluntary offer and anfifamant an tha
mi} at tbn plantar. Blit it will ba axpootod,
aa a mattar of onnraa^-tbat tha Urma of anb-
•eriptiona will ba atriotly aompliad with in
tasap
woria It ia fitajogthwi
iada to you bar. Ira
py r.voiationory ground. Two. bar.
lntionnry .Irao .r.ctad tko lUnd.rd .f
donua wbife It woo yet olmoit o «|
Twoo kora tb.y peilled ovoryUi,,
thorn, notoaly a portion ef th.lr cropa
ory thing tboy pooaatMd in tho world In
I faith.’ When .old, lb. GoT.rum.nt bonda df OmotMntlonal liberty for
fry
ths former Unfo* of the States by a lab- Of eearse there cannot he asmtarty As Wii#
for the proceeds will be delivered, instead of
t*uk hills m is usually the cam. Should tbe
planters of the South subscribe in this way,
ealyeae faarihef their notion atop, it will give
the Government the oofsuand of at least one
million of baloa Upen all reasonable expec
tations, tbe crop will not fail shart of four anil-
lion* of bales. One million of bales at preMnt
prices would’ bring at least $58,800,000—the
sum required. The importance of this arrange
ment being entered into at this time, is that the
Secretary of the Treasury may raise means
on this pledge in anticipation of the crop—
a process familiar to many planters. In the
mean tims tbe creditof the Treasury notes will
not be depreciated when the means are top
plied for Iheir early redemption. In this way
the war may be waged on tbe most gigantic
•cals, if our enemies so determine, without
terial injury to our resouroes, or ever retorting
to any system of high taxation. If they wage
it npon tbe principle of wearing os oat by ex
haustion, they will certainly fail on that line
of policy before we shall. However great may
have been their resources, they were derived,
as stated, mainly from ns. With this great
source of their supplies being cut off by their
own suicidal act, whence or from what source
is its equivalent to be made up ? Tbeir opera
tions at present are upon abasia of perhaps not
less than $100,001,00, or it may be$160,000,000
per annum. Where is this money to com* from ?
It is true, it ia a question that concerns them—
not us. It is a question though, not to be over
looked by us in considering the eontingenoies
of a protracted war. Most of their present
means was derived from their trade with
That now being cut off by their folly, madness
and wickedness, where is their new stock to
come from when the present is exhausted ?—
The probabilities ere, they will resort to a con
fiscation of tbe estates of their merchant prin
ces—tbeir Astors and others like him. This is
the usual course with such revolutions. Bueh
was the course of the Jacobins, their great pro
totypes. Like the army-worm, when they have
destroyed the rich fields they now feed upon,
they will turn and feed upon themselves.
Not so with ue. No people in the world ever
bad such a vast variety of resources. While
our soil and climate yield abundantly every
thing necessary to human subsistence, our sta
ples of cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco, which
other nations must have, yield annually not
muoh under $300,000,000. We can, not only
make enough breadstuff* in our o^n limits to
sustain our own people, but sell to others, pro
ducts to this amount. With a small portion of
this income from abroad, we can, if need be,
sustain an army of one hundred thousand in
the fie'd for years to eome. All that is wanted
ia union, co-operation, and patriotic concert
between tbe Government and the people. If
any hesitate, in oo-opeiating in this arrange
ment from any apprehensions as to tbe securi
ty of their investment in these bonds, let such
consider, and be assured of this; let them re
member aud mark it: If we succeed injthe war;
if we drive back the invaders ; if we aebieve
and establish our iudependenca, they will have
the best security in the world. Tbe entire re
sources of the Confederate States—their whole
property and waalth will be pledged, not only
to the punotual payment of interest, but the
ultimate redemption of the bonds, making the
investment therefore at8 percent internet, the
best public investment in the world.
Nor let any one timidly doubt of sueoess.
The people of the South can never be con
quered. Our enemies rely upon thsir num
bers—we rely upon the vs lor of freemen,
battling for country, for borne, and tvery-
thiag dear as well as saorsd. But if we do
not suoceod—should tho onemy provail—
should wo boeomo subjugated, then not only
will your ootton, but your land and every
thing else you own, bo useless and worthless
to you.
