Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01
President Davis Reception in Au-
guSta. Georgia,

/, President Davis Reception in Au
gusta, Georgia.
: It appears, from our Augusta e2
changes, that the ex-Confederate chic
} met with an enthusiastic greetin
upon reaching Georgia soil. He wa
: met at the Augusta depot by NUN
ber of citizens, together with Mayor
Estes and members of the City Coun
!. cil. A committee, upon the arriva
of the train, entered the car and ex
tended the hospitalities of the city t,
the distinguished visitor. Conducted
to "a handsome phaton, drawn by fou,
horses, Mr.. Davis was driven to thu
Planters Hotel, amid the plaudits o.
the crowd. Here Mr.. Davis receiv.
led the visits of his friends. That
night, after complimentary supper
he was serenaded, and, being called
upon, appeared on the balcony, ac-
companied by the Hon. H: w. Hill
lard and a committee. Mr.. billiard
welcomed the ex-President in a spir-
tied address, in which he alluded to
the heroic and dauntless manner in
which Mr.. Davis had borne himself
through the storm of war, and to the
dignity which he had illustrated un-
der ruin and disaster. "Serene in
the midst of the surging pillows" he
had acted up to the motto of William
the Silent. Said the speaker: You
have quietly submitted your cause to
history. History will vindicate you"
|. Mr.. Davis, in response, said
My Friends and Fezlow-ci;tiizens of
Georgia:
feel that I have peculiar claim
upon the people of Georgia, and that
the people Of this State have, also,
peculiar claim upon me. My father
was a 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 city
Of Augusta-this ancient old town
upon the banks Of the Savannah
that my father, then but mere boy,
came to join the revolutionary forces,
and enlisted beneath the American
flag. am proud of my father, and
proud of his State. If it is crime
to feel proud Of this sire-to glory in
his devotion to the cause of the right
to remember with exultation his
services in defence Of liberty, then,
my friends, is it also crime to op-
pose despotic naturalization of pow
er, and uphold the right of aState to
withdraw from voluntary compact
entered into only for thepreservation
of the freedom Of them all. If this
is crime, then am a criminal, and
it is the only ofense of which I have
been guilty. l repeat, Georgians,
that I claim to be Of Georgia descent,
and I glory in my lineage.
NOT HIMSELF, BUT THE CAUSE HON
oRED.
Although the distinguished gentle
man who welcomed me to your city
with words so kindly and SO eloquent
has said that you pay tribute to me
by your presence here tonight, I
cannot think that he was correct in
this remark. 1t is not a tribute to
me individually, but because you feel
that I am one Of yourselves that you
come to do me honor. And while I
am fully aware of this fact, do not
imagine that ! feel al all'mortifed at
It, or that my vanity is wounded be-
cause you honor me only as the re-
preventative of your cause. That
cause is dear to me-more precious
even than life (spplause), and I glory
n.its remembrance.
HIS WORDS TORTURED AND M1scoN-
sTRUED.
Just here let me say to you that I
veil know how every utterance Of
nine is seized upon by the organs and
members OF a certain faction. am
veil aware of the. eagerness with
which every word OF mine is caught
lp, and tho ingenuity with which it
S distorted and used in furtherance OF
leaigns upon my people, and hence I
lare not speak to you as I desire. My
leart is full to overfowing, God
Knows, but I can not SPEAK. Many
of the past are struggling
II my brain, bqqt | must be silent.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.
Though I must not speak, it is no
ear myself which commands my lips
% be closed, MOI ] have been pun
she'd for my crimes, and have expe-
'ienced the worst which could be i'm
posed. In the can't language of the
lay, punishment with me is "played
,ut.H The worst that can be done,
las been done, and I have no more
% fear. # 7 speak it is not myself,
nut you who would be injured, for,
Unfortunately, additional wrongs can
ret be heaped upon you. Therefore
I claim merit for anything, it will
De fer keeping silent. My simplest
words may work you harm. If I
ay Good night, my friends, 60 to
1our homes, and q Congressional in
7estigating committee happened to
70 within hearing, its members would
wear that I directed you to 60 off |,
md ioin the Ku-Klux. daughter
md applause.) Filled with that jeal-
,usy which springs from the knowl-
.dge of their inferiority, and of the
ustice of your pretensions, and CON
ciious of broken covenants and q Vi.
dated Constitution, they. mistrust
,very movement, and tremble with
ear ar when they think that right may
lgain prevail. (Applause.)
"wA1T AND HOPE"
But wrong cannot always be tri-
lmphant. I will say nothing and you
must do nothing, even though tgran-