The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-23
JEFFERSON DAVIS,

poo'soho " great political party. I
POSSESSION OF the national administrator
'ienlpllng az the mention Of the name ~ ~
Meak, leebie oid man, would be amusing war
~ hot contemptible. With the Renuhl,oa,
ptess ana leaders the Prosecutors af .Iefyarsa,
D'ivis rs 81 Infinitely more consenuenca 10,
wy q the political issues which are baf,,
ono eouhCry. lhere are so-called great nanar
t'uu leaders Who will never rest easv ,Inti
80 'ehelaple and illustrious chief of the Con
leueracy has passed to bis last home. an,
even men, we hove no doubt, his ghost vii
disturb their dreams, and bis name t;Il tbai,
Mahlhg hours with apprehension for thu
Union.
hecently Mr. Davis has been spoken Of II
connection with the Mississippi Senatorsbip
ne people OF that State, with those OF every
other Southern State, love, honor and revsr.
ehce MIN, and no doubt feel that their state
would % ably and honorably represented by
| thls distinguished patriot and illustrious
statesman. 1t IS very natural, therefore.
| that the connection In which his name has
peen mentioned has awakened great deal of
enthusiasm In Mississippi; that many of tho
papers OF that commonwealth have spoken or
MIN 10 terms Of the most reverential eulogy
and that distinguished aspirants for the place
have declared that against him. they would
not be candidates
All this has deeply agitated the Republican
party. The New York Tribune has been
thrown into painful commissions; the Cincin-
natl Gazette is In profound despair and other
newspapers of similar character and politics
are squealing with terror at the prospect of a
new rebellion. The financial question. thrift
reform, the third term, States rights every
issue, In short, sinks into inslgnificance Mt
the mention of the name of the arch-rabel
and every big and little paper, and every poll
tlclan In the Republican party, shouts "Jeff
Davls! as the magic name which can fright
en- the whole North into new devotion to the
Republican party and a new persecution Of
the South. That this cry actually has its
effect is a fact disgraceful to the Republican
party. and one which should make the coun-
try ashamed Of it.
And after nil, what does this cutlery about
the candidacy of MIR. Davis for the United
States Senate amount to? II the people Of
Mississippi desire Mr.. Davis to represent
them in the Senate they have perfect right |
to send him there. Mississippi Is a free com
monwealth. and possesses the constitutional
right to exercise her will In this matter |
But we have no idea that Mississippi will |
send Mr.. Davis to the Senate, and we think |
the assumption on the part Of the Republican |
press that he desires to be elected Is extreme
[y improbable. Mr. Davis Is far advanced In
lie, and it ~ reasonable to suppose that he pre-
Fers TO remain in retirement; he was the fore
most actor in one Of the greatest and grand
at dramas in the history OF the world, and he
an hope to add nothing to his fame in the
senate. There he would find lower order Of
men than those he acted with and against
when formerly member of that body, and
le would be surrounded BY currents Of
thought and feeling and sentiment which
would be repulsive to him. He would be
The target Of every brute that sectional
hate has sent to the Senate, and OF every
partisan and vindictive sheet in Amer
lea. His time would be occupied and his
strength exhausted in defending himself In
controversies which ought to be RENTED to
history, and his usefulness to his people
would be destroyed.
But Of Mr. Davis's wishes feelings and
purposes we are not authorized to speak, or
he views Of the great body OF the Southern
people we feel more confident The Southern
people would sincerely regret to see jefferson |
Davis returned to the United States Senate
artly because OF the facts mentioned above,
ut chiefly because his return to active public
fe at his age and ina period Of general poit- /
,al debauchery such as this would divpst his s
anne Of much OF that reverence which now I
It and place him before this genera t
ion upon lower plane than lie now occupies 1
/ their affections. If
Mr.. Davis was the head and front, the chief. I
he great master-spirit or the Confederacy. '
La belongs to that period of the history of the G
Ivllized world, and all it's events, civil and b
Military; all its statesmen and soldiers; all c
S policies cluster around him. There IS no '
lore splendid picture in modern history than a
lat OF which Jefferson Davis s the central fl
cure. The Southern people do not desire to ,
% MI. Davis in any other light than that he s
couples in that grand scene and picture. By a
turning to active political life he can add L
Dthing to his fame, and may detract some
ling from the reverence and affection In 81
hich his people aud mankind hold him. a.
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