Life of Jefferson Davis With a Secret History of the Southern Confederacy Gathe
Life of Jefferson Davis With a Secret History of the Southern Confederacy Gathe
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It was a piteous address. The President stretched his arms towards the dark sky, and cried : " To Thee, God ! I trustingly commit myself, and prayerfully invoke Thy blessing on my country and its cause. " There was nothing of practical human comfort in his speech ; he was forced to admit the disasters that had occurred, although "the final re sult in our favor was not doubtful ;" he had not a word to kindle inspiration, not a reproof with which to flog the failing heart of the South ; he had on...ly this wretched nonsense to offer: "The period is near at hand, when our foes must sink un der the immense load of debt they have incurred!" The slouched and gloomy crowd heard him sullenly; and no sooner had he concluded, than from brutal curiosity, or from a desire to save themselves from the weather, they rushed to the halls of Con-, gress to see the next dull feature of the programme.
198 LIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, WITH A The " provisional " government of the Confederacy was now displaced. It had been nothing more than a political struc ture, designed merely for carrying on a war, which it was supposed would continue for only a few months ; and it is a fact not generally noticed or estimated, that it was designed at Montgomery to determine a permanent system of govern ment for the South, only after the war had concluded, and to accommodate its results.
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It was a piteous address. The President stretched his arms towards the dark sky, and cried : " To Thee, God ! I trustingly commit myself, and prayerfully invoke Thy blessing on my country and its cause. " There was nothing of practical human comfort in his speech ; he was forced to admit the disasters that had occurred, although "the final re sult in our favor was not doubtful ;" he had not a word to kindle inspiration, not a reproof with which to flog the failing heart of the South ; he had on...ly this wretched nonsense to offer: "The period is near at hand, when our foes must sink un der the immense load of debt they have incurred!" The slouched and gloomy crowd heard him sullenly; and no sooner had he concluded, than from brutal curiosity, or from a desire to save themselves from the weather, they rushed to the halls of Con-, gress to see the next dull feature of the programme.
198 LIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, WITH A The " provisional " government of the Confederacy was now displaced. It had been nothing more than a political struc ture, designed merely for carrying on a war, which it was supposed would continue for only a few months ; and it is a fact not generally noticed or estimated, that it was designed at Montgomery to determine a permanent system of govern ment for the South, only after the war had concluded, and to accommodate its results.
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