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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 9 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], Speech of President Davis. (search)
ories had made rapid progress;--Mississippi alone had clothed and subsisted the whole army upon her soil. Our people had learned to economize. They were homespun. He felt like taking off his hat to a woman dressed in homespun. He had an unfaltering belief in the justice of our cause, and a profound reverence for the decrees of Heaven. He noticed with evident satisfaction, the superior morality of our army to that of the invader. In God and the valor of our troops he trusted. At the conclusion of his remarks, Gen. Joseph H. Johnston was vociferously called for. The scarf worn here looked a little nervous, while the house rang with lend, swelling and prolonged applause. He arose and said: "Fellow-Citizens.--My only regret is that I have done so little to merit such a greeting. I promise you, however, that hereafter shall be watchful, energetic and indefatigable in your defences" This speech was greeted with tremendous, uproars us and prolonged plaudits.