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ADDRESS or PRESIDENT pAvIs.
MoxrooNxRr, Feb. ls.-The inaugura-
tioa Of ahe President OF the Provisioual Gos-
ernn,ent of the Coniederatsd States Of Amer
ica, took place hero to-day, - previously sp-
pointed. .ts as sar.
The ceremonies constituted the grapdcst
pageant ever witnessed in tho South. There
was IN iipsenss. .sashssisg Of people ON Capt.
sol Hill, comprising ths beadty cf Montgen,-
cry, and military and citizens Of the different
States. President commenced his inaugural
Precisely at oas o'clock. lie spoke rs iolsows:
Gestiessen Of the Cosyress Of the CSnt.&icra-
tel States of America, Fr.ssds asd keilp~
C1s<ess: ......s.-r
Called to the diff cult and responsible sta
ton Of the Chief Executive Of the Provisional
Government winch you have instituted, 1 APP
proach the discharge Of the duties assigned
me With humble distrust Of my abilities, but
with sustaining confidence in the wisdom of
tho~e who are to guide and aid nie ia the admin
istration oi pubic Affairs, aud abiding f.s,h
IN. ths virtue and pstrioti,m VI the psopie.--
Looking forward TO the speedy establishment
OF this, and which, by its greater moral and
physical po~ er. will he better able to combat
with the many difficulties which may arise
iroin the coinpiicating Interests Vi seI arate
natious, i enter upon ,he duties of the Office
10 which have becn chosen With :hc hope
that the beginning of our career, as n Con-
fedcracy, may aot be obstructed by hostile
opposition to our enjoyment Of separate ex-
isteJce and Independence which we have as-
serted, aud with the blessings Of Providence
intend 90 maintain.
Our present rendition, achieved in man-
ner unprecedented in the historp OF nations,
illustrates the America. idea that govern
ments rest upon the consent oil the 20 crned,
aud that it Is the right of the people to alter
or abolish governments whenever they become
destructive Of the ends Tor which they we're
established The declared purpose Of the
compact of the Union from which We have
Withdrawn. was 10 establish Justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide forthc common
defence, promote the general welfare, secure
the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our
Rosterity, and when. in the Judgment of the
Vbvereign States now composing this Conted-
eracy, II has been perverted from the purposes
for which it was ordained, aud ceased to an
swer the ends for which twas established, n
peaceful appeal to the ballot box. declared
that 80 far rs they were concerned, the Gov
ernu'ent created By the compact. should cease
81 exist. 11
In this they merely asserted right which
the pcelaration of lndepesAeroc OF 1876 de-
hncd 10 be inaiicnablc. OF tho tinh, and oc :.
cas,oa 81 its exercise. they as soserciens we're
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