The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-13
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Loving Tribufe 10 the Memory of the
Dead Chieltaln.


The central figure Of the nine
ktecnth century, whose name
Eknowu throughout the civilize,
.Eworld. and which will be handle,
Edown 10 earth's remOtest p~osterity
sis dead. Greater men have livet
kbefore him and greater men vii
Elive after him, but as the incarna
sion and embodiment Of the cause
sof constitutional liberty, he stand,
alone.
n Sublime in purpose, uumoyed
Rby the Establishments or threats OF
power, he was a fitting exponent,
abHt not the redeemer Of a fallen
scause. and when he came to die
sthe eagle eve which scanned the
tremendous events and directed
sthe thunderboIts Of the greatest
war Of modern times, was not
nor was his natural force.
sabated.
Whether in the character of Al
subaltern in war, IN the Senate of
an undivided Republic, in the cab
iinet Of Presidents, or as ruler of
tine Southern Confederacy. he wasI
zone and the same, and, like Saul,
.he stood a head and shoulders
above his comrades. Great at all
times, whether in the councils ofi
or the e~xigencies Of war, hiss
character became grandIy subLimes
In the days Of his adversely anda
From the Presidential chair.
she rig0rs and humiIia-
tions Of a Northern dungeon. he
went to his seashore home at Beau
voir, and with the recoIIections
and "reminiscences OF a century
about him, he wrapped himself
in the solitude Of hi, own original
and appeared no more before S
the public except TO answer the
-raducers Of his beloved country
arrows Of truth. and whetherk
he attack came from the princess
IF Europe or the scribbIing cap
aims Of Northern armies, the re-
.uIt was always the same-annihi-
In common with the men Oh
arth- Jefferson Davis had his
lults, but even his faults were
hose which cling to clay, and were
hose inseperabIe from noble
llnds. They gave him a DeculiarN {
tness for trying scenes and theE
Zlgencies Of a time when circum-
.ances demanded a firm decisions
{ character. and when vaceIlati0nH
, uncertainty would have brought s
AL
swiftly on his country. IMP
2 exaggerated the merits of his 81
moderated those Of his otg
: enemies, and was firm to stub p
1rnness, these were not grievous
ults. and it is a consolation toEC
low that even if his c~haracterAC
ID reached the limit Of perfec-
IN, the result would have beenAH
z same. So
This much, however. We know.E
at as the typical embodiment OIL,
uthern ideas and Southern MANI
cd, he has borne without a MUIR
II the chastisement for our sinsE
sins they We're, and all the pois p
arrows Of SANDER. the word nj
obl0quy and the machinations ol
hate, have been aimed at us 70
49,
'ough him. And this grand oIdaah
M with his white hairs stream-
/, in the wind, has stood betweensVr
and the past, hurting back de- Auir
nee to the last, and cOnqueringsSo.
: assailants with the keen blades ",
his logic and his truth Ems
jefferson Davis is 1861, carved gu
shot and shell into a monument y,
which viii stand while cor
tn endures, and when time shall pa
e softened the rough outlines
this gigantic figure, the future zhat
.orian Will be able to see. a lns
a distance, the lines and con
rs now hidden to our eyes. and Mi.
will look upon the grand me
monument Of modern times. l
cities r cOntending for
honor Of giving sepulchre to