The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-21
tFrom the Ne,o York Express.


THE MONTGOMERY INAUGURAL
The Inauguration of President of Southern
U. - Republic sounds strangely in ones ears,
but there Is the Inauguration, and there is the In
augural, to speak for themselves The dispatches
| IRON Montgomery report the pageant on the occa-
SION as the most imposing ever witnessed in the
southern States, and we cannot discover that any
!ncioeh. tranSplred to show the slightest break in
| tne wonderful and impressive unanimity which
seems to have characterized this extraordinary Rev
oluton from its commencement, on through all its
several stages, to the induction now into office of
| Its chosen Provisional Chief
1t is impossible for man of ordinary Intelligence
to contemplate that Montgomery Spectacle, and To
| read over that Montgomery Inaugural, without re-
| alizing that these Cotton Confederacy people are
iearluly IN earnest, and that every word in their
PRESIDENTS address bears the indelible impress of
those rare merits in the public addresses of most
public Observation-Disclosures, sincerity, and
| candor. 1t manifestly means what it saws
| Inc tone OF the Inaugural throug hout is firm
| dignifed, decided MIR. Jefferson Davis does not
seem to be statesman of the decentralization office
nor yet disciple of that vicious school of dipIo-
macy which teaches that language was made to
conceal ones thoughts. What he has to saw. he
says In such manner as not to be misapprehended
or misunderstood Soldier-like, as well as states
mark he makes tell.
We are afraid, however, that it will scarcely do
| for the Express to say another word in commenda.
ton even OF the literary style of this arch "Trai-
ReDnlS.''
OF whom, if the lamb-like suggestions of our good
friends of the Tribune and Courier are to be carried
into effect are but preparing their necks for the
natter. Yet we cannot forget that these Traitors
! and Rebels were once our cOuntrymen; we cannot
| forget that the arch Traitor and Rebel the Pro
visional President, has name and fame which we
cannot, as lovers of our once glorious Republic,
glveu an interest in, without some betrayal of
weakness. We cannot forget that this same JEFF
lerson Davis bore aloit the star-spapged banner
in the hottest of the fight at Buena VISTA and did
more, perhaps, than any other gallant heart on
that hoty-contested field, to turn the conflict to
the right side, when all seemed to be lost. We
cannot forget that this mans blood was shed there
| TO uphold the glory of our country, while many
who are now denouncing him rebel or a traitor
were at safe distance-and while these memories
OF the past are crowding upon US we must be for
given an indispositon to join Republican friends
In placing the halter around his neck the necks
OF his rebels, traitors etc. etc.
AFFAIRS IN CHARLESTON. CLEAN the follow.
ing items from our Charleston exchanges of Mon
day:
Among the passengers by the Columbia from
New York, was r. G. Nevill, member of the Ma
tional Guard, Fourteenth Regiment, New York
Militia. hlr. Nevill was of the party that
fired salute of six guns for the Seeded States,
from the New York Battery, on Saturday, 9th inst,
and he now comes to offer his services to South
Carolina, and to report that many, like himself,
can be found in New York.-Courier.
1t was currently rumored in Charleston on Sum
day that Major Anderson was suffering from sick
ness. i
The romantic site of Mount Dearborn, near
Rocky Mount or Grimkeville, on the Catawba
river, and near the line between Fairfield and
Chester Districts, has been proposed by some
friends as an admirable location for "Weet Point
of the South