Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-10-05
President Davis Speech.

President Davis Speech. .,
The Macon Confederate, & Telegraph
has the following result of Mr.. Davis
speech. A.. -. -. <
Introduced by General Cobb, Mr. Davi
said: -. :" =. s. p .l.,..r
Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and Eel
low Citizens 1t would have gladdened ny
heart to have met you in prosperity instead
of adversity. But friends are drawn to-
gether IN adversely. The son Of a Georgian
who fought through the first Revolution, !
would be untrue to myself if should forge
the State in her day of peril.
What though misfortune he's befallen oul
arms from Decatur to Jonesboro, our cause
is not lost. Sherman cannot keep up his
long line of Communication, and retreat
sooner or later, he must. And when that
day comes, the fate that befel the army Of
the French Empire in its retreat from Mos
COW will be re.enacted. Our oagalry and
our people will harrass and destroy his. army
as did the Cossacks that of Napoleon, land
the Yankee General Like him, will escape
with only body guard. zsS z. -. 4
How can this be most speedily effected
By the absentees of Hoods army returning
to their posts. And will they not J Can
they see the banished exiles, can they hear
the vail Of their suffering country-women
and children, and not come? By what in
flusnces they are made to stay away, it is
not necessary to speak. If there is one who
will stay away at this hour, he is unworthy
the name of o Georgian. 70 the women
no appeal is necessary. They are like the
Spartan mothers Of old. :, know of one who
had lost all her sons except one Of eight
years. She wrote me that she wanted me
to reserve place for him ia the ranks. -s
The venerable Gen. Polk, to whom [ read
the letter, knew that woman well, and said
that it was characteristic of her. But /
will not weary you BY turning aside to re-.
late the various. incidents Of giving up the
last son to the cause of our country known
to me. Wherever we go, we find the heart
and hands Of our noble women enlisted. =
They are seen wherever the eye may fall or
the step turn. They have one duty to per-
formGto buoy up the hearts of our people,
/ know the deep disgrace felt by Georgia
at our army falling back from Dalton to the
interior Of the State; but I was not one Of
those who considered Atlanta lost when our
army crossed the Chattahoochee. I resolv:
ed that it should not be, and I then put a
man in command who I knew would strike
an honest and manly blow for the city, and
many Yankees blood was made to nourish
the soil before the prize was won. =, -; e..
1t does not become US to revert to disas-
ter. "Les the dead bury the dead" Let
us with one aim and one effort endeayor to
crush Sherman. L am going to the army
to confer with our Generals, The end must
be the defeat of our enemy. It has been
said that had abandoned Georgia to her
fate. Shame upon such a falsehood. Where
could the author have been when Walker,
when Polk, and when Gen. Stephen D. Lee
was sent to her assistance. Miserable man.
The man who uttered this was scoundrel.
He was nota man to save our country.
= If I knew General did not possess the
right qualities to command, would I not be
.wrongif he was not removed? Why, when
our army was falling back from Northern
Georgia, 1 even heard that had Bragg
with pontoons to cross into Cuba. But we
must be charitable. 49, 3.
The man who can speculate ought to be
made to take up his musket. When the
war is over and independence won, (aad
aoe. aoi1 establish our Independence who
will be our aristoeracy? I hope the limp
ing. soldier. : To the young ladies I would
say when choosing between an empty sleeve
and the man who had remained at home
and grown rich, always take the empty sleeve.
Let the old men remain at home and make
bread. But should they know of any young
men keeping away from the service who
cannot be made to go any other way, let
them write to the Executive. I read all
letters sent from the people, but have not
the time to reply to them. ... -
You have not many men between 19 and
IS left. The boys-God bless the boys
are, as rapidly as they become old enough,
going to the field: The city of Macon is
filed with stores, sick and wounded. It
must not be abandoned when threatened,
but when the enemy comes instead Of calling
upon Hoods army for defence, the old men
must fight, and when the enemy is driven
beyond Chattanooga, they can join in the
general rejoicing. s ..
Your prisoners are. kept as sort of Yam
.kee capital. Ifhaye heard that one of their
Generals said that their exchange would
defeat Sherman. Ihave tried every means,
conceded everything to effect an exchange
to no purpose. Butler the Beast, with whom
no Commissioner of Exchange would hold
intercourse, had publishedin the newspa-
pers that if We would consent to the ex-
change of negroes, all difficulties might be
removed. This is reported as an effort of
his to get himself whitewashed by holding
intercourse with gentlemen. Ifan exchange
could be effected, I-don't know but that l
might be induced to recognize Butler. But
in the future every effort will be given as
far as possible to effect the end. We want