Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-22
Inaugural Address of JEFF. DAVIS.

The Inauguration of Jeff. Davis, as
President of the Southern Confederacy,
took place at Montgomery. Ala, on
Monday last. His trip from Mississip-
pi to Montgomery was one of continu-
GUS ovation. 1t is said he made TWEEN
ty-fve speeches on the route, returning
thanks and complementary greetings to
crowds of ladies and gentlemen, and
military, at the various Depots.
A telegraphic despatch inform us that
the inaugural ceremonies were the grand
est pageant ever witnessed in the south.
There was an immense crowd on Capt.
tol Hill, consisting of a great array of
the beauty, military, aud citizens of
different States.
Mr.. Davis commenced speaking pre-
cisely at one o'clock He said
Gentlemen Of the Congress of tie
Confederate States of Anaerica:
Fellow Citizens On being called to
the difficult and responsible station of
Chief Executive OF the Provisional Gov
eminent which you have instituted,
approach the discharge of the duties as
signed me with an humble distrust of my
abilities, but with sustaining confidence
in the wisdom of those who are to guide
and aid me in the administration of pub
lie affairs, and an abiding faith in the
virtue and patriotism of the people
Looking forward to the speedy estab
lishment of permanent government to
take the place of this, and which by its
greater moral and physical power will
be better able to combat with the many
difficulties which arise from the cenhic-
ting Interests of seperate nations, | enter
upon the duties Of the office to which l
have been chosen, with the hope that the
beginning of our career as a conlederacy
may not be obstructeG by hostile oppo-
sition to our enjoyment of the seperate
Axistance and independence with the
blessing of Providence, which we have
asserted, and which with the blessing Of
Providence we intend to maintain. Our
present condition was achieved in a man
ner unprecedented in the history OF ma
tiors, and illustrates the American idea
that governments rest upon the consent
of the governed, and that it is the right
Of the people to alter and abolish gov
ernments whenever they become de~truc-
tive to the ends for which they were es
ia li>hed
The declared compact of the union
from which we have withdrawn, was to
establish Justice, ensure domestic tran
quiiity. provide FOR the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure
the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity, and in the Judgement Of
the sovereign States now comprising
this confederacy, it has been perverted
from the purposes for which it was or
daiued, ana ceased 10 answer the ends
for which it was established. A pea.e-
ful appeal to the ballot box, declared
that so far as they were concerned, the
government created by that compact
should cease to exist. In this they
merely assert the right which The decla
ration Of independence of 1916 defined
to be intlienabpe Of the time and oc-
casion Of It's exercise; they a. sovrrcignS
whe,e the final judges, each for itself -
The i'm pa,tial intelligent verdict % man
kind, will vindicate the recfitule Of ohr
cnEdact anil he who knows the hratts o
men. will judge Of the sincerity with
which we ave Ilhorcd to preserse ;hr
government of our fathers ia It's pint |
The rcmaindeI Of the address vas re
ceived too late for Insertion.