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  1. 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 ...

  2. 4. Apr. 2024 · In his inaugural address, Davis explained secession by referring to the argument of the Declaration of Independence that government must be by the consent of the governed, but he ignored the Declaration’s statement about the equality of men, the truth that makes consent necessary.

  3. Inaugural Address of the President of the Provisional Government. February 18, 1861. Jefferson Davis gave his inaugural address (as "provisional" President) on February 18, 1861. Source: The Jefferson Davis Project at Rice University. Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, Friends, and Fellow-citizens: Called to the ...

  4. 18. Feb. 2019 · Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln: Dueling inaugural addresses. 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.

  5. Summary of Content. Extra printing of Davis's speech from the Richmond Enquirer. The address was delivered on 22 February 1862. The paper was then published by Tyler, Wise & Allegre. Bottom of document mentions the evacuation of Nashville on February 22.

  6. 19. Okt. 2013 · Inaugural Address of President Jefferson Davis at Montgomery, Alabama, February, 1861.

  7. 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.