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L6aee1a1 Correspondence OF the n 0: Delta. D.:
MONTGOMERY April 6, 1861.
f. To build . republc,- one would think. was
enblfms< 1t, on the contrary, is ext1ayaoanfl-.
stupid, inofdinate1y quiet, pre- postefoueT
dull When the Constitution ia settled tbs
sabllmlty ceases. All else is a matter Of
course. the mere start Of tie machiuerY. ma
beginning Of the routine. =. The eleciioUs' m M.
po!ntoenis apd removals, the offices and con
tracts, have but little Significance. Iudrej.
nothing bat principles sgnify, and as our per-.
manent Constitution really has bu. few new
principles, it really has but. little fresh
figntaeaneet r. ghSat III, sqt That then? a. hero
.cance, and the question nov is Bbsther
Jefferson Davis will prove himself TO be
Zero, think that be vii i, aud am q ipdge.
To-day saw him, talked with hiD,, and 10 teTl
the candid truth, admired him. What / most:
admired was his serenity Do tou know Whist;
y meang How can l e1plain itss How can /
impress you! mean, not culdncss, but calm.
ness; rot timperturaoi1ity, but gravity a pres
ence Of nind;i a chastened etersy, defiance
to al and yet courtesy TO all Ii his eyes The
n9nest, earnest, searching look OF judge; In
M ms hand the cordial grip Of 3 friend, and in
Su.h is the serenity Of Jefferson Davis, Am I
deceiyed2 Do I misjudge? The gallant
months soon to come Will pro{emy jndg inert,
We all here expect war. Il, iu our opinion. is:
|. already determined. - *-*:'
:: The state Of the great ease fs simply this if
Llnaoln does not fight, the Black Republican
party is demorallZtd, stult.fcd and 1isbanf'cd.
the succession to the Pres ldercy is lost !; the
Morril tariff Is defeated; the Tree laborets of.
New England, New York and the West. mrst
u countless crowds be, soldiers, 90 as not to be
first starvelinge, then rebe1a, and then S,ata
rights Democrats-eyl1s which the crafty Cabi-
net shuddcr to anticipate, above all, the surg
4 rytrr - >f+
and disappointed masses will be diverted from
natural enemies to natural friends, aud if 'tha
politicians and patriots of the Contede1aey are.
not attacked the politicians and capitalists Of
Union Will be. Such abrupt and radleal chaures
as the secession, the two tariffs, the two. Con.
Us no longer deceive oursefyeg. Let us iiie
practical citizens act on the practical proba-
bility., What I now .tel yon s, that war'ils
more than probable; We viii Inevitably have
serles OF battles, and for ouE spldiers eeries
~of battles will he series of trinmphs.
i have seen the Mississippi Volunteers.
office be:patented as the most improved styIe
Of llIa; war stint. They are from thtlr sca}ps
TO their toes, born soldiers. They hare mat-
tlal look, martial tread and q martial ar
Fheysare clean bull, and quieK; they are lean
and. ktout;. there Is notra platoon Of parAy.
Rauncnes y the brigade They have, also,
which would havs ' delighted Hannibal S'
Among the fifteen hundred thera we're not
I've scrubs, and such AL sae were the bull.
dos scrub Aisaissippi, the saldier State, Win
be proud of her dare devils.
The opinion that Montgomery win be the =
C Confederate capital eeens TO gain graund. :.
This, Of -poQfBe;,- implies that 1he Border
htates will not secedeana fedetate. Ipre:u1ne
that the neH Congress, will appoint . cumnois:
slon to iesa5s e the nstris4 ef 1Ayis., Such of
course, VIZ helts title. This commission will
bear in mind that the capital tughtto be tbs !
proximate center Of population! !fhe center Of
hsstth. be- The center of geograpnhy. end the sen-
ter. pt ra1lroaaa~ The 4aafales Of Davis ought, |
trtct, and within tFenty -four hours Of our "a.
III z {a5Ma de- or sea sosa as.,, What b.
the District IS lacatea, and the State ediat9S
aye bnllt, This viii require eay six years. i. j.
like Montgomery the people polite, it Ia
remarkable; everybody. IN. 'Mentz tzomery e.,
body.