To tho overtimed aud cautious auothor re
flection may be appropriate. This war must
and will be sustained, whether they come to
its aid in this way or not. Our army in tho
fiold, periling everything in defense of tho
country, of vour homes and your Amides,
must aid will be clothed and fed nod sup
plied with all tho necessary munitions of war.
Other gallant soas will toon follow their
brethren in tbe field or to fill up thoir ranks
in ease they fall before the enemy. Some of
those ready to go are now present. The
cause in whioh they have enlisted is not thoir
csum alone, but tbe cause of every man, wo
man and ohild in the Confederacy. In offer
ing themselves voluntarily to fight io battlo,
they make the highest and noblest offering
mao can make. Of all the virtues none is
purer, holler, loftier, or so Godlike as that
whioh prompU a men to offer up himself, his
life, his home and hia all, as a sacrifice npon
his oountry’s altar. It is ths embodiment of
all others. Truth, honor, fidelity, integrity,
filliel affection, parental devotion, doaeetio
attachments, ties to homo and the hearth
stone, and all the ennobling sentiments tbat
dignify man, would have no existence with
out n country. Those institutions whioh fos
ter them, in which they germinate, grow and
- f, all d.p,od upon that
tbeir poileritj. Th.j «.r. not ntu.M
tra, •urround.d with tha coafort, *4
ri.g.Dciw ot life. They ware poor,
India* !ii«|t doaa by, tad Um| !
by rayaliiU and toriaa. Tha, riaked
for IbairooBBtry—for that cun tha
which hu mad. you what y. u art.
tha wooda thay ar.ctrd a fort to whioh
whaa driven from tbeir home. Ti) ihu
they (eve tb. natn. of Wa.bio;toa,lhe
place on the continent to which »u
name of him who afterward, wu iq "
ttylad " tha Father of hia Country." T*«
eiplaa thay fonjht for under Wnhlngto.',
are egnin in deager. Will you with aS
mean, be leee ardent now in th.ir iup
were you falhera in the daya of tb.ii
end tbeir poverty 7
[We are compelled, very reluctant!;,
abort our report of tbe further p-
the meeting until to-morrow.]
TO ARM8I TO ARMS!?
/~\UR Company, tkaConfed.rataCoa
la accepted in Col. Conoer’a In
Georgia Regiment, and will ihorti;
raaiat tha Invadara.
The war In Virginia ia our war, and tho
fence of the bomea ol her citium ii tb,
fence of our homea; their aucoeu iaoa,
oeas. There ore yet in thia country
who have been reedy to go whaa
It it now fuceusni—the but peace
we oon offer <• to offer to tbe ioradata
bayoneta.
bring tha riehaal fruits,
diainlaraatrd potriotiam whioh nniaaotaa the
volunteer*, bmaat. Sack men matt be, and
will ba, anttaload. The maena aod tha re-
eoareee neoeecery to do it are ia tha oouatry.
They matt and will be had. If not by a loan
bearing internet, te propored, they will be
reached by taietiee, where there will be
neither Intereel or prieeipal returned.
If Ue loan ie not made ae proponed, or In
tome other way, the whale amount of Ike IM,-
eeejm to taeet the wdRto ot Ue year, te Weil
ee the falare million* to meet U* waste at
•aeoeeding /cere u long u Ue war leete, will
have to le, end will be aelesd by Uxalipi—
Should set tbe plentore ead Ue property hoi.
fferv on whom Ue bnrtbea meat Ml, acme tor-
ward ehearfolty end oo-operet* with tbeOor-
•rnment ie thi* fineaoial eobtaee, whieh ia U*
ead will werk co edrealbfsmalp to Uem 7
Tb* eaaatoy esata be enetadasd. Every mw
•grata to Ule. Oarell dapeada epos R Chto*
atitatloeel liberty dopes da spaa It Tb* pop-
Car ranks are not full, tharefer* vs
more men, bravo and true! You akall ks
ed as brothers—jou shall be ss tt;;
drilled as an/company in tbeGonfedv.,
vice. Those wishing to join will report
to either of tho undersigned, or at Iks
pany’a drill-room, in Hayden'* Hall.
