American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-09-05
MR.. DAVIS RECEPTION IN ENGLAND.

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Davis, President Of the late Con
federacy, is meeting with Il warm
and hearty reception i'll England,
where he is now sQjOurning. The
respectful homage Which is shown
to Mr.. Davis by our English cousins
at the present time, is attracting the
attention of theethinking men Of this
country. The suhject il Worthy of
special consideration. N, /o,' '32l
We quote the foIlc " w ,TV We
Morning HerqlIlnS;$s r. A.MACE1%>/ IN, oI1a%
10Th inst: C,NroN, Miss.
The arrival Of Mr.. Davis at Liver
pool has naturally excited good
deal of interest and attention. Nor
is there any reason to wonder at the
warm reception he has met with ;
though there is much cause to rejoice
at the quiet and transformations char
acter which the demonstrations of
respect and sympathy have assumed.
Indeed, wherever he may show him
self among EngliShmen, Mr.. Davis
is sure to be re1c0mcd Wjth erciV mdJk
Of esteem and admiration. The heroes
of an unfortunate cause are always
popular with us; especially when
they have struggled and suffered on
behalf of people battling for nation
al independence. Kossuth, fresh from
a Turkish detention and from the
Hungarian rebellion, was greeted
with enthusiastic applause by every
class of the community; even Mazi-
mis- name was popular until the re
collections of the gallant defence Of
Rome were ettaced by other and less
honorable associations. Political eX-
lies always find us prediSposed in
their favor, whatever their party,
and whatever the cause for which
they suffer. But no man couId 0p-
peal more strongly to English $ympa-
thies than Mr.. jefferson DdriS. In
the first place he represents a kin
dred people, nation Of English
blood and English speech, whose
assertion of their independence was
based on principles thoroughly con
genial to our own, and whose gallan-
try in the field and fortitude in en-
durance awakened III the hearts of
the strongest feelings
of affection and admiration that were
ever excited in this country by any
people or party. Again, the South
ern cause had a peculiar hold on Our
sy yh.pathies, baea! ., --Haas- the cause
Of constitutional lighc and establish
ed law against the domination of
mere numerical superiority; and be
cause it was the cause Of the weak
against the strong, Of eight millions
against twenty. That hold was con.
stautly dcepened by the herO,c cour-
age and brilliant chivaIry of the
and by the splendid
achievements and admirable quail
ties Of their leaders.
Moreover, Mr.. PAWS commands
our sympatnies on his own account.
Little known to us when he first
took his place at the head Of the
Confederate government, his charac-
ter as it was displayed under all the
trials and responsibilities Of that
high position, under the vicisStudes
of war and in the darkness of the
final cataStrOphe-hS craftsmanship, |
his administrative skill, his unbend
ing courage, his unswcrving Tecti
t,Jo lii, ,,nfniIin,, rOcnlu tiOu wan
for him individually a regard second
only to that felt for his country, and
made him appear a worthy repre-
sentative, in his own person, of the
cause for which he laborcd ana of
the gallant people who had intruSted
their fortunes to his hands. His
sufferings and the cruel
wrongs he has endured with such
spirit and with such un>
daunted fOrtitude have attracted to-
ward him a still deeper sympathy
and respect; and, outside of a small
set of fanatics, whose sympathies
and wishes are always on the Oppo-
lite side to those of their country
men, their is no Englishman who
would not pay TO jefferson Davis
the tribute of reverence due to
great nature and great calamity.
1t would be unfortunate, and it
would be unworthy, were the Ameri-
can people to take offence at the wei
come given to the chief of the fallen
We may request them
to remember that we have nothing
to do with their present feudS and
merely political squabbles-with the
of Southern State rights
and the prescription of Southern
citizens. To us, South and North
are now parts of one American Union,
and Mr. Darts is a man hOROrcd ard
throughout one hdD Of that
Union, as few unsuccessful leaders
have ever been bonored by those
whom they concluded to defeat and
rum. We welcome not the enemy /
of the United States, but the chicf.
of the Southern people. We honor
not so much the living as the dead;
we express our sympathy with no
present party strife, no possible aSpi-
rations for the future. but with
past that, however glorious, however
however full of lofty deeds
and great achievements, is beyond
recall. That zee sympathisei ,cith the
South, that lre jeliered us cause to be
good, that ace desired It's triumph and
ldmeHted its fall, is well known to