The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-23
Movements OF Jefferson Davis.
APOLOGY FOR TIE ADMINISTRATION.
TErom tina Vick sburp Whiu June e1 .

APOLOGY FOR TIE ADMINISTRATION.
From the yicksburg Wing, June 81
ancs with public notice addressed large Of
citizens ut Apollo Hall, Wednesday night. He was
welcomed and presented TO the audience oy D. walker,
in length. II is not our purpose to enter into anything
like analysis Of this speech or TO speak at length OF
Of the topics noticed by him, and In doing we
feel it but right to state in advance that salts
Hed the dstins uished speaker did not this effort,
come up 70 the expectations his friends or to tbs an
ticpatitns Of those who are opposed to him politically
He had excellent audience from among his old neigh
bors and friends and fine field for the display OF ab
ty and el,quence and must attribute his falling be-
low the expectation to the fast that his speech
va; 70 as s most ds 81 :. sn
an effort TO check spirit which Is spreading through
out the country, ID which, in our opinion not only
now asy ap to the in
accordance with the spirit OF the consntunon, 70
I r semagogusism IN every shape, hs ana
through the fundamentally Of political abo-
htonists, gathered over our country. We think
that all will agree in saying that his undertaking.
was Herculean We cannot imagine task more
difficult than defence OF the Bigadsr's course and
effort to cheek the buoyant hopeful confident spirit Of
pecton to state that Col Davis in his ech did not
use the words "defence OF the naturalization" he
only addressed his old friends and neghbors In expana
ton Of Of the acts of the administration since his
connection with It. Among these acts, viii refer to
his notice of the Of the bill for the benefit of the
bill the Of the adminstratonja relatoo to ca
ban outrages the efforts made in the way OF eIectng
purchase; the successful efforts made by the President
to check ibusterng, and rather extended reference
to the causes leading to the appointment OF the
Governor OF Kansas &c. These tbs prominent acts
Of the administration TO which he referred.
We stated In the outset that We should not treat OF
bis at length in this articles nor IL 1t necessary
so distinctly remembered that We or any Who heard IT,
en refer to it whenever occasion may require it. We
saying that the President right in ong the elee
mcsy grant called for by the lndgep. Insane BILL
such grants were anti democratic and contra
~ to ths spirit OF government-paid but poor
compliment to the humane and benignant srit Of our
insuions or to the democracy Of many Of the proni
among whom was the popular Senator from mississippi,
A. G. Brown.
upon the Cuban question rot full and sstisfscto
ry we could have wished. We havs never believed
has been pursued by the and should
be gratifed to hear him very fully upon the subject
But Of what he said upon this OCCASION well what
we heard Fl ,m another distinguished gentleman,
must speak hereafter.
In reference to the appointment of Reedsr Col Davis
when he Wss appointed that he was an he
regarded from his speeches. leaning to the other
side He admitted however, that it nov known that
Reeder had fallen the side Of the abotonisss In the
contest in Kansas.
He Col Dsvis) has certainly been opposed to Reedsrs
probable he has been removed He ought to been
removed the day after he appointed We have not
time to speak Of his reference to the organization
at present, farther than to say that he seemed
to be a thorough t.Know Nothing in rsa-
ton to the strength, character or purposes
there could be in Mississippi any great number of
the order His friends will tell hum he '.Kno VS. No
He confeaes he knows nothing about the orgaaizsion
except from common report, and yet he stgmatzes
some q his friends hers that we DO not belong to tue
organization but he knows nothing about the organ
ization, think he ought not to abuse it, We al
nd IN ~
lists in the lard vehement in the sbuss of it, but do
not want tn. to find body else agreeing with them
hatred fer aholtionists should him to look with
favor upon whatever they may abuse. But we must
clofe
During his stay in the city COL Davis was called upon
by many of the citizens Of the city and county, and he
not only ws,% but the
tenton as We have ever witnessed.
TUE CUBA QUESTION.
From the Vicssburg (Miss Sentinel
AND abs sscrstarv 81 War srson ~ 1 or
city on Wednesday ast his way home constitutes
era in the history Of our town. He arrived the eleven
O'Clock train OF cara, put up at the Washington Hotel
WHERE during the day. crowds Of citizens pressed around
to shake him BY the hand AT night an immense CON
reception D. Walker, Esq, in tie name Of the dsmoc
racy of Virksburg and Warren county offered him their
Col Davis Responded IN one q his hsppest Efforts As
the questions upon which he touched of vast and
to
able to give. Suffice it 70 say tsst 1t INST the high
pectatons of his friends end complete and uusn.
swerabls defence OF the administration of President
Pierce.
He .howed what we have heretofore endeavored to
make clear TO readers, that the failure to acquire
Cuba and to repel with proper spirit the insults TO
flag by the Spanish authorities in Cuba Is not chargea
BILE upon the President but upon Congress- that Pre-
sdent had conc all in his power to vndicae the 5onor
Of fsg had left nothing undone to acquire Cabs,
but Congress had failed to do thing that upon the
Black Warrior affair his message more warise than
that OF Madison upon which the Congress OF 1872 de-
cared war; but there not vote Of confidence,
thing placed at his disposal that would enabls
him to act efficiently in the matter His comments too,
upon the position Of the Pre- dspt in relation to State
rights could not fail to satisfy all that in Pierce had
a who will guard rights and protect BY his veto
Know Nothirgs playfuy feicious and in perfect
Iy good taste.
But we defer further comment until lay before
readers at greater length his remarks.