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Show 80 · HOEBUUK . • time will exhaust the en emy. If OlH vast terri tory_ ren~l_cr;J concentrated resi~tance ditl1•.;ull, it r cmlc rs s u hJ ug;tt ton · ·1,1, The n ·t tivc courarre or our peo ple antl the 1!11pOSSlu c. • v . . spirit which the can·w or libJrty insptre.-3 will o~en;o: n ~ an imnu.:nse sup ·riority or mere numbers. O ur fe r tile cc,u nt ry n.n ·J our laboring populn.tion will feCLl and clothe o_nr army, so that u eitller money n o r foreign commerce will lJc so necessary to us as to the enemy. J\fa.chincs antl 1:a vies :tro }(•ss needful to us t.han to our invtul ers. Our wlute. popnLltion can sp:trc n. larger proportion of fighting men tha.n th:.tt of the North, because our blacks will r emain to bbor. If so many millions ot' fr eemen, fightin.!j t-:> pre ~ c rvc their liberty and resolved to sacriticn everything for in<l Pp endcnce, shall be subjugn.Led, the lessons of history arc Cd e. L ·~ t us not throw away the rich prize of succeRs throu :;h timid npprehension of failurJ. 'Titi!:! cnte rpri::~ e is tl :m~e i'lHl :i. It must put the cnclumncc or all S outhern p eo ple to severo tri:tl. L r.t them be sustained by the hope or ind cp ~ ll' lcnec. Since we must iighL, we nlU.'l incur the haz:anl or ~tu l>j ng ~t ion. I t is vaia to expect p c:tce until we sh ow o u r~c lv cg able to re. ist the North. F or the sake or lk:tce we have vuinly for bornl', y icU ctl, solicited, unLit we arc nlm·>sL tlisgracell. Siuee we must fi :;ht, lt.!t n ::~ fight for inJ\!pcac1 en ce. , .i\..fLcr a scci'laining that 110 oth er p er;-;on <.1 )'.;ired to speak, the chainnau snlJmitLctl the r esolution to a vote of the 1ncetin g . All the people r c.'pondetl " aye," except ii vc or ::;ix who ans w 'n~d ' no." \' e.l'y suon after the r csnlL was auuonnecd tho citizeus l>t.!< r~n to 1110 \ '..... C out. of the doo r ' lJuL th e lllOVCII tellL \\' :l:i :t ae.·te<.l by the voice of :t boy who t-'at 011 a l:l1Jlu • I \\· ithin the bar ' :lll<l who l> L·o·;ut t..o <!:tll oHt-''.1\Ltrltn. ;:"') i\ I: t rl i u ! a ~ p o o c: h ir u 111 A I> r: 1111 ~ L q·l i 11 : ". Stt<: h a eall - ahv:ty~ Hntl· an oulw in a et'(J\\'<L ~ ' \ ' L ral voi l:c•s took it up ::Ul<l eriecl-".:\[nrlin~ .1'Iou·lin~ ~,l:trl in ~" Tho eyes of the you th who leLl Llti~ ehont-; we re iix d~.l upon a tu:tn who stooLl on the :::;teps lea:.Jiu _; llP to the judi- - HOEBU C K . 81 cial b ench 'vith a leg :tn<.l :tn n.nri' O\rer the brmist0r. lie " ':ls <lr0ssc<1 in coan:;c but c1Ntn h orncs pnn . 1Tc f' cme<l abonL f'ort y- fi \'e y<':trs of :1 :~0. I I is p e rson ·w:l'-) r:1tl1 er t:tll :t11<l l:udc. IIis featu res " ' '1'(' ro1 J .~~·ll , :1-nd his hair htttlg· clown, 1ong, Htr:tig ltL ~t11<l i11in :no nncl his 11 eelc. l Jn<l c1· shnggy brows his g r0y <"y < · ~ h:t<l :1. l'C'stl css, vig ilant n1otion, a~ jf tho brain w :l ~i aet ivc nnd c .~eiL:tl>l e . \Vhcn the rrpetition oC hi ~ 11:nnc b C('{ln1c emphatic, thoug h RLill :tppnrontly llJ:l<h~ in j ~st, he with<lrcw his limb. fron1 ih bani ~ t c r nn<l 'vall a np the RtCpR. ~ lt:tnding on tho jttclici:ll p1 :-ttform , he tnrn cd l1iH face to the muli c ncc wiLh nnn1ovcd self:-p RR ssion. Ilc then Legan :- ,, I nin' t n, g wine to mn.ke a Sl)Ccrh, my frJl c r-~ inn c·r~. I coul (ln't sny mnrh n.hout that ere doc trine or scrcsc:lnn. It nin't \'lne of the d or trL .~~s thnt I'm used to prC'n.clt ahon t. I Rti ·k: to the d oc trin l's in the b'')Cd book, and tll em <l ortrines I a.lwnys try to mnke ~=;o cl'ar ~ ! \!l. t the women ancl ni g·ge rs ran nnclerstan c1 ' <'m. But I' ve b een a p on<lcrin' ovr r this ere wnr in the s ilent watch es nr the nig ht when my B e~ R)' was fast nslccp . I've lookell n;1 the proph e t~ on 1 his s nhj cc'. It r cth c r looks to me like we' L''! a g wine to fi ~ht the g reat bat Lie ng in Gog and :Magog. L east w1~ys tlmt b a ttle hn.s never been fou't yit, and so it s tnn ls tor ason that it' s g ot to be fon't sometime. N ow, in tlH~ thirt yeighth chapter of }Gzckiel,it is said nnto a')g- ' tlh \ll shalt come from. thy pltte' out of the N ortll pa.rts, thou and mn.ny p eople with thee, nll of them riding upon horses, a g :-cn.t co mpn.ny n.n<.l a mighty army.' o it stands to r ea: ()n cf '1. mnn n.1n-nys k eeps n fig htin' n.gin the armies tha t come out of th~ North J1:trts, he' ll uc fightiu' on tlte right side wll cn that l)ig he-fig ht of all comes o.IT. So I've lJcen a p on<1cri u' tllat I'd take a chance in this ere war n.g in the ~.fo rLlt. Any wnys iL will he n. fi ght for Vlrg inny, and that's n goo d~ enough fight for nw. l'fext to my God , I'd go my <l ea til for old Virginuy. I 'm ret.her dnlJous that I'm too old n.ncl rhcumatized to march in tlte infantry, but ef I hnd a hoss 4.* |
