| From the Mobile Register |
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| May 4, 1861 |
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| Southern Railroad Convention |
| The Convention of Southern Railroad
Presidents, just adjourned, at Montgomery, gave another evidence of the
spirit of patriotism and united determination which animates the people
of the South. We learn that one hundred and twenty millions of
capital, and four thousand five hundred miles of road were
represented in the Convention, and that it unanimously met all the
propositions and wishes of the Confederate States Government in regard
to the transportation of troops and mails. At the conclusion of its
labors the Convention was addressed by President Davis in a very
striking and eloquent speech, dwelling on the unanimity and patriotic
feeling which market its proceedings. |
| The South is united in everything. It is
as much as we can do to keep the boys at school and he women in their
homes. They all want to go to Virginia, and be up and doing something
for the cause which stirs and burns in every heart. |
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