Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-19
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From the Seeded South.


The President Of the Southern COntedsracl
on his Vay to Montgomery AIa.--A Con
tinuOus Ovation, and Twenty .fve Speeche,
Made Along the Roate--The Time for all
Compromise Passed Forerer-No Hope o.
Reconstruction - The UsWaT Gaseuaad.
About Southern Powdsr, Southern Falor,
and Southern Steel Extensively Employed
MONTGOMERY, ALA, February II. The
trip OF Mr.. Davis, from Mississippi to Mont
gomery, was one continuous ovation. He
made twenty five speeches on the route, re-
turning thanks and complimentary greetings
to crowds of ladies and gentlemen aAd mill
tary at the various depots.
A committee of Congress and the Mont
gomery authorities met Mr.. Davis about
eighty miles of, and formally received him.
Two line military companies, from Colum-
bus, Ca, Joined the escort at Opelika, and
all reached Montgomery last night at ten
o'clock.
he was received with great enthusiasm.
a large crowd assembled at the depot, which
Mr.. d. addressed as follows:
He said he felt proud to receive the coa
gratulations and hospitality of the people of
Alabama. He briefly reviewed the present
position Of the South.
He said the time for compromises is past,
and we are now determined to maintain our
position, and make all who oppose us smell
Southern powder, and feel Southern steel.
II coercion was persisted in, he had no
doubts as to the result: we will maintain
our rights of government at all hazards.
We ask nothing, want nothing, will have
no complications. If other States Join our
Confederation, they can freely come on our
terms. Our separation from the old Union
ls complete. No compromise, no reconstruc-
tion can now be entertained.
A large crowd waited on Mr.. Davis on his
arrival at the Exchange Hotel. The ladies
were equally enthusiastic with the gentle.
men. AT quarter before eleven, at enthu.
siastic calls, Mr.. Davis appeared on the bal
coDy and said:
Fellow-citizens and brethren of the Con-
tederate States of America, for now we are
not in name merely, but in fact, men of one
flesh, one bone, one interest, one purpose,
and of an identity of domestic institutions
we haYe, henceforth, trust, the prospect of
living together in peace with our institu-
tions, subject to protection, not defamation.
1t may be our career will be ushered in in
the midst of storms; it may be that, as this
morning opened with clouds, mist and rain.
we shall have to encounter Inconvenience
at the beginning but as the sun rose it lifted
the mist and dispelled the clouds, and left
tho Puio suuuBnL VI HedVeus 90 Will the
progress of the Southern Confederscy carry
US safe into the harbor of constitutional lib
erty [applause] and political equality. LAP
plausel. Thus we have nothing to fear at
home, because at home we have a homogene-
ity. We will have nothing to fear abroad,
because if war should come, if we must
again baptize in blood the principles for
which our fathers bled in the Revolution, we
shall show that we are not degenerate sons,
but will redeem the pledges they gave, pre-
serve the sacred rights they transmitted to
us, and show that Southern valor still shines
as brightly as in l776, 1872, aud in every
other conflict. Applause].
was informed by friends that your kind
ness only required should appear before
you. Fatigued by travel, and hoarse, am
unable to speak at any length. came
merely to assure you of my gratitude for
these manifestations of your good will. l
come with ditfidence and distrust TO the dis
charge of the great duties devolved on me
by the kindness and confidence of the Con-
gIess of the Confederate States. l thank
you, friends, for the kind manifestations of
favor and appreciation you exhibit on this
occasion.