The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-12
E.AD ].
THE GREAT LEADER
OF TIE CUNFED-
ERATE STATES
RESTS FROM
HIS EARTH
LY TOLLS.

y Jefferson Dasis, Ex- President
saf the Confederate states. died at
4 New Orleans Oh HE 9Th inst Mr..
aDayis was born in Todd county.
aKentucky, OH the 3rd day Of June
3fS0S, and soon after his birth his
afather removed with him 70 Mis-
zsis~afsailsiv=-=IIe=.w a ppeintad by
SPresident Monroe a Cadet 70
3West Point in 1921, and sradue
4ated in 1928. He served in vari-
'.ous positions in the army in the
AN/W. frontier for seven years.
4when he resigned his positionanfl
xrcturned to Mississippi, behaving
Gin the mean time married the
sdaughter Of Gen. Taylor.
4 In 1914 he was AN. elector on
gthe Polk tnket. and in 1915 he
sss:as elected =nlenaberzof- The.
Is. Congress. In Is46 he resigned
Shis seat in Congress and accepted
Sthe Colonclery Of the 1st Regt. Of
mississippi Volunteers. He dis
9tinguished himself at Monterey
gand Bcauna Vista, i'll which last
Sbattfc lie was severely wounded.
Gin 1917 he was rendered, by Pcsi
sdcnt Polk, il commission as sBriga-
sdicr General Of volunteers, which
fhc declined upon the grsund tir1t
sthe appointment was violation
gof the rights Of the States. In
4 lS47 he was appointed a Senator
Iof the United States to fill a va
scancy. and in 1850 was reelected
sfor the ensuing fall term, but re-
assigned in 1851 to become a candi-
sdatc for Governor of Mississippi,
$but was defeated by Henry S.
sFootc.
i In 1853 he was appointed BY
i Prcsident Pciree as Secretary of
aWar, which Office he filled with
4great credit to himself and eoun-
Airy. In 1857 he was again elected
s-+-=sS =. ss,etsattf. for tlfe-terfn eift1l=
ssiing, March Eth '63, but Mississippi
3having secpftetttro1n Union on
the 9th of January 1861, Mr.. Davis
/. on the 24th Of the same month
Irctircd from the Senate, and on
Sthe 18th of February 1861, he was
sinna,tgerated as lprrsitlentof the
EpeoIieieHal government of the
SConfederate States, and in Nov.
slS6l he wasselected President OF
5tha Confederate States. Mr..
/ bayis life from this time until
Sthc final overthrow OF the Gonfpd-
scratc States, forms at once the
ggranheSt and eloomiest period of
four national existence, and its re-
icital belongs to the future histor-
sian and will be properly recorded
Fwhen passion and prejudice shall
Shave given away to truth.
LAfrIa1is- belonged to what was
skftown as the-~G tfheHif+ ss''ehee4~ef
4Democracy, and after the death of
4Mr. Calhoun he became the nat
guralleaderof the Southern Demo-
scracY. The equality Of the States
gin their federal relations, equality
Gin dignity and rights, We're the
sgreat Aprineiples@lpon= which he
resss de | our government was
sfounded, and he held those prin-
Bciples to theend. He saw as early
Gas 1886, new party rising as a
lagiant, which was bent on mischief,
iand which WAS unwilling to reeagg-
snize those principles. He saw
3that same party come into power
Tin 1860, and knew that the rights
GET the States of the South, espec-
@ially in which his dearest a4fet-
stions were garnered up We're not
Ito be respected and then he part
Ned company with his brethren in
Athe Senate chamber, the arena of
shis glori s and his sacrifices and
Cleft that Union to which he had
sdeyoted soy many years Of his
#nobfe and patriotic service, and
(which in his heart he loved more
ethan those who have illuminated
khis name.
4 Mr.. Davis private life is with
Eout a stain. He is in company
Hnow with the great founders and
statesmen Of our republic, and
Hwhere his every motive can be
Fully understood. In the South,
Bat least, his name will be revered
awhcre
d "'rhc mcancst fill, the mightiest river
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