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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.34 (search)
the wisdom of the men who led us into a terrific struggle, costing hundreds of thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of money to win a success which when won would, as is assumed above, have put us in a position not only worse than we had then, but worse than our present condition? There can be but one reply. Brave and good men we know them to have been, but very unwise, if not foolish, in leading their people to withdraw from the Union. Compare them with such men as the Virginians, Botts and Lewis, who steadily refused under much odium and obloquy to take any step to leave the Union. Are not these the men whom, if the assumption is correct, we Virginians should honor with monuments and hold up to our children as guides and counselors in public affairs? Compare General Lee and General Thomas, Virginians who took opposite sides in the contest; both brave men, each fighting for the cause he thought right. But which was right? If it was better for us to fall, surely it mu
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Hood's Brigade. (search)
fall of 1861 all three of the regiments, comprising about 3,000 troops, had arrived at Richmond, were organized and armed, and afterwards went into winter quarters along the Potomac in the neighborhood of Dumfries, some thirty miles below Washington. Shall I pause to describe to you this splendid body of men, as they stood for the first time on dress parade on the banks of the Potomac? Wigfall, McLeod and Rainey, of the 1st; Hood, Marshall and Warwick, of the 4th, and Archer, Robertson and Botts, of the 5th, composed the field officers of the regiments, and thirty as gallant captains as ere commissions bore commanded the thirty companies. As far as the eye could reach was a long line of gray. Three thousand bright Texas boys, mostly from eighteen to twenty-five years of age, with Enfield rifles and bayonets glittering in the sun, they presented a spectacle for the admiration of all beholders. The farm, the ranch, the storehouse, the schoolroom, and the cottage, throughout the len
The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
Meeting at the African Church. In response to a call for a meeting of the working men of Richmond, to give public expression to their views in the present crisis, an immense multitude of persons assembled last night at the African Church. The proceedings were interrupted by the most boisterous yells and hisses, and the object of the meeting, whatever it might have been, was completely frustrated. A committee was appointed to wait on Mr. Botts, to invite him to address the assemblage, and that gentleman appeared; but the confusion was so great that he refused to speak. The resolutions reported by the Business Committee were raid on the table, and another series presented, but not acted on. We will publish a more detailed account of the proceedings to-morrow.
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
is entitled shall be nominated. there shall be no speeches. Mr. Watson hoped the last resolution would be dropped. (Cries of "Oh, no!") He desired to counteract the influence intended to be exercised over the foreign vote by the card of Mr. Botts--(hisses and cheers)--to present to the foreign voters a Constitutional view of the case, that they might not be influenced by specious or plausible argument--(cries of "take the stand!" "sit down!" "go on!") Mr. Watson then mounted the platform, and attempted to proceed, but every mention of Mr. Botts' name raised such a tempest that he consented to postpone his remarks until after the business of the meeting had been disposed of. The resolutions were then adopted by acclamation, and the Chairman called for nominations. Mr. White nominated George W. Randolph. Mr. George D. Wootton nominated John M. Patton. (The sound of Mr. Wootton's voice occasioned loud shouts from the galleries, but he manfully insisted u
The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Racing in the West. (search)
d States, strengthened the nerves of the Black Republicans, and the Force bill will now, in all probability, be passed. Thus Virginia inaugurates civil war. Mr. James Barbour's vote in favor of coercion is the subject of much comment. It is both affirmed and denied that Mr. Jno. Bell, of Tennessee, has come on by invitation, to take a seat in the Cabinet. No new Cabinet appointments have been made since Lincoln's arrival. Reports favor Gideon Weller, Winter Davis, and Caleb Smith. Mr. Botts has not been mentioned. The Northern papers are very severe in their criticisms upon Hon. Mr. Jenkins, of your State, because of his letter to Postmaster General King. He is a "traitor, " "rebel," and all that. A truer son of Virginia does not live. He is "pure gold" on the Southern question, and on all that pertains to the honor and rights of the Old Dominion. I hear that Lincoln has modified his Inaugural in respect to coercion; and Union-Republican men are in high glee. Th
The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Arrived, Steamship Yorktown, Parrish, N. Y., mdz. And passengers, Ludlam & Watson. steamer Geo. Peabody, Pritchard, Balt., mdz. And passengers, D. & W. Currie. schr. Problem, Tyler, Philadelphia, coal, G. W. Yager. schr. Beverly, Blanche, Halifax, fish, Bacon & Baskervill. schr. Sarah Willets, Smith, Philadelphia, coal, Poitiaux & Botts. schr. Magnolia, Nickerson, Boston, mdz., D. & W. Currie. schr. Oneida, Warren, N. Y., ice, B. Wardwell & Co. schr. S. P. Townsend, Hall, Cherrytown, oats and wheat, Bridgford & Co. sailed, Brig. Linda, Eschen, Rio Grande, S. A., flour, Haxall, Crenshaw & Co. Schr. Mary, Turner, down the river light. New York, March 9.--Cl'd schr. Grapeshot, Norfolk, Ar'd schr. Magnet, City Point; Julia Maine, Norfolk. Alexandria, March 9.--Ar'd schr. Fleetwood, Norfolk. Charleston, March 8.--Ar'd schr. Moses Van Name, Norfolk. Passengers arrived per Steamship Yorktown, Parish, Master, from New York: Miss Hines.
