Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-10-12
VOLUME 10.
:. From the South csroIinlan, 5th inst.
speecfI of President Davis.

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= Speech Of President Davis.
< President Davis arrived in this city yes
terday morning, on his way to Richmond
and was during the day the guest of Gen
Chestnut. On heprssence.of our esteemed
Chief Magistrate becoming known to the
citizens, very large number of the resi-
dents of the city, among whom could be
recognized many Of ths fairest aud most pat
riotic ladies of Columbia, assembled in front
Of General Chesnnps residence, where the
Arsenal Cadets, preceded BY band, had
already arrived, to welcome the honored
leader of the Southern Confederacy. The
hospitalities of the city were rendered to the
President by our worthy Mayor, DR.. Good
vynni in a brief and appropriate speech,
wheteupon Mr.. Davis, in response to the
evident desire Of the large assemblags, made
an excellent address, Of which we are en-.
abledlto present the following report:
Ladies and Gentlemen Of the Metropolis
of South CAROLINA Your Mayor has wei.
coined me 10 your home. I receive hiagreet.
ing With 4hat grstitude.whieh one only feels
when he hears expressed the language Of
commendstion from those whose silence
would have made him realize that his,con-
duct had been bad indeed. If in this great
struggle for the rights of the States apd the
liberties ofthe people, to secure the posses.
sion of which and to transmit which to US,
our fathers of, the revolution shed their
blood, South Carolina, who has stood for
thirty years in the vanguard, should give
him who asserted those rights, no word OF
well done, he might turn convinced that he
had failed as pnblic servant to perform
his mission, and as man had proven un-
able to cope with the responsibilities Of his
position. Therefore it is, Mr., Mayor, and
fellow citizens of Columbia, that I feel hear
tily grateful for the welcome received at
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your hands. -, ,-ss. - : -
South Carolina has struggled nobly in the
war and suffered many sacrifices. There is,
indeed, no portion Of our land where the pail
of mourning has net been spread; but. i
thank the Giyerof all Good that our people
still remain firm there, above 'slg other
places. am told there have been none to
Doubt Itoften happens that at adistance
from scene of action, men, sho'if present
would easily measure il, magnify danger,
until at last those become despondent whose
hearts, if actually stirred by perils, would
no sooner think Of. shrinking from the
prompt performance of duty, than the gal
iantsons Of Carolina, whoseblood hasso gem
erously flowed on the many battle6elds Of
this war. But if there be any who feel that
our cause is in danger; that final success
may not crown our efforts; that We are not
stronger to day than when we began this
struggle; that We are not able to continue
the supplies to our armies and to onr people,
let all read such a contradiction in the smi-
ling face of our land, and the teaming
evidence of plenty which every where greet
the eye; let them go to those places where
brave men are standing in front Of the foe,
and shers receive the assurance that we
shall have final success, and that every man
who does not live to see his'couutry free,
will see a freemap's grave. (Applause.)
There. are those who, like the Israelites
of old, are longing to turn back to the flesh
pots they have left; who have thought there
may still be some feasible mode Of reconcile
alton, and would even be willing to rush in-
to a reconstruction of the Union. Such, l
am glad to know, do not flourish on the
soil of South Carolina. Such cannot be the
sentiment of any man in the Confederate
States, if he will only recollect that from
the beginning down to the present hour,
your Government has made every effort
within its power, to avid collision of arms
in the first instance, and since then to OBJ
tain every possible means of settlement hon
orable to ourselves, based on recognition
ofour independence. First, we sent COM
missioners to ask on what terms the quar-
rel cenld be adjusted, and since that time
We have proslaimed in every public paper
our desire for peace. Insolently, our every
effort has been met. The Vice President
of the Confederate States was refused o
passport to the North, when bis object was
negotiation that means by which all wars
must be terminated. The door was rudely
shut in our faces. Intervention. and recog-
milton by foreign States, 50 long anticipated;
has proved ignts tatuus. There is, then,
but one means by which you can hope to
gain independence and an honorable peace,
and that is by uniting with harmony, ener-
gy and determination in fighting those great
battles and achieving those great victories,
which will teach the world that we can de-
fepd our rights, and the Yankee nation that
it is death to.ingade them. (Applause.)
With every Confederate victory our stocks
rise in the foreign market-tha touch stone
of European sentiment. With every noble
achievement that influences the public mind
abroad, you are taking one step forward,
and bringing foreign nations one step near
er your aid in recognizing and lending you
friendly Intervention, whenever they are
satisfied that, Intervention or no interven-
ton, the Coufederacy can sustain itself
Does any one. believe that Yankees are to