The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-20
HONORS TO PRESIDENT DAVIS-HIS
RECEPTION AND SPEECH.

hLCLL L lON NM EENh-
MONTGOMERY, Feb. 1.-THE trip of Mr..
Davis from Mississippi to Montgomery was
one continued ovation. lie made twenty
five speeches on the route, returning thanks
and complimentary greetings to crowds OF
ladies and gentlemen and the military at the
various depots. A committee of Congress
and the Montgomery authorities met Mr..
Davis about eighty miles off and formally
received him. Two fine military compan-
les from Columbus, Georgia, Joined the
escort at Opelika, and all reached Mont
gomery last night at 10 o'clock He was
received with great enthusiasm. large
crowd assembled at the the depot, which
Mr.. D. addressed as follows:
He said he felt proud to receive the con-
gratulations and hospitality of the people of
Alabama. He briefly reviewed the prese ut
position of the South. He said the time
for compromise is passed, and we are now
determined to maintain our position and
make all who oppose us smell southern
powder and feel southern steel. If coer-
cion was persisted in he had no doubts as to
the result. We will maintain our rights of
government at all hazards. We ask moth
iDg-want nothing-will have no complica-
tions. If other States join our Confedera-
ton they can freely come in on our terms
Our separation from the Union is complete.
No compromise, no reconstruction can now
be entertained.
A large crowd waited on Mr.. Davis. On
his arrival at the Exchange Hotel, the Ia
dies were equally enthusiastic with the gen
tlemen. At quarter before eleven o'clock,
in response to enthusiastic calls, Mr.. Davis
appeared on the balcony, and said
Fellow citizens aud brethren of the Con-
federated States of Amortization we are
brethren, 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 have, trust, the prospect
of living together in peace, with our insti-
buttons subject to protection, not defama-
ton. 1t may be that our career will be
ushered in amid storms; it may be that as
this morning opened with clouds, with rain,
we shall, too, encounter inconvenience at
the beginning. But as the sun rose it lifted
the mist, dispelled the clouds, and left the
pure sunlight of heaven; so will the
progress of the Southern Confederacy car
~ us safe into the harbor of constitu-
tonal liberty applause and political
equality. Applause7 Thus we have
nothing to fear at home, because at
home we have homogeneity of interests.-
We will have nothing to fear from abroad,
because if war should come, and 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,
preserve the sacred rights they transmitted
to US, and show that Southern valor still
shines as brightly as in 1916, 1912, and in
every other conflict. Applause. ]
was inf
kindness only required l should appear be
fore you. Fatigued by travel and hoarse,
am unable to speak at any length. I came
merely to assure you of my gratitude for
these manifestations of your good will.
come with diffidence and distrust to the dis
charge of the great duties devolved on me
by the kindness and confidence of the Con-
gress of the Confederate States. l thank
you, friends for the kind manifestations of
favor and appreciation you exhibit on this
occasion.