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The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], Speech of President Davis. (search)
Speech of President Davis. President Davis addressed the Mississippi Legislature, at Jackson, on the 26 of ult. The galleries were filled with ladies, and when the President appeared the whole hall rang with applause. The address was quite a lengthy one. We give the chief points: The President spoke of his love for the old Union. He alluded to it, however, as a matter of regret, that the best affections of his heart should have been bestowed upon an object so unworthy — that he shPresident Davis addressed the Mississippi Legislature, at Jackson, on the 26 of ult. The galleries were filled with ladies, and when the President appeared the whole hall rang with applause. The address was quite a lengthy one. We give the chief points: The President spoke of his love for the old Union. He alluded to it, however, as a matter of regret, that the best affections of his heart should have been bestowed upon an object so unworthy — that he should have loved so long a Government which was rotten to its very core. He had predicted from the beginning a fierce war, though it had assumed more gigantic proportions than he had calculated upon. He had predicted war, not because our right to secede was not an undoubted one, and clearly defined in the spirit of that declaration which rests the right to govern upon the consent of the governed, but the wickedness of the North would entail war upon the country. The present war waged agai
The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], Something about the first Virginia--a New Year's dinner. (search)
President Davis. Petersburg, Jan. 4. --President Davis reached here this afternoon at 4 o'clock. He was greeted at the Southern depot by a crowd, cheering loudly, and clamorous for a speech. The President responded briefly, and spoke most encouragingly a the prospects in the West and South. He is in excellent health and fine voice. President Davis. Petersburg, Jan. 4. --President Davis reached here this afternoon at 4 o'clock. He was greeted at the Southern depot by a crowd, cheering loudly, and clamorous for a speech. The President responded briefly, and spoke most encouragingly a the prospects in the West and South. He is in excellent health and fine voice.