The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-01-20
HILLsDALE, MICH, TUEsDAY, 3ANUARY 20 1861
loid ,asl From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. Z.
speech from Jel. Davis.

1oia ,lo From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. T.
Another Speech from JeG. Davis.
On Monday night last, the President was
serenaded, at his residence, by Capt. J. b.
Smiths Silver Band, the affair having been
gotten up as con pliment TO TIE President
on the occasion Of his return from the West.
+, consequence Of no public announcement Of
the fact having been made, the attendance
was not so large as it would otherwise have
been.
WOULD "scoRs" TO DE pRxsIDENr OF rnF UNI
TED sTATTs. HQllAIalef 2a1
After the band had performed some beau
tiful airs, commencing with the Mocking
Bird the President accompanied by Major
Wood, came out on the portico. After The
applause that created tho President had sub
sided, Major Wood introduced him to the
audience, saying: :" Fellow citizens. let me
Introduce to you the President of the United
States--the Confederate States--I ask par
don." (Laughter.) .poa syii so
President Davis said-Friends apd Fellow
citizeus: OF the title, rs corrected, i am
proud--the other would scorn tn hold.-
\APPs""so'J JQA a" tt f 'Afi'-.ati. t'' ~.
sd 3 HOLINESS OF THE REBEL CAUSE.
lgd I am happy 10 he welcomed on my return
to the capitol OF our Confederacy-the last
hope, as 1 believe, for the perpstuation Of that
system of Government which our fathers
foundcd-the asylum Of the oppressed and
the home Of true representative liberty.
0G Here, in the ancient Commonwealth OF Vir.
giuia, the great principles Of human govern
nent were proclaimed by your ancestors; here
great battles for freedom have been fought,
when the grand system they founded was at
tempted TO be overturned by those who got
possession Of government they could not
comprehend, aud which, in six months, they
see themselves wholly unable to administer.
vALoR OF THE REBEL SOLDIERS, WHO FIGHT
THE oFrsoouRiNas OF TIE EARTH"
b You have shown yourself 10 no respect to
be degenerate sons, of your fathers. You
have fought mighty battles, and your deeds Of
yalor will live among the richest spoils of
Times ample page. 1t is trne, you have a
cause which binds you together moro firmly
than yonr fathers we're. They fought to be
fee from the usurpalIons ol ,nu D'isi-l r-ovn
but they fought against manly foe. You
fqht against the ofsco,rings Of the earth.--
(Applause.) gri5ieom1sd 70 assisB, a1oii7.t
l. ed THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.
Recently, my friends, our cause has bad
the brightest sunshine to fall upon it, as well
In the West az 10 the East. Our glorious
Lee, the valued son, emulating the virtues o.
the heroic Light Horss Harry, his father, ha'
achieved q victory at Fredericksburg, anc
driven the enemy back from bis last ant
greatest effort to get !" On to Richmond. -
But a few, however, did get on 10 Richmond
(Laughter) A few, trust, may come from
every battle field TO I'll the pledge they mad
that thew would come to Richmond-bu
they will come as csptives, not as conqderors
(Applause. irao1qJl .s-o.a grad a'T 2a
g'u A GREAT VICTORY AT MuRFREEsDoRo.
In the West, too, at Murfreesboro, .yo
have gained victory over hosts vastly supe
rior to our own in numbers, You have achieve
: result there as important, as brilliant
= that which occurred on the soil OF Virglni
II and cotomporanoously at Virksburg, wher
i they were struggling to get possession OF th
' great artery, the control OF the MississipF
: river, to answer the demands Of the North
i west, In every combat there they have bee
8 beaten, and I trust they will be beaten
d future. Out of this victory is to come ths
dissatisfaction in the Northwest, which wi
+ rive the power of that section; and thus
J. see in the future the dawn--frst separation
T. the Northwest from the Eastern States, th
d discord among them which will paralze th
}, power of them both; then for US future peae
Q and posterity. us3i Lrhci e4 1sTusd G
Q THE YANKEES BURN TOWNS AND STEAL sPoos
Is Every crime which could characterize tn
1 conduct of demons has marked the course
the invader. y The Northern portion Of vi
pinia ha. been ruthlessly desolated-ths pei
. ple no. only deprived Of the means Of subsi
u teuce, but their household property eostroye
and every indignity which the base imagin
ton of a mcrciless foe could suggest, in1lcte
~ without regard to age, sex or condition. bHa
10 W In one instance, in the Northern part
le Mississippi, 1 have heard Of their plunderir
al the home Of a poor widow, taking her on
g COW, and then offering her tho oath OF alleg
10 ance as the terms upon which they wou
'e furnish her ra,ions. Worthy 10 be Matrt
l. of the Southern Confederacy, she refused j
g and when last heard of her, which was b
?. fore the enemy were driven from ZONE, 81
. was living upon parched corn. May Go
g bless her. She is worthy TO be Matron OF Il
Al Southern Confederacy. (Applause. Eve,
crime conceivable, from the burning of defen
70 less towns, TO tho stealing Of silver forks al
10 spoons, has marked their career. s7o0 o3i 2
=, 49, c IrYAsKEKs vs.. HYKNAs. .Hrfr
10 They HAVE COME TO DIsrURB YOUR socIl
=, ORGANIZATIONS on the plea that 1t is mi
l'' tary recessit /. n For what arc they wag'I
Do wsri They say to preserve the Unon
ss destroying the social existence OF portion
n the South Do they hope TO reconstruct u
Union by striking at everything that 10 dc
o to meni By showing ,hemselyes 30 utter
'ir discrsced that If the question was proposed
Of YOU whether you would combine Nth hyen
e. or Yankees / trust every Virgiuian won
p say, Gire me the Hyenas. (Cries of Goo
= good n and applause. ta9l3,uo BE s'lo'
D. H. 56WoH The PROSPECT IMPROVING. lls. i
"a b Compare our condition to day with th
as which sxisted one year ago. See the incre'
40 ING powers of the enemy, but mark that
ne own has been proportionately greater, un
ne we SEQ In the future nothing TO disturb 4
- prospect of the indspendouce fer which I
ne are strugeliog.l One year ago many were Z