Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-01-06
Hon. JEFF DAVIS.

Col Il. K. N'C2u,e and M.. rife,
so<2 Nucis < on fnzeryieec aottA
the Co.tederate Chict-lAis
Ie>sorM 4ppeananee
and Itrasuz4t Ma
:'ers-Fsatures a,d
L"c"ients ot tile
acar L,mment-
onthe .f"tu,e
ofMe .Sou,A
un1 tile
country.
Ct,1oI.al Mcclure devntes his let
ter TO The Times entirely to il des-
crip,in, Of his visit to ana ,nver
su;ion with Mr.. Jctfcrsfysr~ .1,,i-.
lie writes from N si~s.ppi City,
and describes the Dorsey place,
wherc The ex Contcu,rala Pgesi-
dcni lives with his nelhew5 and
their families Colonial Mcclure
writes
1 S ,on after had lecn boowed
into The palor j ff- son D,vis ell
tered aIon an his greeting was
t le ,rai;tl a'eicolne Of the provcr,
Dial hospitality Of Tie South. |
confess 10 disappointment III tie
! general appearance of the man,
who stands in history to-day as the
8 I'D er statesman witHout Il coun--
try. l expected 10 find the strong
" marked traces Of Il gricvou~ly
lisali'oin.cd life, and serene cIgil
i y and s.u,iic relicenac il dise /, s.
lns all ;hings of the past but those
wlo believe Jefferson DAVIS to be
mie;snIhr"pic III temperament and
tine world greatly mjildyc him,
n + IS. he lt.e broken lnva i'll ti.at
he is generally lcG ,rlcd lis yet
;.btnI..ut locks ant full be tr;l are
dceiiy sllvcrcd, an his face and
sranlc are spare, It's they alway 5
have been but
Ills STEP IS ELASTIC
and sterdy. ana the hard lines Of
his brtw which are s, conspicuous
); Ills r.g:ulc- are at once cti:!ceI
When he cntclS INTO conversation.
liatead of :npreSslny tie visitor i;s
il haOlt.lll rrrluSe. who has no in
terrst III the land to w4os. citiz ~
ship he Will live and die il stau.cr,
hr at once inv!:cs the frecdu u:
the rl inrcr'a home by chat. IN.
without reserve. save when his
contemporaries are likely t. b.,
criticised, when he adrnity end
pleasantly ,nf"s the dScu ,sion intp
irntfcn,ire cilanllcis. fic We
understands hat he cast the die for
empire ,r FIR failure that must
III Ike him alien o t.ic cpnltry an.l
tne world, a.,l hat he l.,s, aud lie
knows that he is to-day the most
roweres 'of All men in the LAND tu
rctri, We the tprtni.cS 4t those who
ti,,lovcd l.,l. 10 bereavement: and
sacrifice"
Ai'er referring to the fact tha;
his Wee President IMr. Stephens
hat been elected t. Il scat in Con
Srcss that Two ot his
LNNOIEp WARRIORS
have sat in Republican Cabinets
that Lees abl.>t lieutenant IS The
Republican Minister 10 Turkey
tue man vino marched The frsf
reylment nf vo!unicers 10 Charles
ton ard who served as Confederate
senator until i pomatlox became
historic, died as the s-pubtican
Minister to Russia and that the
Senate, House, and the Washington
+ Departments c ,ntain other men
who Wore abreast with . Jefferson
/ UAvis IL the war. NJ. }lcGInre
continues: Bat DAVIS is the en-
l.odinenl OF huniliation, VIII le hi
fellows 90 III and ont without dis
pleasure. | heard no allusnn 10 or
complaint IF this .iins'ice, but it is
i plainly eviden. thai Davis entirely
=, appreciates it, and thar he believes
] he would not be cnn>istont with
himself and the grave rcspou>ibili-
ties he assumed, however mistaken
/ he may have been in assuming
/ them, II lie did not deliberately re
main an alien to the Government
tiat he, nlole conspicuunsly than
all oth.'rs, struggled to overthrow.
! lie cotHd hot hel p the South or
hl'Dselt by seeking or accepting
restoration 10 citizenship, and he Is
| WISELY CONTENT
with stubborn fait!, in the rectitude
OF his lost cause | have long de-
sired to know The exact lrpth from
the fountain OF soullcrE knowleda e
Q'i the subject in regard to several
lnspGrtant events of the war, and
WAS agreeably surprised at tie
freedom with whiph Mr.. DAVIS met
my inquiries. Why Bcaaregard
was 'or'leicd tG fire upon Anderson
III Fort Sumter after his surrender
Was inevitable ut Il specified time
without assal!lt,ng lie tag has ncv-
or been entirely understood. /; was
the act o. madness, us It ma'ie dl~-
vision JIM the North impossible. and
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