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Jefferson Davis' First Inaugural Address. Alabama Capitol, Montgomery, February 18, 1861. Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Friends and Fellow-Citizens: Called to the difficult and responsible station of Chief Executive of the Provisional Government which you have instituted, I approach the discharge of the duties ...
RICE > Archives > DOCUMENTS >JEFFERSON DAVIS SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Jefferson Davis' Second Inaugural Address. Virginia Capitol, Richmond, February 22, 1862. Fellow-Citizens: On this the birthday of the man most identified with the establishment of American independence, and beneath the monument erected to commemorate his heroic virtues and ...
18 de feb. de 2019 · Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln: Dueling inaugural addresses. February 18, 2019 | by NCC Staff. More in Constitution Daily Blog. On this day in 1861, former U.S. Senator Jefferson Davis took to a podium for his presidential inaugural and gave an impassioned speech about the Constitution.
4 de abr. de 2024 · Jefferson Davis, Senator from Mississippi and former Secretary of War, publicly resigned his Senate seat during an emotional farewell address to Congress on January 21, 1861, only days after his home state had seceded from the Union.
21 de nov. de 2023 · Jefferson Davis' inaugural address was important because it was one of the instigating factors of the American Civil War. His speech was an official declaration of a new head of state...
Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things. And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained ...
Inauguration of Jefferson Davis. On Monday, February 18th 1861, Jefferson Davis took the oath of office to become the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America. The notice of the inauguration had been announced on Saturday the 16th. The streets were packed with not only the citizens of Montgomery but of people from neighboring ...
