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INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OF
PRESIDENT DAVIS,
DELIVERED AT THE CAPITOL,
Monday t 1 o'clock , P. M. t Feb. 18, 18G1.
Gentlemen of the Congress of the Con- ,
ederaie States of America ; Friends and j
Fellow-Citizens :
Called to the difficult and responsible
station of Chief Executive of the Provis
ional Government which you have insti
tuted, I approach the discharge of the du
ties assigned to me, with an humble dis
trust of my abilities, but with a sustain
ing confidence in the wisdom of those who
are to guide and to aid me in the adminis
tration of public affairs, and an abiding
faith in the virtue and patriotism of the
people.
Looking forward to the speedy establish
ment of a permanent Government to take
the place ol this, and which by the greater
moral and physical power will be better
able to combat with tlie many difficulties
which arise from the conflicting interests
ot separate uations. I enter upon the du
ties of the hope that the beginning of our
career, as a Confederacy, may not be ob
structed by hostile imposition to our enjoy
ment of tlie separate existence and inde
pendence which we have asset ted, and with
the blessings of Providence, intend to
maintain, mur present condition,achieved
in a manner unprecedented in the history
of nations, illustrates the American idea
that Governments rest upon the consent of
the governed, and that it is the right of
the people to altar or abolish Governments
whenever ihey become destructive of the
ends lor which they were established.
Tlie declared purpose ot the compact of
Union lrmn which we have withdrawn,
was, ‘ to establish justice, ensure domestic
tranquility, provide, tor the common de
fense, promote ihe general welfare, and se
cure the *blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our postentv;” and when, in the
judgments ot the sovereign {States now
composing this Confederacy, it had been
perverted from the pi ;o es for which it
was ordained, and had ceased to answer
the ends for which it was established, a
peaceful appeal to the ballot box declared
that so tar as they were concerned, the
goverment created by that compact should
cease to exist, lu this they merely assert
ed a light which the Declaration of inde
pendence of 17/0, had defined to he itml
eniable, of the time and occasion for its
exercise, they, as sovereigns, were the final
jmlgts, each tor itself. The impartial and
enlightened verdict ot mankind will vindi
cate the rectitude ot our conduct, and lie
w ho knows the hearts of men will judge of
the sincerity with which we labored to pre
serve the government, of our fathers in its
spirit. The light solemnly proclaimed at
the birth of the States, and which have
been affirmed and re-athrmed in Ihe Bills
of Rights ot IStates subsequently admitted
into the l uion ot 1781), undeniably recog
nize, in the people, the power to resume
the authority delegated lor the purposes
of government. Thus the sovert igti States
lure represented proceeded to form this
Confederacy, and it is by abuse of lan
guage that their act has been denominated
a revolution. They formed anew alliance,
but within each State its government has
remained, the rights of person and prop
erty have not been disturbed. The agent
through whom they communicated with
foreign nations is changed, but this does
not uecessarily interrupt their international
i elutions.
Sustained by the consciousness that the
transition f**om the former L nion to the
present Confederacy has not proceeded
from a disregard on our part of just obli
gations, or any failure to perform every
constitutional duly—moved by no interest
or passion to invade the rights of others—
anxious to cultivate peace and commerce
with all nations, if we may not hope to
avoid war, we may at least expect that
posterity will acquit us of having needless
ly engaged in it. Doubly justified by the
absence ot wrong on our part, and by
wanton aggression on the part of others,
there can he no cause to doubt that the
courage and patriotism of the people of
the Confederate States will be found equal
to any measure of defence which honor
and security may require.
