New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-09
JEFF. DAVIS IN MISSOURI.

| ADDRESS TO TIE FARMERS AT DE SOTO
| GENERAL INTEREST AID CURIOSITY MASiPEsTED-A
LARGE AssEMBLAGg PREsEST-MR. DAVIS FRA
ryRNAL AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. gscGtwHD
| ARRIVAL or THE IX-PRRsIDENT ~ 81. LOUIS.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRiBUsy.l
ST. LOUIS, Sept S.--JefersOn Davis to-day
made his first appearance In Missouri since the war
the capacity Of public speaker In response en- in
vtaon him, few weeks SINCE 10 address the Fair
Of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society at the
| village Of De Soto, 40 miies south Of e.
LOUIS. Mr. Davis arrived at De Soto on Tuesday
morning. having anticipated his spoin ted time by just
"a hours IL Is supposed fr he purpose Of avoiding
ovation and the dsagreeable and intemperod
comments which q conspicuous popular demon.
strafion wonid have been certain to awake In
some quarters. AZ soon a. his presence
was made in the town. the interest and curiosity
became general. The intelligence spread rapidly; the
toynspeople aud country folk came pouring INTO
tho corridors OF the hotel and eagerly gazed At the
autograph signature OF their visitor Tho Committee Of
Reception selected repaired 10 the hotel, waited upon
Mr. DAVIS and escorted him to the residence OF one Of
the leading czons, whose guest he rems ned wiio In
village During the day he visited by the princi
pal citizens Of the and county, aud ia tho evening
rendered a serpnaie, 10 which he responded from
| balcony in a few appropriate remarks.
Early this morning tho crowd began assemble In the
town. Trains from the south along the line Of the
Iron Mountain Railroad and from st. Lors
brought delegations aud before the largest
assemblsgo Of people In southeast Missouri for
many years convened Mr. Davis conducted TO
the Fair grounds and ut IL O'Clock Introduced 70
the crowd, n q brief speech by CVl. j. w. Fletcher,
q local Republican politician Of some prominence
who sail the Jefferson County Agricultural
Society lad invited Mr.. Davis TO deliver AN
address before them because OF his acknowledged
ABILITY and his general knowledge Of the subject IN which
they we're SO de- ply Interested. lie felt h's fellow
citizens there assembled would take no Ices pleas
ure in receiving than tho speaker did in
presenting to them the Hon. Jefferson Davis.
Mr. Davis bowed to tho audience, which received him
demonstrations Of respect. and commenced his adj
dress Nothing but o full report OF his rema ks
could do Justice either TO his style, manner,
the subject matter OF his address Briefly however o
stated that he had long known the people " Missouri
that he in a ncighborhood which he had known 40
years ago, and that IL WAS impossible for him
to give full the feelings which moved him
at that moment He glad to meet the people, Osa1d
before them this OCCASION Hc paid graceful tb4to
to the pioneers Of tie country and then alluded to the
past follows: have come, my friends not to discuss
with You any OF those vexed questions which Lave
tated the country, and still may disturb tho minds
Of q certain portion of tle people. have to
you rise to higher plUe ard there still be those in
whose hearts malice nd hate aud all unciarabI,n
disturb their dgltnt II. Us withdraw ton sIch and
pass over tho other side. We sitting in the shade
.: brotLcrly love; We can confer together m
to wLich will best conduce to the prosperity
o, property by which he was sqrronn4ed.
" peace and contentmont w:ich seemed eve:ywhers
shown ia The a. tao Gm1s fusr s to rs s s nS tue
our. people Agriculture was the FIRST and !
Sa wa.. be ine tic Lord sDS thu SeaveS q,
and the cath. AMI looked them and they wero
fragrance graef, 10 lin arose from il. yet he looked
around and 10. ticle was no man to til the ground
~an. '' as 18th che best Of erection was woman:
x1% WAS to R LET n, net nv vsat for e vat
was no, so sYdIsr; say Re: US no;
no o use to- us. It Is =: # the hand would say
to have Nc n need Of thee Ts hsS Il
aid tho tras that IN nS tI e soil cons
every increment to ihewcath Of the world from that
soil "a produced every Hg say which dds to the az
sGsd frcn a the ' .o s sscSansa
ydai is aid ID Sn' sS"n a aas 5 further
Increase the value 81 those things which our country
commerce in a'd the farmers, and even the law
TOR himself s necessary lo@eve, 10 help the tara.r in
The hours OF All these things are conIrbutoy.
earth tnat Creator made and bless him for those
things with which inc has endowed Us and gratefully
Further on ID lis address Mr.. navis'dec Jared that.
wRaeyer the s1 Views vs. Of pocy and aepp Of to
craft might desire to cousunmate In regard
, 'hs eS s arc es one nn Dii's Away. ss ma s'Sn
people IN interest in destiny and Ia social foms and
policy. no deep design: Of ambitions
meu. could ever discover them; In all tho
bound them together BY tics stronger than any that poll
ties could invent, and from tie to the
tLepeople vino dwell ia the valley must be untcl
Mr. Dayss remarks received with much saiisfac
| ton by VI all parties. During the first
half hour Of his speech not word was
uttered to which the most intense Radical
partisan could object and throughout there not
the uls ion made ~ the present or past political
status Of the country Mr. Davis closed his address
follows:
"And now, my friends, as have wearied myself If I
have not Also overaxed yuur patience, allow me u
ali your days may days OF happiness that all your
equal to the grand development OF which believe
your country capable. and though WITH many
n"ps 20 ~" sec o''a carnsamnaied, shall dis
good which you worthy and good which our
Eternal Father may bestow."
In each OF the several communities which have sought
to secure the att lance Of Mr. Davis, great
has taken diyest the movement from all polti
cal significance. In Jefferson County. for example. tbs
most prominent persons connected with the invitation
and the visit Republicans the Demo, rata scul-
lousy avoiding altitude when iGIght De- construed
into thusism NotOny would priit counsel
such /. course, but 10 il undo stood that Nj Davis
| desires no other kind OF treatment. Ills ap.
Waiance in public In Missouri Is received ana coE-
oniy far say however that lite bit Is
lei. AMI displayed lie IA looked upon SIMPLY .
historical celebrity end a gentleman
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