The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-31

4AOlC A0OuS AAAo oRCCSu Az DSAAAS-
Cause Of the Rebellion Not One Of
the Dead Issues with Him.
tsWs,ands inths Selma tAla,) 1Fss Of
Saturday last moro complete accCuut of
the reception given JEFFERSON DAVIS, in
that city, than was contained in the Dem
ocratic papers published there. The
Pres which is 9 Republican paper, de-
scTibes the affair and reports Bayis'
speech thus: ~
'4Ir. Jefferson Davis, President Of %
Memphis life insurance company, ar
rived in this city on Sunday night, from
Montgomery. On Monday he received
many calls, and in the evening he held
quite leyee in the parlor Of Keipps
Hotel, which was attended by large
number Of ladies and gentlemen. About
II o'clock brass band appeared on Ala
bama street, in front Of the hotel, accom-
panied by crowd Of two or three hun.
dred people. The band discoursed The
Bonnie Blue Flag and on the cessation
of the music loud calls were made for
Davis Davis In answer to the call
the chief of the fallen Confederacy up.
peared on the balcony, and addressed the
crowd for about ten minutes in q strain
Of impressive elOquence, which told
with powerful effect upon his
hearers. He commenced by compli.
menting, in general terms, the peo-
pie Of Alabama. he had always loved
them, and now felt that he could rest in
peace with them forever. They were
bone Of his bone, and flesh Of bis flesh.
Alabana md his own Shte Of Mississippi
were yet one in principle as they once
had been ono in Territory. Their people
had sent forth their SONS to battle on the
same fields for their rights as States. But,
asked the speaker with bitter emphasis,
are they States now? Yet, proceeding in
an exultant tone, he declared that State
Sorereignty, although dEteated in tho late
struggle, toil ultimately triumph It's day Of
success might not come in his time, but
he would live and die in the belief that 1t
would surely triumph, He declared that
no people on earth had ever suffered as
had the Southern people since tho sur.
render Of the Southern armies, md lie
loved. them for the lortltudo with
which they fiad borne the oppres.
sion sheaped J upon Ltheni.t BHei had
aIpdyS been telling to gip6 his life for has
pe0pk, and nolo, If any Yankee popsr rant
ed his blood 10 atone for any action Of Tho
Southern people, they could take 1t. On
him the Government had done Its worst,
and for himself be did not care, but for
the.sake Of the people whom he love, he
could t0rbcdr to srpreSS more tulythS Sesll
ings Of his heart He neper had asked par.
don for Whdt he had done, and he neper
could, for he fell that he had done no t0rong.
Mr.. Davis concluded amid the applause
Of the crowd, which had loudly cheered
the salient points Of his speech. AS he
retired, the band struck up "Dixie," after
which calls were made for Gen. Pettus
and Gen. Morgan, hutsnO response, was
accorded, and the crowd soon after separ.
ated. Mr.. Dayislooks TO beinfne heallh.p
Commenting editorlally upon these ut.
terances, the Pres Says:
ain his brief speech in this city on
Monday night last Jefferson Davis reiter.
oted his faith in the doctrine OF State
sovereignty, and asserted his belief In It's
ultimate triumph. This is the first occa:
sion ofwhich we have any knowledge that
Mr.. Davis has, IN public, touched upon
the general political questions that agitate
the country. It must be that the recent
election In New Hampshire, the native
State of his friend Pierce, produced an
unusual degree Of exultation in his mind
1t may be that the expectation Of Dem
0cratic success in the Presidential contest
Of 1879 was strengthened and confirmed
into confidence, and he would no doubt
consider such q victory as the ultimate
triumph Of State sovereignty. It Is
well that the people all over the
country should know that so distinguished
champion Of Statesoyereignty as Jeffer.
son Davis has not given up hope Of the
ultimate triumph Of that cause. In its
behalf great armies have been raised, q
gigantic war ragged, bloody battles fought,
public debt has been piledmountain high,
and widows and orphans created by hun
dreds of thousands-yet 1t did not sue
coed. But now the chief who champion.
ed II, and who marshaled its forces tells
the people that he yet has confidence in
its ultimate triumph. We commend these
views to the consideration Of that portion
Of tho Northern Press and people which
has been led to believe that the cause oil
the rebellionis a dead issue in the minds
Of leading men at the South"