Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-11-23
JEFFERSON DAVIS RIDICUlED BY MS OWN
STATE,

FROM the NlShsoNFSh NAig, NoYeIner =
In the San of yesterday we find this
paragraph:
COLONEL DAVIS PosITIoN.-I IN
his speech here the other evening Colo
mel Davis uttered the following glorious
sentiment:
"lf Mississippi, in her sovereign ca
pacity, decides TO submit TO the rule of
an arrogant and sectional North, then
viii sit me down as one upon whose
brow the brand of infamy and degrcda-
ton has been written, and bear my por-
ton of the bitter trial. But if, on the
other hand. Mississippi decides to resist
the hands that would tarnish the bright
star which represent her on the national
flag, then | will come at your bidding,
whether by day or by night, and pluck
that star from the galaxy, and place il
upon banner of its own. ] win plant
il upon the crest of battle, and gathering
around me the nucleous of Mississippi
best and brayest, will welcome the inva-
der to the harvest of death; and future
generations will point to a small hillock
upon our border, which viii tell the re-
ception which the invader met upon our
SOIL
How any free-born Mississippian can
read the above inflated specimen of ego
tism and bombast without feeling con.
tempt for its author, or a total loss oil
self-respect we cannot imagine. Who is
Colonel Davis, that speaks of plucking
a star from the national galaxy, and
placing it upon banner of its own ?
Who made him king or an autocrat,
that he dare speak with so much self2suf-
ficient efrontery? Is he the whole
State of Mississippi? Is all its valor,
and are all its men embodied in his sim
gle arm, that he can pluck up nations by
the roots, and plant them where he will
Could vanity, egotism, and self laudation
possibly go further? L will pluck the
star of Mississippi from the national flag
l will plant it upon the crest of battle
Il will draw around Me- the nucleus
of Mississippi's bravest and best. I
will welcome the invader to the harvest
of death. Such are some of the wonder
full things which i, me, and myself,
alias Colonel Jefferson Davis, means t.
do. L am the huge Colossus that be
strides this narrow globe, and as for the
rest of the people, petty men, let then
walk between my legs. Colonel Davis
| is respectable member of the United
States Senate, good officer, a pruden
and brave Soldier but when he allow:
his rampant self-esteem and vanity t.
run away with his Judgment, and to ut
ter such huge swelling words of self-as
sumption and self-superiority, be mus
disgust all independent and manly think
ers of all parties and creeds. Thanh
God, Mississippi has not yet sunk so Low
that she has to rely alone on the RICH
arm of Colonel Davis to assert and main
tain her rights when violated. She ha
many son as capable as he to defent
her in the council hall, and strike fol
her on the perilous edge of battle VIII,
would be ashamed to exhibit any boast
full rhodomontade of what he expected
or intended to do.
We should have been inclined to lie
this piece of vain-glorying pass into tn
contempt it deserves, had it been tn
rash effusion of fervid imagination
thrown out in the heat of a fiery extern
poTaneous harangue, urging the people Il
the overthrow of their fathers. But W
understand it is staple commodity, par
and parcel of the accustomed speech
made repeatedly, conned carefully, de
livered majestically; and the only para
graph published as Col Davis's Pos
tion,' it is his deliberate opinion of him
self and of what he expected to do.
only shows how inordinate vanity, ope
f rating upon moderate intellect, fattere
by past successes, may induce its posses
sor to the utterance of the most initiate
self-laudations.