An agricultural people —whose chief in
terest is the export of a commodity re
quired in every manufacturing country —
our true policy is peace, and the freest
trade which our necessities will permit. It
is alike our interest, and that of all those
to whom we would sell and from whom we
would buv, that there should be the fewest
practicable lestrictions upon the inter
change of commodities. There can be but
litt-lerivalry between ours and any manu
facturing or navigating community, such
as the North-eastern States ot the Ameri
can Union. It must follow, therefore, that
a mutual interest would invite good will
and kind offices. If, however, passion or
the lust of dominion should cloud the
judgment or inflame the ambition of those
States, we must prepare to meet the emer
gency and to maintain, by tlie final arbi
trament of the sword, the position which
we have assumed among the nations ot the
! earth. We have entered upon the career
of independence, and it must be inflexiblv
pursued. Through many years of contro
-1 versv, with our late associates, the North
ern States, we have vainly endeavored to
i secure tranquility, and to obtain respect
for the rights to which we were entitled.
; Asa necessity, not a choice, we have re-
I sorted to the remedy of separation ; and
‘THE UNION OF THE STATES: —DISTINCT. LIKE THE BILLOWS ; ONE. LIKE THE SEA.’*
THOMASTON, GEORGIA. SAT I'll HAY: MORNING. MARCH i Mil.
henceforth, our energies must be directed
to the conduct of our own affairs, and the
perpetuity of the Confederacy which we
have formed. It a just perception of mu
tual interest shall permit us, peaceably, to
pursue our separate political career, my
most earnest desire will have been fulfilled.
But, if this be denied to us, and the integ
rity of our territory and jurisdiction be as
sailed, it will but remain for us, with firm
resolve, to appeal to arms and invoke the
blessings of Providence on a just cause.
Asa consequence of our condition,
and with a view to meet anticipated wants,
it will be necessary to provide for the
speedy and efficient organization of branch
es of the Executive Department, having
special charge of foreign intercourse,
finance, military affairs and the postal ser
vice.
For purposes of defence, the Confeder
ate States may, under ordinary eircurrr- j
stances, rely mainly upon their militia,
but it is deemed advisable, in the present
condition ot affairs, that there should be a
well instructed and disciplined army, more
numerous than would usually be required
on a peace establishment. 1 also suggest
that for tin* protection of our harbors and
commerce on the high seas, a navy adapted
to these objects will be required. These
necessities have doubtless engaged the at
tention of Congress.
Y\ ith a Constitution differing only from
that of our fathers, in so far ;\s it is explan
atory of their well known intent, freed from
tiie sectional conflicts which have interfer
red with the pursuit of the general welfare, j
it is not unreasonable to expect that States
from which we have recently parted may
seek to unite their fortunes with ours un
der the government which we have insti
tuted. For this your constitution makes
adequate provision ; hut beyond ibis, if I
mistake not the judgment and will of the |
people, a re-union with the States from ‘
which we have separated is neither practi
cable nor desirable. To increase the pow
er, develop the resource, and promote the
happiness of a Conlederacy, it is requisite
that there should be so much of homogen
ity that the welfare of every portion shall
be the aim of the whole. Where this does
not exist, antagonism are engendered which
must and should result in separation.
Actuated solely by the desire to preserve
our own rights and promote our own wel
fare, the separation of tlie Confederate
Slates has been marked by no aggression
upon others, and followed by no domestic
i convulsion. Our industrial pursuits have
received no check—the cultivation of our
lb-ids has progressed Its liefefoforc—anTi j
even should we be involved in war, there
would be no considerable diminution in
tiie production of the staples which have
| constituted our exports, and in which the
1 commercial world has an interest scarcely
less than our own. This common interest
I of the producer and consumer, can only be ;
interrupted by an exterior force, which j
should obstruct its transmission to foreign
markets —a course of conduct which would 1
be as unjust towards us as it would be de
trimental to manufacturing and commer
cial interests abroad, should reason guide
the action of the Govenlment from which
we have separated, a policy so detrimental
to the civilized world, the Northern States
included, could not lie dictated by even
the strongest desire to inflict injury upon
us ; but otherwise, a terrible responsibility
will rest upon it, and the suffering of mil
lions will bear testimony on the folly and
wickedness of our aggressors. In the mean
time, there will remain tons, besides the
ordinary means before suggested, the well
known resources for retaliation upon the
commerce of an enemy.
