Jefferson Davis' inaugural address.

The article presents the inaugural address of the Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis, delivered on February 22, 1862. Davis says that through the new permanent government of the Confederate States he hopes they can perpetuate the principles of American independence set forth by the founders of the United States. Davis says that the U.S. government instituted legislation that aggrandized the Northern states and did not serve the general welfare. He says the dogmas of a sectional party substituted the provisions of the constitution, and this is why six states originally withdrew from the Union to secure their own liberties.