New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-21
4 Non-prry Hack on Ven. Dsvis-Leoiars
al Nonper Ln.liluss.

The audience which assembled ~ Cooper In
stue last evening to listen TO ANON r. HArK "a non
party hack. on tie subject Of Je1efaon Davis. nun
bored about seventy rive citizens some Of whom were
ladies. The lecture commenced - eight o'cl,ck fna
listed ti past eeveu-threo mortal hours 81 cccaMs
ton ON Jefferson Davis md ms the subject matter
evidently cbIeGy complied lrvm uoTfpaper and o.der
infinlaton most Of o. cheracleT exceedingly stale.
the select audience began TO drop of aher the hrs,
our until nbOlt tWenty five were len and these Lcard
tie = boc thing ont With the pltiCuc. OF iLHrtyrs
We did not Tea. anything new with reference 70
Jefferson Davis. We wero d formed tlat Ai' iithor
vac q soldier In the time ~ the Revolution. inst young
Jefferson vas sOoe years after bis birth. taken io s
fathers home in Kcntlcky whore - received the Inst
part " his education dad was afterwards hdm'it'd 70
he TIansylysni1 Academy. We were further Informed
that he wa hfterward nduitied 10 the West Point
Academy That he served in DC Rlnck Hawk pnd he1-
can wars. and then retired Ia his home June 80 ls
having resigned lis commission M mo army
marrying tho daughter If Gen. Zachary lhlIo-,
against The consent Of that honest Solo.an. II
this union had continued, wo were tod hat
VERY probably the attempted disunion Of tho
Union would never have occurred. % tho lady would
most probably. have exercised henehcou; Influence
over her husband. which NDhd La'o r.Nfn'hed ls
treasouable had subsequent vaiuous tendencies Bat
God took her away ttTocgh tie udnielfauoG ~ Us
Angel Of Death. W. wcrc tod. ana Jehctson t'tpok
himself 30 tie cultivation Of bis mind aud plantation
and tho ouuftslip Cf Mis, Howell VI New leans. tie
sccond lads of his choice. who marr.od him. and still
livc- Al Of these facts were perfectly acquainted
with before. although the h"a-pr'y HaoA nas COY
right for them. W0 were tlen made hcQunin,el VITA
tue fact that Jefferson Davisspen much more Of he time
In Inc cultivation Of his plantation Ga be became olc
Of the Presidential electors 81 The people Of his Sac
and in 1915 was chosen 10 Congress. Bat,
Wy houg declared against Mexico hr gave up bis po
ticai aspirations for military Pofy in ne fold serving
under Gen TAYLOR. lie confined with the hfmy TO
thc close a. the wGr. when ~ III be rtarafd WIN
his regimen. 60 Mississippi. in April 1911. tie Coy
error cf lhaf State appointed him 20 III vacancy IN
the sennte q tho Uncd States ard :be Legislature
subsequently confirmed The appointment IN
Ig5O 'Ue Tcgislsfurs elected l,'l 60 III tie
place again. bit in sept mboL ls5l. tie
DerlOcrafs of his State pOllirrt-d him for Got
ernor which caused him 20 resign Liz seat in tie sen
ate; b., he lost tie election 10y one thoLsGud v0igu
Mr. IoOie bis competition, bcing The lucky man Tho
reviewed tic career Of bic subject 10 LIS man
rira' on 10 Pi ,dert q: tie southern Oonfedcrocy,
r0ef lipniDg and proving bic natural inclination 10Y
.feasou wien Ne Che uoa-pnry hacD brancted on
4 ~ ar t..a.ato ana p-5 ureuLort upon he Consii.
tutio d righ Injustice of Sec tion Nhcl "ccnllgd
abo1f ono 81 t6e throc honrs Of Gecainai on. his
tnrf on O. TIE lecture WIS mainly made
M Of tie readil g ~ document, which
have long a:Icc lor tie melody Of novelty. ana onIiR
W. jri alout one q ird Of tho original audience retired
Tie urageT remainder lcarkchcd 10 the babncc o.
ne ciurc which wa considerably Irrelevant oil JON
Davis coucrgTc The general status Of the Rebellion.
iutarspersed With documents az byfsne date. anu
c!u1sd by defining his position ~ on essentially
noo.parfg Tack In love and IN hnired WIN
MOTIONS q both Che Ola Wig and Democratic poiufs
doteNaiiOH Of pariie- gene iay -holh h,ylt huu
-Laad-atd iL frsOr 81 thc rc-toiaii ana per
pciunt.on o. tb6 Union. though how II va " nc re-
flo-cc or perIcatCd. eIccqi through tie medium Vi
political Organization fhc speaker dld rot tHt. INC
audience thcn retired evidently not scrf! 10 s"l away
o. TIC Lolis were wearing late.