Experience in public stations, of subor- ,
dinate grade to this which your kindness
has conferred, has taught me that cares,
and toil, and disappointment, are the price
of official elevation. You will see many
errors to forgive, many deficiencies to tol
erate, but you shall not find in me either a
want of zeal or fidelity to the cause, that
is to me highest in hope and of most en
during affection. Your generosity has be
stowed upon mean undeserved distinction;
one which I neither sought nor desired
Upon the continuance of that sentiment
and upon your wisdom and patriotism, I
rely to direct and support me in the per
formance of the duty required at my
hands.
We have changed the constituent parts,
but not the system of our government. —
The Constitution formed by our fathers is
that of these Confederate States, in their
exposition of it ; and in the judicial con
struction it has received, we have a light
which reveals its true meaning
Thus instructed as to the just interpre
tation of the instrument, and ever remem
bering that all offices are but trusts held
for the people, and that delegated powers
are to be strictly construed, I will hope,
by due diligence in the performance of my
duties, though I may disappoint your ex
pectations, yet to r* tain, when retiring,
something of good will and confldeuce
which welcomes my entrance into office.
It is joyous in the miust of perilous
times, to look around upon a people uni
ted in heart whose one purpose of high re
solve animates and actuates the whole—
where the sacrifices to be made are not
weighed in the balance against honor, and
right, and liberty, and equality Obstables
’ may retard, they cannot long prevent the
progress of a movement sanctified by its
justice, and sustained by a virtuous people.
Reverently let us invoke the God of our
fathers to guide and protect us in our ef
forts to perpetuate the principles which
by His blessing, they were able to vindi
cate, establish and transmit to their pos
terity, and with a continuance of His favor
ever gratefully acknowledged, we may,
hopefully look forward to success, to peace,
and to prosperity.
Governor Houston’s Message. —The
Message of Governor Houston totheTexas
Legislature, advocates a settlement ;< now
and forever” of our difficulties with the
North, but thinks the action and position
of Texas should be with the border States,
and not the cotton States. He says:
Were governments formed in an hour,
and human liberty the natural result of
revolution, less responsibility would at
tach to us as we consider the momentous
question before us. A long struggle,amid
bloodshed and privation, secured the liber
ty which has been our boast for three-quar
ters of a century. Wisdom, patriotism,
and the imffla concessbne of great minds,
framed our Constitution. Long centuries
of heroic strife attest the progress of free
dom to this culminating point. Ere the
work of centuries is undone, and freedom,
shorn of her victorious garment, is started
nut once again on her weary pilgrimage,
hoping to find, after centuries have passed
away, another dwelling place, it is not un
manly to pause and, at least, endeavor to
avert the calamity.
The Executive feels as deeply as any of
your honorable body, the necessity for such
action on the part of theslaveholding States
as will secure to the fullest extent every
right they possess. Self-preservation, it
not a manly love of liberty, inspired by our
past history, prompt this determination. —
But he cannot feel that these dictate hasty
and unconcerted action, nor can lie recon
cile to his mind the idea that our safety de
mands an immediate separation from the
Government ere we have stated our griev
ances or demanded redress. A high re
solve to maintain our Constitutional rights,
and failing to obtain them, to risk the per
ils of revolution, even as our fathers risked
them, should, in my opinion, actuate every
citizen of Texas ; but we should remember
tnat we owe dutiesand obligations to States
having rights in common with us, and
whose institutions are the same as ours. —
No aggressions can come upon us, which
will not be visited upon them, and what
ever our action may be, it should be of that
character which will bear us blameless to
posterity, should the step be fatal to the
interests of those States.
liiipaimclUny; a Jury.
We dropped in the Court of Sessions the
other day, to “take a look round us,” and
while (bore, were witnesses of the mode of
impounding a jury. The first name called
was Simpson Bangstarter. He had heard
of the case in dispute, formed an opinion—
quite forgot wluit that opinion was—could
easily form another, though. Disliked
the prisoner. Was down oil prisoners
generally. Challenged.
