The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-07-12
DO IIU0tO NrIOHr1 10 1IO POOP4O'
Yours most respectfully,
m N MAprI>y
Here is the article published in The
COMET some weeks ago, and we reproduce
it for the purpose Of explanation:
NOT A CANDIDATE.

Il The name of Jefferson Davis will be presented tO
the Mississippi Legislature a candidate for United
States Senator. The recent speech made at the
Press meeting is the opening shOt.-Memphis Ava
lanche.
That's all you know about it. The name
of Jefferson Davis will not be presented to
the Mississippi Legislature with his con-
7 sent, and there are fully ninety nine
, chances in a hundred that it will not be pre-
sented at all. In the first place, Jefferson
Davis does not want the position. Any
Office the people could give him would be
for HIM stepping down from the proud
throne he now holds, without a rival, in
the hearts of Mississippians. The peo-
pie of Mississippi love him, and they have
honored him in the past as they have hon
ored no other man, and to-day they revere
him as they revere no other man. 1t is not
necessary for them to send him to the
United States Senate to prove their appre-
citation. That stands confessed. They
would prefer not to sully the proud record
and grand fame of their heroic eX-chief, by
subjecting him again to the treadmill of
politics. And he would himself shrink |
from this descent as foreign to his wishes |
or tastes.
In the second place, Mr.. Davis disabil-
tiles have not been removed and it requires
q two-thirds vote of Congress to remove
them. If Representatives in the Senate
and House of Representatives in Congress
have nursed their animosity and hate SO
well as to enable them to vote for the ex-
clusion of Mr. Davis from the pension ac-
corded to Mexican veterans, it is hardly
reasonable tOsuppose chat they could afford
to vote for the removal of his disabilities 50
that he could take his seat in the Senate.
His election, therefore, would result in no [
good to him, and only serve to deprive the ,
State of a Senator.
Mr.. Davis understands these points, and
don't even consider the possibility of the {
Legislature putting him forward for that {
Office He is outspoken in favor of another
man who is a candidate His best friends
are not pressing his name before the coun-
try in connection with the senatorship, and t
he would not desire the post, even if all {
disabilities were removed :
tits proper to say that we have no au- q
thority to speak for Mr.. Davis in this
matter. We are not in his confidence, ,,
nor do we pretend that The COMET is, in q
any sense, an organ of his. Mr.. Davis !
was the guest of the Press Association, ;.
with the members in their =
boat excursion, and conversed freely and =,
openly with all the members. During this .
excursion he was quite frank in the ex- >,
pressions of such views as are given in THE g
COMETS editorial above. He did not give =,
hem for publication, nor with any desire 6,
hat they should be Withheld, but simply "
IS a straightforward expression of his
news and feelings. When asked if he in
would accept the Senatorship if rendered 4,
lin he said, substantially: at is impracti- o,
able, and do not wish it. Besides you nj
AVE man who is good enough for Sens Al
tor, ''-re referring to Maj. Barksdale. th
We are quite conf lent from Mr.. Davis la
wn expressions that he does not wish his il
riends TO bring forward his name for
,enator. and his wishes will be respected.