Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1861-06-18
NO. 9.
sfom elRichmona Dispatch
serenads to ihe Rresident and Lady.

MED by the AFnory Band, on Saturday
egening, paid 10 his Excellency and ia6fysl
the compliment Of a .serenade. A crowd
Of at least three thousand were soou col
lected. embracing many ladies'. who. ip.
response to The unanimous call we're ad-
dressed by the President as follows 81:
SPEECH Or PRESIDENT DAVIS. III
Friends and FelloD citizens IL thank
you for the compliment that your pres,
|ence conveys. Il Is hn Indication of re-
gard for the person, but Tor the position
which he holds. III
The cause ID which we are engaged Is
Che advocacy Of the rights % which We
were born-those for which our fathers
Of the Revolution bled-the richest in9S
heritance that ever fell toIman and ii is.
orr sacred duty to transmit them antafn.
ished TO our Children Upon us Is de-
volyed the high and holy responsibility
Of preserving The constitutional Liberty 81
a free Government, tApplause. Those
with whom We have lately associated.
have shewn themselves SO >incapable Dc
Eappfeciating tile blessings Of he glorious
institutions they Inherited, that they are
to-day stripped of the liberty to which
Ethey were born. They have allowed An
Gignorant usufper to trample upon Ill lie
Eprerogatiyes Of citizenship, aadto e1efs
else power newer delegated 10 him; and
Ilit has been reserved Tor your own State,
SO lately one of the original thirteen, but
Enow, thank God! fully separated from
them, to become the theatre of a Great
Central Camp. from which viii pour
fourth thousands8 of brave hearts to roll
back the tide Of 1espotism.
Apart from tlie qualification We may
| well feel at being separated from such a
connection. is the PRIDE that upon you
dey6lyes tile task Of maintaining and de-
Tending our new Government believe
we shall be able TO achieve tbs noble
work, and that the institutions Of our
fathers will Cd I'd our children as sacred
as they have descended 70 us. Alp.
! plause.
In these Confederate States we observe
Ethose relations which have been poetical-
lTy ascribed, To the United Safes, but
which there, never had the same reality ~
States 50 distinct, that each existed as Ia
sovereign, vet sol united that each was
bound 10 constitute a whole; or as more
beautifully expFesFed n
'Distinot as the Dillows, yet one as the sea',,
\ Applause.
| Upon every hill which now oyerlooks
Richmond you have had and will
continue to have camps containing SOL
diers from every State of the Confedera-
icy; ana 10 iis remotest limits. Every
I proud heart beats high with indignation
atIthe Thought thR. tie foot 81 The inva-
der has been set upon the soilsof old Vir-
ginia. (Great cheering, There is not
Eone true son IofR the South who is bot
ready now to shoulder his musket. to
bleed, to conquer or to die, IN. tie cause
toflibertyshere (Cheers.)
Beginning under many embarrass.
nents, the result BIT seventy years Of tax.
]ation being ID the hands Of our enemies.
I'VE must at FIRST move cautiously. i
may, be..tLat We NIL have oueaeanntat
smiles 81 the God Of the just, and filled
lby the same split which animated oul
!athers, success shall perch upon gu
i banner. Fss
/ I am sure youl a. not expect me ofgo
I into any argument upon those questions,
(which have for twe9tysfxe years agitated
lthe country. ;Ya hageSpow reached the
.point where, arguments being exhausted,
.fit only remains for US TO stand by eul
weapons. (Gbeefs, aud cries Of twt
4 will ~ When The time and occasion
Iserye, We shall smite The sniter with
manly arms, al did Cur fathers before us,
a and as becomes their sons. To our enc.
\ nv We leave tie base acts OF the ASSASSIN
land incendiary,! to them we leave il &
Insult helpless woman !, 10 us belongs
\ vengeance upon man. Tremendous ap'
lplause.
/ thank vow \ gain FOR this gratifying
manifestation.
il Ia yoice--Tell usi something abou
| Bepna Vista.
j Well, my friends, | can only say, VI
4 will make the battle fields Of old yirginii
\ brighter than EAhht of Beupe~ ista AMI
drench them with biooddmofe precious
81 than the blood which flowed there W'
4 shall make a histefy for ourselves, w
Edp not. ask that The past siii.ll SHED; II
lustre upsh us. bright as our past ha
beer,ior we can achieve our own destiny
Ne may point III many q field, oFe
Il which has foaEed the flag four conntr,
when we were of shg United States, upol