The next, De Draobit Ruff, had never
heard of the case. Formed no opinion.
Never had no opinion. Paid a lawyer
five dollars once for an opinion. Couldn’t
read. Disliked reading. Could write a
cross to his name. Always judged
prisoners by their looks. Didn’t know
what the case was all about. Accepted.
Stephens Bortolletby. Had read of the
case in the papers. First in the Herald.
Thought tlie prisoner guilty. Then in
the Iribune. Knew he was innocent.
Could judge impartially, and give a ver
dict with the majority. Challenged.
Bernard McGroggerty. Heard of the
case from One-Eyed Lafferty. Knew the
prisoner well, lie owed him two dollars.
A rum bill. Would make him sweat. —
Was a professional juryman, and always
went into the box with his verdict in his
pocket, so as to lose no time. Could leave
his verdict with the court and go home.
Challenged.
Barty Bullethead. Had expressed no
opinion. Formed several though.—
Wan ted-to be paid for his time, or he
wouldn’t serve. Had the small-pox pret
ty bad so could keep the jury from disa
greeing. Say which way you want the case
to go and he was bound to fetch it.
Challenged.
Myers Schweinbuschergritz. Heard von
de gase. Don’t got no ’billions. Dinks
de prisoner should pe hanged. Veel sick
mit his stomack butty pad. Yant to go
come. Accepted.
Wellington Winterbottom. ’Eard sum
mat habout hit. Thinks hit hall an ’tim
bug. Vould like to ’ave the prisoner
down to Brummagen Bill’s for’alf an ’our.
Vould knock the fat hofP his eyeballs, and
blamed quick. Didnt believe hin law.—
Accepted.
Bampson. Stolid. Could judge impar
tially. Didn’t care which way lie went.
If prisoner was acquitted, lie’s let off; if
lie’s found guilty, he’s pardoned. Ac
cepted.
We waited no longer, having business
elsewhere. We left the court under ihe
impression that there’s a little fun and
good deal of farce about “impanneling a
jury.”— Life Illustrated
A farmer popped in here on Wednesday
last, to pa v his rent, putting on a long face
to correspond with the times. On enter
ing the house he said the times being so
hard he couldn’t raise the money at all,
| and dashing a bundle of notes on the table,
“There,” said he, “that’s all I can pay.”—
The money was taken op and counted by
the landlord, vho said, * Why, this is twice
as much as you owe !” “Dang’ee, give it
to me ajrain,” said the farmer, “I’m dash
ed if 1 didn’t take it out of the wrong poc
ket I”
The Story of the Ring.
The incident of the ring of the Countess
Ida of Boggenberg is singular. She had
placed her jewel case on the deep window
sill of the castle to dry the outside leather,
which had contracted damp. It was open,
and favorite hawk or raven, darting down,
seized the ring. Fearful of communicating
her loss to her stern lord, she kept it a se
cret from all but a few chosen domestics,
who were authored to reward any on3
who might find it. The young page, un
happily not of the confidential party, pick
ed it up at a great distance from the cas
tle, and, showing it to another page boast
ed that it was the gilt of a lady. The
baron heard the boast, desiring to see the
ring—recognized it as the one presented
by himself to his wife on her betrothal—
rushed into her room, where he found her
at the same open window from which she
had lost her ring—and, without a word,
threw her down into the woody dell, six
hundred feet below ! The tardy truth av
ailed not the unhappy youth, whose false
hood caused the ruin of his lady and him
self.
Three days afterward, the innocence of
both was made known, by the visit of a
peddlar, who had seen him pick it up, and
had bid a price which the other refused.—
He came to offer the sum originally deman
ded. Every search was then made fur the
Countess ; but she had, th >ugh much
bruised, escaped as by a miracle, and with
drawn into a hollow cavern. There she
lived four years on wild fruits, bird’s eggs
and a little fruit conveyed to her from
time to time by an aged woman, to whom
she communicated her preservation, and
whose bounty she repaid by spinning for
her in the night. A favorite dog at length
discovered her retreat, and the Baron went
in great pomp to remove her to his castle ;
but Ida refused to return, and, as an atone
ment lor her sufferings and the death of
the page, he allowed her to build a con
vent, of which she became abbess.
