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the CONFEDERATE DEAD.
The Inaugural Ceremonies ut MontgOm
cry, Alabama, for the Mem.
Orial Monument,
Jefferson Davis Guest, and is Received
with Enthusiasm-Speech Of the
Ex.President.
Other Exercises Of Notable Event
Arrangements for Laying the
Corner Stone.

Arrangements for Laying the
Corner Stone.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 28.-Jefferso
Davis left his home at Beauvoir, Miss
accompanied by his youngest daughter, a
II O'Clock yesterday. They were in a sp.
cial car in charge of committee of citizen
of Montgomery, who went to escort them
Their arrival at every station was the sig
nal for q demonstration. At the stoppin
place between this city and Mobile grea
crowds gathered. Local military compa
nies fired salutes, children waved handker
chiefs and shouted. and all pressed to tn
car to shake the hand OF the man who lee
the cause of the South during the wal
times. Many one-legged, one-armed sol
diers were waiting to see him, and all hae
shouts of welcome. Mr.. Davis stood or sal
in the rear OF the ear. He was too feeble te
speak, but gave a hearty hand shake to all
| The scene has never been equalled since ths
| reception in 1861.
GEN. K. B. GORDON,
| OF Atlanta, arrived shortly before Mr.
Davis, and was received at the depot by
the military, and an escort OF the survi.
vOra of his old Sixth Alabama regiment
| met him a few miles from the city. He was
welcomed on his arrival in the city in q
speech by Alderman Watts, acting Mayor.
Gen. Gordon replied in q speech brief, but
pointed and eloquent. The demonstra-
ton over him was hearty and heartfelt.
>UNpRoPIrioUs WEATHER.
1t has been raining almost continuOu. ~
since Monday, and about dawn this morn
ing the down-pour was a torrent. So great
was the rain and consequent mud that the
plap of having the addresses of Mr.. Davis
and Gen. Gordon delivered at the fair
grounds near the city at IL o'clock had
to be abandoned. 1t was determined that
the procession should form at 2 o'clock
and march to the State Capitol building.
and the addresses be delivered from the
steps of the Capitol. This afternoon Mr.
Davis will stand on the same spot upon
which he stood whel he took the oath as
President of the Confederacy. The streets
will be roped off and policed for several
blocks in the vicinity Of the building so
that admission tickets will be necessary in
order to see or hear satisfactorily.
PROCESSION FORMING.
The procession is now forming An i'm.
mense cOncourse OF people aIriv. d to-day
in spite of the terrific rain of this morning
Mr.. Davis has been very quiet and secluded
OK uoJ, ICVC1SluS OuIy OlO dCI IlCcS
and special friends. He has no set speech,
and his address to the multitude will be
short.
Promptly'at o CLOCK Mr.. Davis, escorted
by Mayor Reese, Gov. O'Neill and ex-Gov-
ernor Watts, formerly of his cabinet,
stepped from the hotel and entered the
carriage. The shouts of the multitude as
he was seen to come from the hotel
were louder than ever before heard in this
city. The next carriage contained Gen.
John B. Gordon and Capt. w. L. Bragg Miss
Winnie Davis, the daughter OF Mr.. Davis, J
and Mics Reese, the Mayors daughter. The
next carriage contained w. w. Screws, Mrs.
Gordon and Miss Waller, the latter niece
OF Mr.. Davis. '.
OTHER CARRIAGES FOLLOWED
with the Trustees OF the Monument Asso-
citation and the Governors staff. The
route OF the procession was about mile
long. The avenue is very wide but the
crowd when IT began to move was packed
from one side to the other. When the pro-
cession arrived at the capitol gate the way
was cleared for Mr.. Davis, the military
being formed SO as to prevent overrunning
the grounds and building before he had
reached the place. He was seated near the
historic spot he occupied February 18,
1861. Arranged in front was the place for
the press, and on the sides and in the rear
Of Mr. Davis were the members OF the va
rious organizations interested in building
the monument which it is propo ed to
erect on the hill and Immediately north OF
the capitol. When order had been Sc
for such a vast throng it was
the most orderly ever seen here-Mayor
Reese advanced to the stage and said:
MAYOR REEss REMARKS.
"a ;c
emotions that present you the foremost
type of Southern manhood, the Hon.
Jefferson Davis. ex-President OF the Con-
federate States Of America
The scenes heretofore enacted were gone
over as Mr.. Davis advanced, and it was
some minutes before he could proceed.
The shouts finally dying away, Mr.. Davis,
leaning on his cane with the Federal flag
over him and Confederate veterans before
him. in clear ringing voice, showing the
deep intensity OF his feelings, said:
sPEECH.oF MIR. DAVIS.
NY Friends-It would be in vain if l
should attempt to express to you the deep
ratification which l feel at this demon
stration, but know thatit is not personal
and therefore l feel more more deeply graf
itied because it is a sentiment far Gearer to
me than myself. You have passed through
the terrible ordeal of a way which Alabama
did not seek. When she felt her wrongs
too grevious for further federation she
sought a peacable solution, and that
being denied her thunders OF war came
ringing over the land. Then her people
rose in their majesty, gray haired sires
and beardless boys eagerly rushed to the
front. 1t was that war which Christianity
alone approved-a holy war for defence.
Well do I RENE Der seeing your gentle boys
80 small, to use the farmers phrase, they
might have been called seed corn,' NOV
ing on with eager step and fearless
brow to the carnival OF death.
HEAVIER THAN THE BOYS.
Ihave also looked upon them with their
knapsacks and muskets seemingly heavier
than the boys, and my eyes partaklns OF a
mothers weakness, filed with tears. These
days have passed, many OF them have
found nameless graves, but they are not
dead. They live in memory, and their
spirits sta nd out in the grand reserve of that
column which is marching on with unfalter-
ing steps toward the goal Of constitutional
liberty. [Applause.] It we're in vain if l
should attempt as l have already said to
express my gratitude to you. / am stand
ing now very nearly ON the spot where l
stood when l took the oath OF office in
1861. Your demonstration now exceeds
that which welcomed me then. This shows
that the spirit Of Southern liberty is not
dead. [Long and continued applause Then
you were full OF 10. GUS hopes. You had
every prospect OF achieving all you desired,
and now you are wrapped in
THR MANTLE OF REGRET,
and yet that regret only manifeste more
profoundly, and does not obliterate the ex-
preston OF your sentiments. l felt last
night as / approached the Exchange Hotel,
from the gallery Of which your peerless ora
tor, William L. Yancey, introduced me to
the citizens OF Montgomery. and commend
ed me in language which only his e'oqnence
could yield and which far exceeded my
merit, felt. l say again, that l
was coming to my home, coming
to a land where liberty dies not and serious
sentiments will live forever. [Applause,l
have been promised by my friends that l
should not be called upon to make q
sneech, and therefore can only extend to
YOU my heartfelt thanks. God bless you
one and all, old men and boys, and the
ladies above all Others who never 1aieereo
.' ,:...% paod rT.O1d and long con-