The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
ROCK ISLAND, TUESDAY. MAY 4. 1856.
ON SHekMAN'S OLD ROUTE.
The President of the Lost Cause Takes
March to the Sea.

The President of the Lost Cause Takes
March to the Sea.
SAVANNAH, Ga. Nav MIR Davis trip
from Atlanta to Savannah was continuous
ovation. At every station crowds collected,
and Mr. Davis was called for and was
obliged either to bow speak. The enthu-
siasm everywhere was unbounded The
special tram consisted of six gayly decorated
coayles The rear coach was the private
Car OF General Manager Gabbett of the
Western Railway of Alabama, which
brought Mr.. Davis over the entire route. Ii
contained Mr.. Davis, Mayor Reese Of
Montgomery, and the Savannah es-
cort committed The next coach was
the private car of Superintendent Elem
ming, of the Savannah. Florida 4 West
ern railroad. 1t contained Miss Davis
Mrs }. b. Gordon, Miss Gordon, Mrs
Reese and a number of other ladies The
Pullman Car next in front, contained Gov
Mcdaniel, prominent citizens of Atlanta,
and invited guests
All the speeches made along the route
were very short Before the train left Al
toona and at every pace that it stopped
dispatches were received requesting that the
tiNih s''hit 10 otpI'i'C+l 81 tiiih thF Btctt'
could have an opportunity of greeting Mr.
Davis. 1t was ImDossble TO reply TO all
such requests, but stops were made at sev-
eral places and remarks made l,v Mr. Davis.
His remarks were all of one kind all eulog
istic of Georgia or Mississippi and Georgians
and MississippianS No mention of the
United States, except in reproach for the
way that unfortunate country had treated
Georgia and Mississippi when those two
states took it into their heads to go out
of the Union with their sister
| southern states. The ex-president was in
formed hy the spokesman at Barnesville
that he was the greatest living statesman.
At Baingbroke Mr. Davis went bail that
Georgia's heart beats yet for the Confedef'
acy At Macon Mr. Davis made his most
extended remarks Here he actually spoke
| OF good" Yankee. He said his wife
| was persecutel because she was the wife of
one who tried to do his duty, and at Macon
| she was received when i'll. and tenderly
| cared for She had with her an infant
who had now grown to be a woman, and
was present on the stand. Here Mr. Davis
| stepped back and in a moment came for
| ward leading in young lady, and con-
| tinGed This is my daughter, the child of
| the Confeieracy, born the last Of the war,
and always glad of the fact she was horn a
| Confederate At last Georgia has been
redeemed from tie oppression which she
bore under the name Of reconstruction.
| Having invaded your country, and because
| you did not choose to live with them, they
refused to let You in, and kept you out un,
| der what was called reconstruction !
| You are Confederates, and therefore dear to
me, and Mississippi was the daughter of
| Georgia, an | | am the son of a Georgian
| and proud OF the fact that my father bore
| arms in defense of Georgia during the
| Revolutionary war Thus | say to You, in
| name of Mississippi in the name of all that
| is dear to us from the Declaration of lnde
pendence down: God bless Georgia and all
| her people. / am travelling on a special
| train under the shelter and banner of your
| good governor aud therein | feel safe
though am sorry my time is so limited
among you
The ladies of Macon strewed with flower
the steps up which Mr. Davis walked tc
reach the balcony of the depot, from which
Mr. Davis spoke The whole surrounding
space was black with people. There was Wis
ible evidence that the vast multitude wa,
moved with deep feeling.
At every station on the route TO Savan
nah where it was known who was on board
there were people gathered in e eater oil
less numbers who cheered the train, AM
upon its arrival at this place the ex-presi
dent was met by an immense throng among
which wers fifteen military companies
Here there was some more speech making
Mr.. Davis being very brief and then he re
tired
Monday the distinguished guest assisted
the governor Mt military review of STATE
troops by whom he was most enthusiastic
ally received