The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-27
COLUMBIA. S. @
Saturday Morning. May, ~. 1871.
Cotton Factory,

prise be carried OUt mere. We OutyuG 70
have cotton factory on this eide OF the
river as well as on the other. No doubt
the Messrs. Sprague would embark
largely and liberally in this project. We
hope that men in the community having
the necessary means, weight and inf9-
ence will look to this scheme. Colum-
biz, to be PROPERLY improved; d ist be
made grand. manufacturing centre. To
this end let public-spirited citizens bend
their energies. and, devote what means
they can control, 'i'at'!..n
Ex-PresIdont Davis Reception h, "A d us
"a s35i- tn. Georgia. i.,f- :,r.
It appears; from our Augusta e1-
ohauges;5 that the ex7oonfedsiiafa S;oiisf
met With ain. epthdsiabtic greeting upon
reaohi1g Georgia 3s aoH.,s He a1s va ,hslt 81 al
The. AGgusta dsr6t;h ;hy'ha 1iaHbef of oiti
zsna. together with Mayor Estes and
members, ,9f thl, CIV Q9pnsll, '.A com
mittee, upon the arrival oi tie train. en-
:se @ i ~ nc 5g ;1s;t2s ssgg3 ,9s asg3's1' I'll.
tor. ConduGFedsto handsump pheton,
drawn by fdar.saor1ses. Mi:sDavis was
driven to the Planters Hotel, amid the
plaudits oi the cfpYd. EefeM Davis
received the visits of his ffisndS: That
pieht, after a ,eompiimentaEy sppper, he
%aSserenaded. ,end, being Salledppon.
aprdared on. the balcony, aocotnp nphnied
Rydhe Hon. HaW. Hilliard aud q oom-
&hthe. AIr. Hilliard weeio6M6d fshe ex-
Peeadent in O. nsRisised address,, ID which
@e alluded to she heroic and aauntless
MRner in which Mr.. Davis hid borne
6ipSelf through tie storm of5war. and
taAe dignityWhioh ne had> illustrated
Andsr ruin ande disaster. ''Serene in
the midst Of the sutging billows." he
had acted up to the motto OF William
the Silent. Said, ,,the speaker: ,"You
have quietly submitted yonr cause to
history. History will yindicateyou."
Mr.. Davis. ip response, said
My friends and fellov citizens of Geoy.
giq: [ feel that I have peculiar claim
upon the people OF Georgia, and that
the people of this State have, also, a
peculiar claim upon me. My father was
citizen OF Georgia many long years
ago, and to him have I often listened in
the days of my boyhood as he told to
me. traditions, OF the great revolution.
It was to this ecity OF Augusta-this an
'oient old town upon the banks of the
.SavalnnhAth my father, then but q
mhre boy. .;cAnia to Join the revolutionary
-forccs.- and enlisted boneath the Amari.
can a.g.... liam proud Of my father,, and
proud of his State. II it is a crime to
fecl proud OF this, sire. to- glory ii, bis
devotion to tho canso of the right-te
remember with exultation his services
in defence OF liberty, then, my friends,
: is il also q crime to oppose a, a,1cspotio
I, ceI lralizntion Of power. and uphold the
Tght of a State to Withdraw from a vol
1ntary compact entered into only for
the preservation of the freedom OF them
oil. IT this is crime, then am cri-
minal. nnd it is Lhe only off,noe of which
hays been. guilty. Irapeat, Georgiana.
TINT | claim to bc of Georgia desc ,nt,
, and I.glory in my lineage.
Although the distinguished gentleman
who welcomed me to your city with
words 80 kindly and so eloquent, has
said that you. puy q tribute 10 me by
your presence hero tonight. I cannot
think that be was correct in this remark
It is not tribute to me individually,
! but because you feel that am one. of
you rselves that you come to dome honhr.
And while am fully aware Of this fnct.
do not imagine that feel ut oil motti-
fed at it, or that my vanity is wounded
! because you honor me only as the rep
resentative of your cause. That cause
is dear to me-more precious even than
life lapplanse) land ! glory in it's re-
membranCe. ,l,
just here let mo say to you that we'll
::SSheA hoy every utterance Of mine is
Seized upoTby the orgaus and members
Qfa certain faction. I am well aware OF
), Che eagerness with. which every word Of
mine is caught up. and the ingenuity
I, .,fith which Il is distorted and used IN
ltBrtherance o. designs d pop my people,
land hence T, dare not speak to You as 1
desire. MY henri is full to .overaowing,
,a{aSd ',s knows but' I can not speak Many
!, !SS%2pries Of the. past ,ars stfqgg1ibg ii
, my brain, but I must bp silent, ,!,',''e =
y'Fhough I mnst not speak, It, is, no fear