The Daily Dispatch: April 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
those who were engaged in getting up these sensation dispatches. He then read the whole extract, showing that a special meeting of the Cabinet was called to receive an important communication from a delegation of the Virginia Convention, and to consider a letter from Governor Letcher, insisting upon a peace policy, &c., &c. Mr. Harvie produced in connection therewith a dispatch in the Philadelphia Inquirer of the same date, giving the names of the "delegation"--Messrs. Chand, ler, Segar and Botts. He then read a dispatch just received from Washington, in these words': "All Southern men, and many others in Washington, consider war imminent. The only question is where the blow shall fall." Mr. Carlile replied, relieving himself from any charge that he had a special purpose to conceal any portion of the dispatch. He did not believe there was any truth in it. Brief speeches were made by Messrs. Baylor of Augusta, and Hall of Wetzel--Mr. Montague having meantime raised a poin
The Daily Dispatch: June 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], The fight at Aquia Creek. (search)
battery during Friday's engagement tell short, although it diverted the fire of the enemy; but the admissions of that enemy prove the fire of the rifled battery to have been effective, and that my impression was an erroneous one. During Friday's attack, Lieut. Barnes, of the Safford Guards, bore a message from me to Capt. Walker, and returned with his reply; his course being along the causeway over which the enemy's shot was sweeping. On the same day, too, if I remember aright. Lieut. Botts, of the Washington Guards, came to the battery, and tendered his services. On Saturday, Lieuts. Yancey and Eckies of the Tennessee volunteers, with two others whose names I unfortunately do not know, volunteered their services at the guns, just before the conflict. I stationed them nearby to be ready in the event of casualties. One of them bore a note from me to the mainland during the hottest of the fire, and two or three others went for and brought ammunition. So far from tr
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Press on the State of the country. (search)
of the South has commenced the utterance of its opinion on the question of secession. The Lynchburg Republican thinks the issue is Black Republican domination on the one hand, or a Southern Confederacy on the other. It says: When the cotton States do secede, we shall advocate secession with them, and resist the right of the Federal Government to coerce them back. We believe Virginia ought to be, and will be when the time comes, the North of the South, and not the South of the North.--Botts and his crew may go with Lincoln, and enjoy the fleshpots together, but we shall go with the South, and for South at all hazards and to the last extremely. The only way in which the Union can now possibly be preserved, is for us to have a Convention of all the States of the South, which shall lay down our demands of constitutional guarantees. These should be submitted to a Convention of all the Northern States, and if rejected, then secession is the only remedy, and will be adopted by a
The Daily Dispatch: December 06, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
e for delay goes beyond the 4th of March next. It is that the Abolition Administration to be installed the 4th of March next, in Washington, has not yet made an "overt act" in the way of Abolitionism against the Southern States. Although you see your enemy load his rifle with the declared purpose of taking your life, you are to wait, as a wise expedient of defence, until he makes the "overt act"--shoots you. This is one of those glaring absurdities, which only such daring submissionists as Botts and Crittenden are capable of proposing. No ordinary man can hope to comprehend its mysterious sublimities. Letter from Hon. A. H. Stephens. We have been favored, says the Journal of Commerce, with the following letter from Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, to a friend, a resident of New York: Crawfordsville, Ga., Nov. 25, 1860. Dear Sir --Your kind and esteemed favor of the 19th inst., is before me, for which you will please accept my thanks. I thoroughly agree with you as to
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