This story is well authenticated, and has,
perhaps, served for the basis of many oth
ers founded on the same idea in after
ages.
SECESSION TO BITLEGALLY TEST
ED.
The St. Louis Democrat lias been fur
nished with an extract from an answer to
be filed in the Circuit Court for St. Louis
county, in the suit of a New Orleans bank,
against a banker of St. Louis, to recover a
large sum of money :
“The defendants state lhat the plain
tiffs, whether chartered by law or not, are
an association of persons, citizens of tlie
State of Louisiana, domiciled and doing
business therein, and acknowledging alle
giance thereto, and have abjured all allegi
ance to the United States of America ; that
said State of Louisiana has seceded from
and revolted against the United States of
America, and is at war with the same ;
that the plaintiffs and all other persons
who are citizens of said State and domicil
ed therein, and acknowledging allegiance
thereto, are alien enemies of the United
States of America and of the State of Mis
souri, and have no right to maintain any
suit in the Courts of the State of Missouri.
Wherefore defendants ask that this suit
may be dismissed, etc.”
This defence, if persisted in to the last
resort, would carry the question of the
right of a State to secede to the Supreme
Court of the United States for settlement.
Its prosecution opens the door to a variety
of legal questions, and will be watched with
interest.
HOMELIFE.
If home life is well ordered, the children
having, according to age, worktime, play
time, books, games and household sympa
thies, they will love home and find pleas
ure there. Give the little ones slates and
pencils, and encourage their attempts to
make pictures Drawing will amuse them
when noisey plays have lost their zest, or
are unseasonable, and the art will be useful
in after life. Have them read to each oth
er stories and paragraphs of your selection
and save the funny things, and the pleas
ant ones you see in papers and books, to
read to them at your leisure. You cannot
imagine how it will bind them to you.—
But choose well for them, for the impres
sions made upon their minds now
will last when the hills crumble. Have
them sing together, and sing with them,
touching songs and hymns—Let them sing
all day like birds—at all proper times.—
Have them mutually interested in the
same things, amusements, and occupations,
having specified times for each, so that
their habits will be orderly. Let them
work together in the garden—bovs and
girls both need out-of-door-w r ork—while
the parents eyes direct and sympathise,
and loud voices blend in the loving accord.
A “frog” says Brolessor Pump, is an
amphibious animal as what lickers on cold
w-ater and consekwently invented the tee
total society. He always walks with a
jump, he does: and when he sits down he
has to stand up. Being a lover of native
melodies, he gives freeconcerts every night,
he does, himself. He perwides music for
the million, which is so called, because it
is usually heard in the mill-pond. He is
a warment that aint so bad when broiled
upon a griddle, lie aint.
Michael Finnigan, with a Wheel barrow,
ran a race with a locomotive. As the latter
went out of sight, Mike observed, “off w *d
ye, ye roarin’ blaggard, or I’ll be afther
running over yees.”
Editor and JPrcmrietor
Volume 3 Nvflfar Id.
POLITICAL’ “TWINS.”
Senator Johnson of Tennessee is known
to be a self-made man, of strong natural
gifts, and has qtiite un original way of
ing things. Without endorsing his idea
of subjecting South Carolina and Mass®-*
chusetts to the rigorous probation lie re
coiumends, wo give a brief extract from
his late speech in the United States Sen*
ate, as follows.
“I do not intend to be invidious, but I
have sometimes thought that it. would lid
a comfort if Massachusetts and South Car
olina could be chained together as the Sia-*
mese twins, separated trom the continent,
and taken out to some remote and 8 ‘eluded
part of the ocean, and there fast anchored,
to be washed by the waves, and to be cool
ed by the winds ; and after they had been
kept there a sufficient length of time, the
people of the United States might entef*
tain the proposition of taking them back.
