Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-12-04
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Jefferson Davis.

the Southern Literary Messenger. The
! book will be handsome octave, embel-
lished with a portrait on stell engraved
/ in pure line by Buttre, from a recent
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or in half caIfa ntique at $500. We
make the following extracts from ad-
vance sheets of the work:
Extracts from Chapter 1.-Brtb-Edu-
cation.
Jefferson Davis was born on the third
day of June, 1903, in that portion of
Christian County, Kentucky, which by
subsequent act of the Legislature, was
made Todd County. His father, Sam
uel Davis, a planter, during the RevOlu-
tionary war served as an officer in the
mounted force of Georgia, an organiza-
ton Of local troops. Subsequently to
the Revolution Samuel Davis removed to
Kentucky, and continued to reside in
that state until few years after the
birth of his son Jefferson, when he re-
moved with his family to the neighbor-
hood of WoOdville, Wilkinson County,
in the then territory of Mississippi. At
the period of his fathers removal to
Mississippi, Jefferson was a child Of
tender years. After having enjoyed the
benefits of a partial academic training at
home, he was sent, at an earlier age than
is usual, to Pennsylvania University,
Kentucky, where he remained until he
reached the age of sixteen. In 1924 he
was appointed, by President Monroe,
cadet at tho West Point Military Aeade-
my.
Among his contemporaries at the
academy were Robert E. Lee, Joseph E.
Sohnson, Albert Sidney johnson, Leoni-
das Polk, John B. Magruder, and 9th
ers who have since earned distinction.
Extract from pages II and IS.
As an appropriate conclusion to this
sketch of Mr.. Davis career in the House
of Representatives, we quote the follow
ing extract from an interesting WORK, <
published some years since: John
Quincy Adams had a habit of always
observing new members. He would sit
near them on the occasion of their Con-
gressional debut, closely cycling and at
tentiveIy listening if the speech pleased
him, but quickly departing if it did not
When Davis first arose in the House, the
Ex-President took a seat close by. Da-
Wis proceeded. and Adams did not move.
The one continued speaking and the
other listening and those who knew
Mr.. Adams taJits were fully aware that
the new member had deeply impressed
him. At the close of the speech the
odd Man Eloquent crossed over to some
friends and said "That young man,
gentlemen, is no ordinary man. He
will make his mark yet, mind me- ,"
*'' Our Living Representative Man. by Nh. John
Savage"
Extract from page 8O-State Sovereignty
A common and totally erroneous i'm
preston of the Northern mind is that
John C. Calhoun inrented the idea of
State Sovereignty for selfish and unpa-
triotic designs, and as the pretext of
morbid hatred of the Union. That emf
nent statesman and sincere patriot new
er asserted any claim to the paterni-
ty of the faith which he professed. It
is true that, in certain sense, he was
the founder of the States Right party
as it existed in his day, and which sur
vived him to make a last unsuccessful
struggle to save first the Union, and, fail
ing in that, to rescEe the imperiled lib
critics of the South. During the event |
ful life of Mr. Calhoun the question Of
the relative powers of the Federal and
State Governments assumed a more prac- /
teal bearing than before, and his far
reaching sagacity was illustrated in his
efforts to avert the impending evils Of
consolidation. He was the authorita-
tive exponent and revered leader of the
7otaries of those principles which he
but did not originate or IN
cent, and sought to apply as the legiti-
mate and safe solution Of the circum-
stances by which he was surrounded.
Equally absurd and unfounded with |
the pretense, asserted at the North, of the |
novelty of the idea of State of Sovereign.
ty and its incompatibility with the spirit /
of the Constitution, was the charge so
iterated against Mr. Calhoun |
and his follwers, of disuniOnism OF a
restless, morbid discomfort, which sought |
continually revenge for ima aginary wrongs
in a dissolution of the Union To the |
contrary we have the irrefutable arOu. |
ments of Mr.. Calhoun himself in favor
of the arguments Of the superior efficacy
Of the States Sights Interpretation, as an
agency for the preservation of the Union
as it was designed to exist by its authors.
So far from having an anarchical or dis
tendency, he, on all occasions,
that his theory was the only
solid foundation of our system and the
Union itself
To this faith the public life Of Jefier-
son Davis has been dedicated. For
more than twenty years he sought to il
lustrate it in the realization of a splen-
did but barren vision of a time-honored |
and time strengthened Union, consecrat-
ed in the common affections and Joint
of a people, now alas united
only in name.
During the period of their public
service together, Mr. Davis received large |
share Of the confidence aud regard of Mr.. |
Calhoun. and when the death of the lat /
ter deprived the South Of the counseIs !