Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-02-21
CURRENT NEWS.
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SPEECH OF PRESIDENT DAVIS!
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PREPARATION FOR WAR
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/ BALTIMORE, Jan. 3l.-A number
OF leading merchants Of this city,
last week. addressed letter 10 Gov.
;; Ellis. of North Carolina, reque sling
aid tor the establishment OF line
of steamers between that Port and
Europe, Tor the direct importation Of
foreign goods.
The Governor replies that Balli-
more bar sent representative TO
Congress, who has. by bis votes and
speeches, showed bis hostility TO the
Sonth and his appreciation of the
North and its dominant party; and as
New York city is represented by men
who have always stood up for the
tights of the South, he Cannot but
favor the rights Of The latter city as
a market until Baltimore redeems
herself from her present equivoeaI
position.
STEVENSON, Ala, Feb. Is jeff
Davis arrived here az 10 O'Clock
fIsst night en- route Tor Monts QMery.
He was saluted with guns and
, Ere. works, aud the lionses we're H.
, Illuminated. In his speech he said:
sYour border States will eladl,
come into the Southern Conledera.
cy within sixty days, as we viii be
your only friends. England will re-
, cognize us, and gloli ions future is
| before us. The grass will grow in
the Northern cities where the
pavements have beel worn Of by
The tread Of commerce.
His speech was warlike. He
5 would carry war where it was easy
/. 10 advance, where food for TN.
{ sword and torch await The arniirs
in the denseiy populated cities, and
IllIough they might come TO spoil
our crops, we could raise them as
. before, while they could not rear
t the cities which took years Of indus
n Try and millions Of money To built.
lie hoped for peace, but was pre-
pared tJr war.
IT, this connection we reproduce
the following dispatch. which bet.
tier explains The position of Presi,
dent Davis:
JACKSON. Miss. Feb II--Cener-
al Davis arrived here this evening
on his way to Montgomery. He
: WAS received with grand military
. and civic honors. IN speech at
. the capital he said if war must
come it must he upon Northern
t and not Southern soil; but ii the
North is prepared to grant us peace
5 and recognize our equality Ill ~ i'll be
: well. lie rereIved ali Off dis
, patch at SIX o'clock desiring his
, immediate presence at Montgom.
cry,
), WASHINGTON. Feb. The
! Committee appointed to prepare
, matters thr the Peace Conference
5 to-day reported plan of pacifica-
{ ton. II is understood to be COM
pounded. irom Critlenden's and
; Guthriss propositions and The Bor-
! der States resolution. 1t applies
) heprinciple of The Missouri Compro-
, mise north Of SO drgs. so min. and
Popular S ,yfreighy south. Every
; Effort will be male to carry this
plan 'hrough 4 IRA, THE " 'ek.
i A Republican Cancu- tonight
unanimously approved Binebam's
force bill which snihori,es coilec-
tim Of revenue IN slipboard out
side Of insurrectionary por's. Ii
will be pr, sscdto pass &c next week.
WA>HlNGToE, Feb. l6.- Private
Montgomery a,l,ices say that az
rsugements have bern made for
loan OF fourteen millions 10y :he
first Of March, when the Southern
Coniederacy will have fifty rcgi-
ments Of troops for the field to
resist coercion, aud in case Of
blockade TO march against WASH
ington-
Great excitement prev,led in
Mary land, growing ont Of political
dissensions. A memorial is 10 cir
culatioa in Baltimore, which is ex-
tensively signed by those who voted
for Winter Davis, requesting him to
resign immediately.