The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-26
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sIhs Pn.aa LIE ef JeHsrla DAVIS Il
Is taas 4 considerable nierea--in iael,
ti,e testimony ai 5easrsa Davis IN bisern
bshali--a slaa sf evidence notpsoaliy the
isasi fssiatle; blt Il rill nevertheless be
read sah Interest, ard ne preseat a few
pa,usls ibcuiron
DAVIS orxtos % vAgIOUs PRISONS
Tie south Mr. Davis considers 40 ar
moaaey 81 birth Birth e guarantee
ae IL uoi ignore - raising stock nor
sIo8d we IL growing men. Al ihe North,
aihe basis of political rfouincuee haa been
mnney ars,, and secondly loquaciousuess,
elFronlry, ala sc arts of the demAgogue"
Eelsevhra is .aae estimate Of North.
err traits ranpra by 4 Southern portrait
q Benjamin FrankIin-~the incarnation
Of The New England character, hard, cal.
cula,ing, angular, unable q conceive un{
I higher object than rle accumulation q
money, though BE- allows ihu franklin
lhaI such virtues s. "toaiase, ruth, indus
lFy, economy ana honesty Regarding
TO members 81 bis Cabinet be speaks
luuiy 81 Robert Tuoms rs "a born Jacobin,
d destroyer, not q builder upi OF BenJa-
min Is hs ablesl and most faithful coun-
scl9r, though at Gr.t believing, with Mr.
Seward. hat tic crisis would be over in
ninety days; and Of Pope Walker, Mem
miogcr, and Rcgan, sometimes with FAR
less compliment, but with perfect plalnness
unf, serve. Tooms was always impract-
cable aud restless" and lhe khetts ot
South Calulua were "men whose lives
were expended ii tic uespiiSe--neyer at
home save when b lhe ataudc Ut contra
lictiun." He describes Eoote as a man
Of ''no account or eredit--an lnYcterale
place hunter and mere politician. W
Jackson and Sidney Johnson, and Of Lee
and Bragg, he speaks with enthusiasm,
tenderness ard respect J considers The VIC
tory Of Chjekamauga ms one Of the most
brilliant Of thc war, aud imputes The iall
oi Yicksburg aad Atlanta 10 Gen. Joe.
johnson. When Secretary VI War, he
considered Mcclellan the ab,sst officer IN
tl.c army bat thought Ne had been pro.
NOTED TOO rapidly tor Ilis own good. ~
Pope "aas a h.ul Of Aneriean Gascon,
but with good scientific aliaiomenisi'
Summer aud Selgwiek, galhht and able
soldiers Huu.cr Cone ol hs most deter.
mined enemies during tbe war; ".hr soul
Of in.eg lty, mu pi'hy, tue Christian pi-
eiy aul foapr.' Grant was a great sol
Iier, Ncyu,d doubt though of e ew
school; "ba, II he ie5 iut start d ".sh an
enormous account ia bauk h's checks
would lave been dislioeorcd tclvre the.
elimination was teach q,
Abiding 10 ,ou. ol Jhe southern lea.
lcts Nho leI l.d 10 MeAic5, Mr. Davis
said tae.r Gigbt MIS- "an alt ol cgwardlte
-au evasion ct day ouiy to be eAc,leI
boy suicide Thy bad been instrumental
IN bringing tie evil, ut militia y sulJ1ga
lion o. tbc people, AID should ienam 10
share their burInn,. The scheme
of political settlement ia Mesico was
lprcpos,erous Ia practice. - No SET
Tiers could De imagined le-s dltcd for tn
| r. quircmpus ufA ueH colony than a body
Of emhHirrd politicians, sull sore and
.marljug IRON Conflict in which hey
/ had incurred defeat"
Alr johnson, he believes, beinga South.
era man. cannot ID as much t1r tHt South
as would NJ Luehn probably, hsd he
I lived. lie tpspecis ghe Presidents lii~
ll,gtiiy ard great on 6oeI force Of charac
ter = touches open lis "mvrbidly sensi-
| tive pride" rs d a"Denocrat Of conviction
and sclfaaclliou, while "siliirg with as.
socinle.. many Of whom Ike knew pretend
cd 10 aii.tuclacy," and iually credits him
with fauhlulnc,s 10 his word, and "a eour-
/ age which took the form ot augy resistance
/ II urged 10 10 nylhiug which might clash
with his convictions Of duty" But for
I liis decided attitude against secession he
would probably have been given the place
lofMr. Stephen. On the Presidential tick
Il ot tie CJuederacy."
DAVIS QS STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND his
owx PUNISHMENT,
I 10 rol wish war, but peace there
fore sent comme sioners to negotiate for
peace before war commenced, ald subse-
qugutly srogc ny uuermosi to soften the
ri10gs 81 War, ia every pause q conflict,
seeking, il pa ssible, 10 treat for peace.--
Numbers u those already practically par
danel arc il.0se who az The beginning urg-
e4 .ha, tic 0 ask das be hoi,tel, and tile
struggle made t-,e u desperation. BeliCy-
l Inc tbe states 10 te each sovereign. ard
their union voluntary had learned from
ithe Father. 81 tbr cof ,tituton lllai State
eull change iis form Of government, abo.-
/ ishing an iigb had previously existed
and MS oaly crime bass been obedience TO
i ifiis conscientious c8ntiesiou Was not
ilh.s ihe universal opinion Of The dJmi-
mani Democrats party in tte Norh pre-
voas 10 eDaaaus Lid noi many of the
"a pasleu Il la, raf'y ia tie same see.
n8u slar 81 agea O. same aifh, Iiey
preached, m frg5l Is believe. We
believed au8 Fseacsl ana pgAuieed. III
tbs ,heory c aap ayalgej erroneous, ihe
A.,tary u lHe States lt8m t3iety colonial
arsanizallaB Should ar ~ agfiuen. aud the
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