The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-09-06
The Jefferson Davis SANDER.

which the Louisville Commercial tolt
r the other day of Mr.. Jefferson Davis
, We are surprised that SO respectabl
q journal should have lent itself t.
the circulation of SO cheap and We
s so serious q scandal, even agains
that arch-fend of the Radicals, JEFF
ferson Davis.
We are not quite sure that we cal
give the readers of the Courier-J ourn
al the merest outlines of the story
without blush, bat it is necessary tx
f our purpose that we should do so
and we will try.
For the last two or three years
Mr.. Davis has been q boarder at the
Peabody House, in Memphis. Not
long since, as the story goes, he left
that city for Huntsville. Alabama. In
company with him was a married
lady, who was also o boarder at the
Peabody House. They travelled in a
sleeping-car. About half-past eight
o'clock in the evening-an uncon-
scionably early hour for retiring at
this season Of the year-Mr. Davis
ordered the porter of the Cal: to pre-
pare two berths, an upper and a low
er one, for himself and the lady,
whom he said was travelling under
his charge. The herths being pre-
pared, the lady took the lower one
and he the upper one. In the mean
time, the other passengers, some ten
or dozen in number, were setting
around enjoying themselves in pleas
ant conversation: Very soon the
curtain which shut in the berths oc
cupied by Mr.. Davis and the lady
were observed to be unnecessarily
agitated. The attention of the con-
ductor of the car, "Mr. Hess" was
called to the singular phunomenon,
and on investigating the thing, that
inquisitive gentleman discovered that
Mr.. Davis and the lady were occupy
ing The same berth. "Git out of that"
exclaimed peremptorily the indignant
'Mr. Hess" 81 shan't do tits
none of your business" said Mr.. Da-
Wis. Whereupon Mr.. Hess" called
to his assistance the conductor of
the train; and Mr.. Davis was made to
vamose the rancho and take his own
proper berth. Such, substantially,
is the story as told in the, columns of
The Louisville Commercial.
And now, where is the man who,
knowing Mr.. Davis, will believe one
word of it? OF all the very promi-
nentimen in this country, there is
not one who guards his reputation
with such vestal vigilance as does MIR
Jefferson Davis. From his first en-
trance into the political arena in Mis-
sissippi, down to the close of that ca
reer upon the fall of Richmond he
so conducted himself that his fair
fame was never furnished by the
slightest breath of scandal. As al
young and rising Senator in Congress
he held his own among the most viz
tuous and upright of public men.
The Establishments of beauty, in a
field where the charms of 'swoman,
dear, devine,' proverbially win all
hearts that are to be won, were never
known to have achieved the slightest
triumph over the fiery but stern
statesman of Mississippi. He passed
through all the allurements of the
Federal capital with no blot upon
his name.
Mr.. Davis may be rash, but he is
not q fool. He is man who is
known ''where'er the birds of fame
have flown" and that he would SO
far forget what is due to his reputa-
ton, and to the cause he once repre-
scented, as to be guilty of the conduct
attributed to him by his political en-
envy, the Louisville Commercial, is
utterly incredible. It is a story for
marines; but the marines themselves
must feel insulted at the thought
that such an absurd story should be
told for their belief. They know that
all men are weak and fallible, and
hat the best Of them are liable to
yield to temptation; but whether they
De Fedeaal or Confederate marines
hey know that no man of Mr.. Davis
equation and personal integ. ity
could be persuaded, even by the
most beautiful and seductive of hour
s, to play the bold, unblushing part
to Mr.. Davis.
We are told that when "AIr. Hess"
conductor OF the sleeping-car, had
alled by threats and persuasion to
induce MIR. Davis to retire to his own
'erth, the conductor of the train was