The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-06-01
THE ENTERPRISE.
Swcetwater, THURSDAY, june ] lsTl.
Mr.. Dayls'lat! Augusta.

and comm cndto oqr readers and the
friends of the great leader in the cause
o fSonthern Independence Il is lost,
yet we love to hold in our memory the
names Of the noble braves who gave up
their lives in defending q, cause. which
they thought to be a Just ono.
The Banner says, that ut seems to be
Mr., Davis misfortme-7thoughi it ought
not in good taste or propriety, to be his
dcsire-tlmt he should frequently be
made tho victim Of OBSERVATIONS parade
on the pait Of his more gushing andim-
rStlsive admirers, wherever he happens
to travel in the South, and to DO placed
in the attitude of constantly inviting
critirisms not only upon himself, but
upon the section with whose misfortuios
he has been SO prominently and init
nately identified in the recent past.
There is no reason why Mr.. Davis should
mob receive the attention of his friends
anil admirers wherever he goes, in the
ordinary way of of ordinary notablcs,
but the rather vulgar and peculiarly
American tcstim0nials of the BRASS band
and the drum, aud the conventional orl-
lion which must pcrforce follow, if not
i'll fie best conceivable taste, is likely, in
his cue, Just now, to have u double sig
niicanco in the malicious Interpretation
Of his enemies and Of tho political OPP
prcssors of his countrymen. On an oc-
c,sionof this kind, ut Augusta, the other
might, Mr., Davis publicly 'rocognized
tho peculiar claims Georgia had upon
him. whereas many Of his intelligent
fcllow-citizcIs, not only in Georgia, but
elsewhere in the South, cannot hep but
realize the one peculiar claim they have
upon hima III this time to be his silence,
Or course this is q country Of free speech,
but there was never 4 time when tho clo-
gaonco of Mr.. Davis silence would be
more generally appreciated oboyo the
%cloquenco of lis public uttenmces from
hotel balconies and prusccniun boxes.
"If the late struggle fnr the principles
of constitutional liberty had been u
crime" it may have boon, as he expresses
it, his "misfortuue,' yet the time is GER
family not opportme for its justification
or his friends Endorsement thereof.
Aware OF the cagorness wish which any
utterance he might make is watched and
nriSreprcscnted, Mr.. Davis himself OK
presses his own desire to remain silent,
anil yet his impulsivo friends summon
him to balconies Of hotels and there ex-
tort from him, tand that too, when the
National Democratic party of the coun
try, and especially Of the West, are dc
claring hcir acceptance Of the memorable
logic Of events that he docs not con-
ceive the principles Of the Lost Cause
dead, on the truth crushcd, bccausothink-
ing one thing, he could net speak an
Ott,er, and locking forward to the time
when he might with propriety speak to
his fellow-citizens as his he;lt moved
him. Now, with all dne respect to Mr..
Drtvis, We are solcmnly convinced, that
is is to the interest Of tho rank and file
who riskcd theh lives to sustain the
Lost Cause, if it is not the preference
of The great majority Of them, that Mr..
Davis and other prominent leaders OF
flint Inflated cause, should restrain the
feeling of their hearts at least until that
future time specified by the distinguish
cd speaker. Nh. Davis, as We haye nm
dcrstoOd his position since his return
from Europe, is not engaging ordesiring
to engage prominently in political affairs.
We haze understood him as cxemplify-
In; in his W ease the t~ritencss of the
maxim, that now of all times, the private
station Should be the post Of honor. He
occupies I'M honorable business position
Us President of o successful, well-con-
Quoted life insurance company1a quiet
citizen of Tennessee, hooking anxiously
forward, no doubt, with other quiet citi-
zena, to n moro prosperous and peaceful
era, for the whole country, under a just
cr and purer administration Of its gov
crnmcntal affairs. But TINT dcyoutly
wished for csrsammatien depends great
'ly upoif the patience and goOd sense of
the Southern people, and more espc-
Gladly Of those who are recognized as
representative oracles Of their politirsl
sentiment. Consequently, This dragging
of Mr.. Davis from the r%etirtcy Of his
LODGINGS TO hotel windows and balconies
to resale him with bad music, and de
mmd3in payment his ayo@;tl Of IN abb
ding faith in the revival, of Che plinci-
pies Of the Lost Csusc, IS a manifest IN
Justice to himself and TO the section
whose interests he earnestly Processes to
haven't Heart, 50 much init ne would
himself rather be silent than tolbo Civ
ing expressonAto his real thoughts and
feelings IS ~ 2fg .SA&s a2S&
GA&naEzM bA1Ag
Adjourned, Sine Die aii
TIE General Assembly Of tho Cum
bcrland Presbyterian Ciureh, after hay
ing been iii session ut Nashville for nine
days closed its labors On Saturday Fast.
We learn from our Nashville exchanges
that it was an able, Intelligent body,
composed Of clerical and lay delegates,
from, nod only Tennessee and the ada
cent Southern Stotcs, but from Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana,, Iowa., Missouri
and even the far Pacific slope q Though
met TO advance the Interests of q cause
as far removed from sympathy with sec
tional prejudicessor party politics, as the
heavens are from the earth, they could
not utilare noticed the profound peace
in which the people Of Tcnnessee dwell
together--our thrift and industry, our
progressive spirit ~ enterprise, orr hos
.pitality to the stranger within ourgates,
and, above all, our respect for and, ODE
dience to the laws, State and National,
Of the land, We rejoice with honest