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lie ea'iu hi would Lavo bu'-n jilcnsr-d ƒ t'.ii meeting huil been ea'led to comiiHfiC'-raU' n vi;t(M'y. But t wasíiot on]y plsasiitit, he filt proud ai;d ccstutiu ioy to seo hi? coontryínen lookiiis; whatever il i i ; i k t crs thcru liitd been in the face, n::i 4nekÍDg froui adversitj neíí couragii bu(I rcwilutioa ; atid it ws ;it this speotsoiu tiltil, his htuut ba&i hif-ii witii hope. It nai wcll tbiit tíere should commenob beib in ii'ii:;;v Hmt rcaotiynary niovehneiíOtíx thí 1 1 - - 1 le i preparation íor a ik:w prootKjjiíitidii ; meet tije demanda oí thtt hour ." 11 tnnst now be aid on i; i:.nr oí 1: í country. If t-uch a i siiould now ttfke possesion of .irta of Üie poriplo, if they shouid ■■ 'o i' hc-a t v and ahatfimons sL&wer to tbe demanda of the preseut esigoucy npon tbetu, tken bo eonld say wi' stood no upon the vergo cf BUoecsseR whieh woulJ tench the iiisoleut mem; who had treatod our propositious witli contuinely, t.i.ut in tli ut conference in which iii? had so plutned hitBstlf with arr!g;H(;e, he ■w.is, indeed, ffiusf to hia tiiaSterfe - [Tremend' ■ ] Ile said bo had rever hopea ajiythítÉT frotn propositioua fef 'opco lüafio to tffü cnemy uüieas acompsnicd with victories of our arm-í ; !Kit the true Lope of the Confederacy WRS in brave soldier in sufficient uumber Vu content her claims in the military fL-li! ; bilt ho would .have been moro or lesa iban min not to have yielded to a natural detire to tosíiíy, n every proper uootaioii, his anxiety, bis yearn'.ng anxiotj for peaeu. Uu had rëuëived ix iioüoe fr in Mr. Lincoln opening the way to mi utidfiicinl conforonco on tho subject. lic cftS uot feel at libv.rty to decline th# iuviCiilion which it implied. lu the uoie tfhioh ciHscd bétweep Mr. Lincoln and uitbsetf in the matter there was one marhed differunce. He (President Davi.-) Bnoke always of two couutries. Mr. ! Lir.coln spuko of a co.runion country. ïie c nld have no etiroiiKui country with the Yankees. His lifo vrns bound up wilh Wie Co ft ft' du rao,} ; aud if any mna I .■ufad that uudcr any circumstances he coiild bo ui agent of the reconstruction j of tlio Union he mistook every element of his nnture. With the Coufuderacy ho wt.uld live or di,o. Thank God he i eeuted a 'toi.ie too proud to eat the leek, ' büv iht! back lo moital man, [Greut pplause.] Althoiigh he nnücipated that nothing iu tle way of peace could come ont of tho recent conferencea with the enemy, ; jet ho was uot propared lor such extia. i Víigancc of iuso'euce as ihey had sliown. They had uot so much as proposod that thesü Stntea might come back even oa ! tjoío coiid'itioua which vrere the first tiieion of theii1 separation from tho Uuiou; luit they wero to come back as a conquered pcople, submittiiig to all the j cent k'giilatiou of the Washington i ernicent, iuciading the abolition cluuse ! in tbc CoufttitutioD, recently enactcd in OongrosS, Lüd puhed with the greate.-t l:astu tbrough that body before the comi.iissionurs could ari'ive at Fortress Jouroe. Aud but a few days bi-fore thid, oue cf iír.-Liucola's eabiuot had sat at the feet of Jieucher ia lialtimore, gloating ! orei the picture dravvu by that Yankco srtial of words of a loug procesjion of the public meu of t'io Oonfederacy uioviug towa&ds the gallowa to espiraie the crime of "rebellinQ." l'erhaps Liacolli's haart softeued at the Lugth of tlm jiroccssiüii wiiou ho BUggested that, ia case of our eubjiiissiou, he might be me-ciful. (Laughtbr.) He would liever havo occasion to áho'w that mercy. - Words of chcer aud encouragemeut had recently come from the arruiea of t' e (Jonfederuey. If ouly half the absentees were bsck iü General Lee's army he was ure that Grant would be taught a lesciou such as he had liever received even ia his eveiitijul route froui the llapidan to the James. Iieauregiird held auollier army iu Shermau's puth, aud it BMgUt aoon be ghown thst Shermau's mareh thrmigh Georgia wis his lt-st. (Cheerf.) ]f tlitrs had beeu mistakes iu tho pastl ut ■us acccpl thetü as lessons of wisdom for thö fiiiure, (öiièers.) Let us improvo thu errors of bygooes; let us unite our hands aud our hearts, look our shields together, and we toay vvell beüeve that Wfore tho next sunsmer solstie falls up on us it will be tho eneaay, who will bo aaking us for conferences aud occasions iu which to vnake known our demunds. - (Great cheering.) RPKEOn BV J. P. BENJAMIN. Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, -congratnlatod thelarge assemblage on the ohange of sentiment apparent in the meeting. The eudden revulsión from ■tiie despondency of a few days ago to the high resolves, holy determiuation and .pifcnotis emulatiou of this people, hope and confidence were renewed ia the hearts aed miods of men. What is the cause of it; have any great military succegses been announced ? No ; it is the knowledge ano consciousness that has eome home to all, that is feit in the core of all hearte, that we raust conquer in thia fighx or die. Thank God, we all kuo-w it tiow. The path of duty is placed before us, -clear, straight and plain and all know that we must treat or perish. - Our term are independeoee. With that oue word on our treaty scrol , we say to Lincoln, put what else you please, we in the deed. Mr. B., at this point of liis remar}:, entored uto a recital of tho cireutnstanceethat led to the sending, by President Duvis, of eomuHssicxiers, with tho terius and iustructions under vvhich they were seut. The spriaker noxt toached upon tho uecessity of supportiug the governuieut and reiuforcjüg the ariny. War was a garoe that could nt be played vithuiit uyea, and men we must have. - He (the speaker was hore to-day to teil very unwüolesoiiie truths. He would ba blained and abused them, probably ; luit he eoulj ooi help th&t. VVheu our lólJiera in t!i! treuches a'e sending up farnest appo-lá for hi'lp, will yu wiiliJiold t'iat .-iid whutLor t L at si d be white, OrÜNck? [Great fheeriug ] M-r. I3eiijümi;j submltted some atutisticd iaets sliowiu' tlie Oljíing oiemunt iiTiüalie het'.vcen llie tv,o .lüctiou in 18(30. The (Jcuíederaío St tes, exclusive of Tennessoo aud KeiUuoky, had with in llic-ir bo-andaii'js oue nillion and sixty tliDUsjnd Bgfctái'g tiKjn b-tweuu the agt-s Of tighteen ind foriy-iive-yoars. AgaitBt llii.s i'ornidublo lorut; tliu fnitsa h:tve ;.r i rivet! liree tiiilfions of imso, at vurioub peiHod Aluce J'GJ. Tbwe aiv iu South sis Luudrid bíhI eig'Vty tkoufcind black ui mi f.f t,. íigh;:.g ;.-,.. „.id capable ;i builig ll);cift fii-htilig uifll. Li'i US y tu . iin iü-!rtj wl.ii waiiis lou inioj Mi.' r;.:s ■Go lid li?!,t, , ,! y, u ,lru friT." Doiri [)rs líietii, fi-r tímt ill ! tókc lUtu rui, íwny, um! tL;.v wülíbe i foum! {.j b til .. íguiiiot ue instca;] n(-fnrj ns. As'Wei hut one ,sHj is tok!. Tho '::!!'-f ' ' eai us fronj llie beginning t; l!i' ei;d . f ilio yü.r nt n:,!.iii.5 bar ■ tei us t-p-{h -negro frotn ron ' niiig oixt ty HLcnnsn (.. saying: " If y u :;. to tho ifank# y.m 11 get youf ficitini::, but yon wil! perisfi off the' tíirtii, ibr you cünnot. livó ii. tliat ooli! tll}íe. i'i-i.t f,:f maaters, rmd .v' ;; ; : 4! ive j(;i:r freedom without in'tUJiljg liie Mthpl (1 aiííüv.'1 Let ua promisf lli.j v,:i; ir, goód fúitli thut Ü !:ü wi,l fiüli!. for us be siiali havo btó VeeJóJj. [Á VjUÍubí::' Latate-T Hí"l Yes Iets try t IFe (Ce teaker) fotd uever lived i;i uiy L,-ut u slavo eraan 'rJi, nn'' iili: fütW of iiia audieuce, ilou'.'llcts, had his black iu;uima narje; but ho would wüüügly gin Up a!l for the itttaiüTMoui of K.rii'p'jii'lehee. Wlmt Süil.i wül (!a(i i, pending Üüo bh'ek iüüii to tlu; :.id oí Genoi-íi] Lee t (Criea "Vii;;iiiia.!-) Who g!,va birth I ty fecetM.m ad .:d . oñ' the first eannon f-liut oí tliL' vcvo'.Lítica v South Curolitut, iiüu ot:a nftcT üinither tiie Southern SUtSfl whjolud into liua Virginia held baük, for hor love thu UsioD w:ih a troiií; aud wann and afeationutB a the i lovo ot' a mot her for her child. Thö i people üogÈin to ask, what ül' Mrgiuiti ? i.Then cnaie a teleirurn s.iying that VirgiiHa wrH guing to abandon the Sóu tb ; that siie tras lukewann, reluot.ant, and ho:di;ig biick, (u voiee, "who hsld her bnok ?") bul s.joü another telo grtúu Hifoiinud uh that Virgitpa was with lis, ind lilla South Oiirolmji. We are lookii'g to her to load in the new measurs ut' war polloy wbich is inevitabit), and eau il mut." When sikill it b dona:í [Voiecv-, '■ Nw, unw, now ! "J Yes, now. Aikjèi LegisisJ ture to D8BS :i l'etwiutiüu reronniiUmlinir ihe mensura to üongro-s, and in i won tv ilnys (ÏL-ti Loo can bo reinfcirced by 20"ÜOU won. The speakW ivas lo sensationalist, do ülarmist. He bad como to ïhe meeting for lbo very purpose of giving nüeruiwe to aow.n distñteftri tnuhs. Without tho adoptiou of soine decisivo, onergetic iue:iure like this, tliere wus dangiT- gresit dunger, to ivert wliich, ere lie as wueíi a Virginia rs he vns a Louisiaman, ho wouki oot hesitate to make his lust sacrifico. Louisiana will fullow Virginia ; a:id sho cannot ta e onc-ti-p to whieh Louishma w!l not rea ptnd; Tliia orly alternativo is presented : - Either we uiust íight the Yankee-, witli our nogroea, or they wil] tnke th'em and liold tlietil as a shield, fightiüg us with ilicir.c;!ifincip;itÍ!)!i roebiiiiat'on n forcé. And if there be such a place as liell ujion em-thj tiren it wou]d be iílusti-utefl by'cur conditioU. 'J'his struglc! over, ;ind oir Bubjngatíon accomils!ie', our slaves freed a;id we -lvts. What tlic Yankees propoe to do by tlie amehdmeiit to tlio Oourttitufmn of the tTrnt'éÖ States is th froc tho negróeá if they connuor us, and if they rail to couquer, to lot theui reuiatn a they are. In conc.luiion. Mr. Benjamin paid a compliment to the Virginia laxlios for thtíir pairiütistn und devotiou to he causo, ui'! closed with au eleguct apostriiphe to i espe. BSflkca or .7 a. oii,mí:r. Hon, Julio A (junior, metnber of the House of Representativos frm Nortli Carolina, uext adcirossed the meeting - There had existed, he said, various opinions aitioag us as to the modo of condueting the war, the inetituUon of peace regoiiations and tliö like. All these dilfúreiiceg liad uow pas.ed away [Applause.] We have befcre us bul a single al'ei'nutive, either to subinit tui ooq dít ion ally to our enemiea or to prosecute the war. Mr. Giltner invited liis audioace to coosider with him some of the natural consequenees of degradution and ubiniss-iöo As a first i'etn he mentioned the loss of our natioaal debts. All the notes, bonds and certifioatea of debt whieh had gout) out to the people and are held by them as property, would bc wbolly lost. Ia the next placo, three millïons of slaves, worth 8500 a pieco, would be lost. In the nest plaeo our lands would be oonfiscated. Iti additioü to this iuimense de.-tructioü of our prop'erfcy, wo should have oi:r share of the enormous Yankee debt to pay. Such is one picture, On the other hand, while the cost of resistance cannot acourately be deterrnined befoiehand, it at least presents a protnise of suving thts vast portion of our property. Asa question of mere dollars and ceots, Mr. GL, said our advantago is in resistance. Let us take as our guide the example of our fathers. Wo shall not go astray if wo follow thern. They stood bravely for their rights. ïhoy stood their ground like men ; and f tlaey feil it was with their back to the field and feet to tho foe. - Let us follow their virtuesand heroic exatnple. If we do, we have evory reason to expect a like huecess. {Applause.] Mr. G:, continuing, exhorted the people to fiaht like men to the last; to put agide all biokcring and all dissensioo, and tsnile as ono man aud with one heart - Sink or Bwiin, live or die, let us fight, and look to God ind viutory to crown our eff.ris. [Applause.] Our cauea is no less rigliteous than was that of our futhers. The soa, thi;s far at least, bave shown themselves wortby of their sirc. Our only danger would be in a docay of the popular spirit. A poople lik-e ours, who wil! do tkeir duty, can never be cenquered. ïlhe etiemy hag sent more tban 3,000,000 of soldïera agninat u?. Whero aro they now ? - Comparo tho tin opposing rmien, and the ratio is bettor for us than at thecommenccincut of the war. The casualtiiís of bïltle, and the effeot of our olirmte aaJ sun luive told terribly upon tlioiu - We -must trust in our causo and in God, and unit;.' in n hearty support of our gorerninent. A long pull, and a strong [ i ltS ! , atid a pull altoelhcr, and I teil yon, feáá be, we aro in e danser, [Loud upplilUPC. ' IT3r" A KuchesritT paper ays the ' wind and siww h:ivo üe'ilbined to put ín emburgo f);l riilay . tr;ivi-Hing unlike ! arïjrtbWkg -een in Uiese p.ii'ïs ftir at lo'Jiit eiyiit ui U'u y-i+ïs.