The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-02

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ed under strong excitement, spoke
rather recklessly, telling the multitude that
all hope Of compromise had passed; 1he
South had been forced to take her positoh.
and that position he should MAINTAIN aSaih9'
all aggressors resisting any Interference,
even If it were necessary to make our enc
mics smell Southern powder, and feel the
thrust Of Southern steel As a lhat'ei "
course, the remark was caught up All
flashed in the faces Of the Northern people
as a bpa>ttdl challenge from the traitor
Chief.
The Inaugural ceremonies on the 18TH
were unusually IMPRESSIVE. After formally
signing the Constitution, both Houses OF
Congress adjourned 10 the portlco OF the
Capitol, whence, in the presence OF an lIl-
mense multitude wildly enthusiastic, the
President delivered his Salutatory Address;
The Southern revolution, he deciareu, nau
merely changed the constituent relations OF
the seeding States, without affecting thelr
institutions, laws or customs. or altering the
| system Of democratic-republlcan govern
ment set up by our torefathers, ana 10y theih
bequeathed to the South equally with the
North. The transition from the former
Union to the present Confederacy he con-
| tinued-s'has not proceeded from a disre-
gard on our part Of our just Obligations, or
| any failure to perform every constitutional
duty. Moved by no interest or passion TO
invade the rights of others, ANXIOUS to Gull
| tivate peace and with all nations,
| If zee may not hope to arod ar0r, re may at
least erpect that poster1ty acW ncqMH as OF
| horing needessly engaged an IT. we have
| vainly endeavored to secure tranquility: ana
obtain respect for the rights to which we
are entitled. AS a NECESSITY, not q choice,
we have resOrted to the remedy OF a separa-
ton, and hencetorth our energies must be
directed to the conduct of our own affairs,
and the perpetulty OF the Confederacy Whlch
we nave formed
The entire address was moderate and con-
c%iliatory, yet firm and dignified, as might
have been expected.
MIR. Davis named for his Cabinet the fol
lowing gentlemen, who were promptly con-
firmed, viz
For Secretary Of .State-Robert Toombs,
of Georgia.
For Secretary of Wor-Gen. L. P. Walk
err. Of Alabama.
FOR Secretary Of tie Treoswy-C. G.
Menninger, of South Carolina.
Mr.. Mallory, of Florida, subsequently was
appointed Secretary of the Navy; John u.
Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster General; and
Judah p. Benjamin, Attorney General.
Thus, on the 22d of February-(by a
happy coincidence, "Washington's birth
day the Southern government, complete
IN all its appointments, and working as
easily as the elder one, entered upon its
eventtul career.
ln lieu of a White House, President Da-
Wis was invited to occupy the handsome
suburban residence known as 1.-THE Shotwell
Mansion" which was subsequently pur-
chased for $4,000 as a President Man
slon;' though, as we shall see, Montgomery
was not destined long to remain the capital
OF the Confederacy.
THE RAILsPLITTER's ROWING.
Although leaving home at the same date,
Mr.. Lincoln did not, like President Davis, go
directly to his capital, but, in accordance
with a pre-arranged plan for rousing popu-
lar feeling, oscillated here and there across
the States of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New
York, and Pennsylvania, receiving extraor-
binary o~vations from the populace, who,
lead by the "Wide Awake organizations,
focked to every station with bands of music,
and tremendous uproar; being aided in
these demonstrations by the great anxiety
OF everybody, even the Democrats, to hear
what he had to say.
Abraham Lincoln that he made no effort to
conciliate the South during the elective
campaign, and did not one thing to avert civil
war from first to last. During the four
months following his election,-when every
hour increased the National tumult,-he re-
manned dumb as an oyster. A few emphat-
lc utterances from him would have gone far
to stay, if not still, the storm. An unmis-
taxable declaration from him that no South
err State should be disturbed in slaves or
other property, civil or other rights, during
the period Of his administration and that
he, as President, should carry out every ex-
lSfrnn C+ot,,+o acYnn ,l.- n ! |
ly as if he had received the united vote of
the South, as we'll as the North,-such a
declaration, | say, at any time prior to Jan.
!, 1861, would have checked the wheels of
secession, and prevented ,car!. Nothing is
palmer than that nine-tenths of the South
ern masses, always conservative, would have
greeted such an utterance with secret, if not
open, reiOiclngs, as a door Of escape from
that which they deemed their duty-in the
absence of such guarantees. But Kincoln
remained shut up in his oyster-shell; per
haps even enjoying the storm overhead. No