[Laughter.] They seem to have been the
source of dissatisfaction pretty much ever
since they were in the Confederacy ; and
some experiment of this sort, I think, would
operate beneficially upon them ; hut as
they are here, we must try to do the best
we can with them.”
The Crypt of Henry Clay.—'the
beautiful marble sarcophagus intended for
the remains of Henry Clay, which was de
signed by Mr. Frederick Graeff, and execu
ted in Philadelphia, is now receiving the
finishing touches, and will be sent to Lex
ington, Kv., in a few days. The material
used, which is pure white marble, is from
a quarry in Montgomery county. On the
raised ltd, encircled in a laurel wreath, is
the name “Henry Clay,” in black marble
! letters ; on the end in front of the base is
the following: “Presented by William
Strothers, marble mason, Philadelphia.”-**
The inscriptions on the side of the base are
from Clay’s speeches. One, “I had rathef
be right than bePresident: Truth is migh
ty, and public justice certain.” Again, “I
can, with unshaken confidence appeal to
the Divine Arbiter for the truth of the
! declaration that I have been influenced hy
no impure purpose, no personal motive ;
! have sought no personal aggrandizement,
but in all my public acts I have had a sole
and single eye, and a warm, devoted heart/
directed and dedicated to what, in my best
| judgment, I believed to be the true inter*
ests of my country.”
Practical Sort l’TtfßAL Reader.— An
old man said : For a time I puzzled nty*
self about the difficulties of Scripture, un*
til at last I came to the conclusion that
leading the Bible was like eating
When I find a difficulty I lay it aside and
I call it a bone. Why should I choke on
the bone, when there is so much nutritious
meat ?
“An honest man is the noblest work of
the Lord!” enthusiastically exclaimed a
hardshell Baptist,.and then, after a pause'/
added, “but the Lord hasn’t had a job in
the world for fifty years.”
Precipitation ruins the best plans, pa J
tience ripens the most difficult.
Envy increases in exact proportion id
fame. The man that makes a character,
makes enemies. A radiant genius calla
forth swarms of peevish, biting, stinging
| insects, just as the sunshine the world of
flies.
Poor paymasters should learn wisdord
from the musquito, who settlles his bill tho
moment he finds you.
We understand that there is a man ih
| this country who has moved so often, that
whenever a covered wagon comes near hilf
house, his chickens all inarch up, fall on
1 their backs and cross tlieir legs, ready to
be carried to the next stopping place.
‘My dear husband,’ said a devoted wife/
‘Why will you not leave off smoking P It
; is such an odious practice, and makes your
breath smell so.’ ‘Yes,’ replied the hus
band, ‘but only consider ihe time I have
spent to learn to smoke. If I should leave
off now, all that time and money wotifld
have been wasted, don’t you see ?’
“Pat, what’s all that noise in the street T*
“An shore, may it plase your ftonof, it is
nothing at all at all, only some men forc
ing a poor devil to volunteer^
Why are postage stamps like lazy sehoof
bovs ? Because yoi* have to lick their
backs to make them stick- to their letters f
“Never be curt down by trifles,” said
Dr. Spooner ; but soot? after, haying been
thrown upon his back by stepping upon a
piece of orange peel, Ire Ims slightly modi
fied his advice.
brings out stars, as stfrrotf shows’
us truth. We never see the stars till ws”
can see little or naught else, and thus it it
with truth.
The merr whom a Coquette deceives are
not her victims jit is the man ebe mar
ries.
A tittle child said to his father with at!
earnest countenance, “I know how to fire
off the guns of earth, but Whoistall effoUgh*
to touch off thunder ?”
To show yoffrsetf a true Christ
out your shingle and pay the printer.
To keep out of jail —pay y oafr debt*-
To make motley —advertise.
tfofrtrive to effect e*>h mod keep hr