The Company will drill every et *
M , and on Tuesday, Thursday, and
nighta at 8 o’clock, P. M.
E. M. Skaoo, Captain.
C. H. Costello, 1st Lieut.
H. S. Pomeroy, 2d Lieut.
W. L. Abbott, Brevet 2d I
Atlanta, June 4th, 1861 j5th.
SILVEY1 D0UGHERTL
NORCROBS’ BUILDING,
*Tunction Whitehall 3c Pc
% Streets,
AtlsuitA, O-eorgift,
H AVE just received, and are novo
the largeat stock of Goods they ha
offered in one season. Their stock wu
exclusively for Caah, and will bs pri:
figures.
They have every variety of
DRY GOODS,
from Brown Homespuns to the finest
Bilks; all kinds of fresh LADI£S’ D
GOODS; a Urge assortment of
BTAFIjZI go
inclnding Linens, Lawna, Piece Gooda, Cal
Ginghams, Ac.: all kinds of HOBIEBf
FANCY ARTICLES. Also, a large a
of
JEWELRY, WATCHES,
In their BaMment Rooms, they hats si
gant and full supply of
Ready-Mad* Clothing,
end GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Ac. Alio,
$10,000 worth of
SHOES, BOOTS, Seo.
embracing all aiaes, and agraat varistjjfe
dies, Misses, Msn, Boys and Children.
They repeat: their atoek is very fall,
they are determined to sell.
The public are respeotfully invited
and examine their stock and prices b«*
chasing elMWhere.
march! BILVEY A DOUGHERTJ
Alabama Insurance Cam;
MONTGOMERY. *
CAPITAL $300,
T HIS Company, by promptness is
sad paying its losses, has gained a
tion whioh haa placed it among tko Mt
of Insurance Companies in ths country
sure* all kinds or insurable prcperl/ss
most fsvorahls terms.
DIRECTORS.
E. H. Metcalf, Bec’y. Wm. C. Bibb, Pr
F. M. Gilmer, 8. L. Arlington,
D. A. Clark, J. M. William*,
Wm. H. Rives, Wads Vssgsft
J. D. Hutcheson, John A. Elinors.
SAMUEL SMITH, A**H.
Offloe coreer Whitehall A Aleb
Jane 7.
The SirtUgi of the Confederate!
CATOOSA SPRING
J J. HARMAN reapectfolly »a»f'
. hie former vieitors, end Ihep.bue
•rally, thet he bee entered into e co
•hip wiU Mr. J. 8. Ntciou, ot Saver
lor tha .awing auw et thia
CELEBRATED WATERING P
Thenkfol for U* patron.*, bs.
Undad to him, he would eoltcil e wn
of U. earn* for Ue ffrm, who will t—
ell time*, to provide for tbe table b.r,
arj luxury attainable.
Onr oooke will be Ue mod .xp
tho SOutA can produce, together witb
Giant fore* of nttewtivo aerventa i -
ba an excellent BRASS end STRING
of auporior Muaietano otteehed to tho
Tho medical tirtooa of Uoeo moay
riod Mineral Water* are new too well
to require on exteeelv* deeeripUo*. m
Uon to Uo Rod, Whit* end Btoeh -
pureet Free. tow*. • -
Onr eecommedetioea are eery “
We have many pleeaanteottagaa tv
tha main hotel, where hmillee **• *
and retired aa le Uelr ewe home*.
Cetooce Sprlega era ie Cotoooo ----
S ie, two end • qoertar atilta ftoae tho
Atlantia Railroad. A 6o« Omnihea
Bach, will be et the pUtform an
of eeeb train. The Spring* her* a Ab
road eommanioelico with Cbarlrtfoe,
n.h, Augoata, Macon.
Atlanta, Montgomery, Naahvill# *t
"¥••»• or Roian: Two Dolton
Twelve Dollar* fee week, aaintr
*g8HS5»^T,
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