The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-03-04

e.,,ev of JeEersen Davis Forth
coming Book-Topics Discussed
- the . ifise and Fail Of the
confederate Government"

- the /. ifise and Fail Of the
Coufederate Government"
chicago Letter to 81. Lonis Republican,
Tbs Times makes public the top !
lea discussed by Jefferson Davis in
Il. ~ history, 1.-The Rise aud Fall of
,hs s Coufederate Goyetnment, soon
70 he issued Nh. Dssis lntroduc.
,iou is a short Que, covering not
ante anti two pages. lie dedieates the
work TO the widows aud orphens
!, the Confederate dead. He fn~E
ssiyes il 10 be his duty 70 his snn.
trymen 70 prepare this histS Of
tbs M rise and failure of their cause.
He tnds in the structure OF the |
thirteen independent States and
their relation to each other the |
urinary principles and vested
fights ON which be rests bis vindi
cation of the Coufederacy. He
evidences the doctrine of State
sovereignty aud the compact by
which the States voluntarily gave
their consent to federation with no
design expressed or implied ever
TO become fractional parts of the
nation, aud he believes that those
who resisted the violation OF this
original compact were Ia fact the
true friends OF constitutional
union. The author, discussing
principles aud eveuts IN their na.
tural aud logical order, first gives
his attention to African servitude
and the long aud bitter sectional
strife to which it gave rise. He
then takes up tue eQuestiou Of State
rights, giving constitutional aud
HISTORICAL arguments on Which he
rests the principle of State sover.
eighty, aud quoting copiously from
all authorities, on the subject.
These questions aud a full state.
meut ot the inlmediate cause of
the war occsilsy oashaif the drst
volume. The remainder Of the
work is gwen to Il narrative OF the
struggle, including the fullest
statement yet written from the
Southern standpoint of the fierce
dissensions Ia the Confederate
councils, aud of his defense OF the
prolongation of the war for many
months after many OF the ablest
inca ia the Sohth were fully con.
,inced that their struggle was a
hopeless one.
ln the opening work he treats OF
the early legislation on the subject
of slavery. He acquits the South
of all responsibility for the exist.
ence in its midst oil
THE PECULIAR INSTITUTION,
and calls attention to the fact that
Virginia was tue first State to pro,
hibit the importation into ito terri
tory of blacks hroughtto this coun-
try aud reduced to slavery, and
that Georgia was the first State to
incorporate in its constitution the
prohibition OF the African slave
trade. All through the work he
treats OF slavery not as the cause
Of the war, but only as an incldent
of the secession movement The
paramount question he declares
was equality in the territories and
the inability OF the South to main
tain Its equal rights in the terrific
RES, and new made States OF the
Guion. lie traces the conflict
which intensified until 1t burst into
open war; While upon this sab
ject he speaks in condcmuatof,
terms of the Missouri compromise
which he regards AS a surrender 0
the rights which belonged to th'
South, aud which it should hav,
maintained, but after IT was adopt
ed hebelieved it should have beer
adhered to, aud he arraigus th'
North aud the Federal governmen
for the failure of the compromise
which was practically repealed b.
the bills organizing the territorie
OF Kansas aRla Nebraskain IN 1855
1t will be Observed that Mr.. Davi
takes occasion to declare In man.
places throughout the work Ills de
yotion to the constitutional uniol
He Instances speeehes which b
made IN 1851 during his candidac
Tor governor Of Mississippi in ol
position to Henry s. Foote. Thes
speeches contained repeated d.
clarations Of his adherence aud d
yotion to the Union, and he affirm
that his public deeds were at a
times actuatcd by this spirit b.
iore the general government bega
ITS violent encroachments OH th
rights OF the States It was dnrin
the Pierce administration that
THE STRUGGLE IN xAl5As
between the Free-soil atiSS Pr
slavery parties eliminated In bi
terness. This struggle Mr.. Dav
nnds the beginning Of inmedia
causes of the war. He devot'
eonaiflrrah hin MN "a to n da.a.;,,t;<