The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-12-27
THE NORTHERN PRESS.

great majority OF the Northern
newspapers are kind and fair
about Mr.. DAVIS, since his death
Some are even sympathetic, and on
the other hand the extreme South
hating sheets are still sIanderous,
false, and bitter in the extreme.
One of the best paragraphs about
HIM is from the New York Herald
''He lived and died in the lndul-
gent recognition of his countrymen.
His Confederacy has gone into the
limbo of dead political expert
ments. The knightly genius OF
Lee, the sOmbre fury OF Jackson,
the gallantry of Stuart, the narrow
lanaticism of Sydney johnson, the
proud unpausing valOr of thousands
who followed them to the supreme
fate of war-all will live in song
and story as an undying part of our
history. And in this history no one
will hold a more conspicuous place
than the stern, impIacable, resolute
leader, whose cold thin lips have
closed forever in that beloved
South which he served with passion
if not with wisdom"
Cne of the meanest is from the
New York Tribune.
SIN no respect, therefore, can
Mr.. Davis be considered entitled to
the regard of the Southern people,
unless it be title 10 their graft
tude that he did much to plunge
them into a terrible struggle, and
much 10 make it disastrous.
His conduct during the last twen-
ty years has shown no higher quail
ities. Other Southern men have
learned to instil loyalty and hearty
love of country into The hearts Of
The people. Mr.. Davis let no Op-
pOrtuniiy pass to fan the dying
flames of sctional hate and diSlOy-
atty. Surely it is permitted TO
hope that he represented only
what was worst in the Southern
character, and that, as he departs
from the Stage, the narrow dictate.
rial and vindictive spirit which he
40 sharply represented may also
fade away"
The Philadelphia Press. Repub-
lican, thus closes lis article:
"The only one OF the leaders Of
The Confederacy 10 suffer even i'm
prisOnment, he attracted sympa-
thy denied 10 men more successful
in IFS more dangerous service. For
the young he came TO represent a
Lost Cause, whose fall their faith
ers saw Fastened by his errors of
policy and his blunders in The Sc
lection of men. For himself, he
preferred to represent the past
rather than to lead toward the
future, and he had his reward
Sentiment clustered about him,
applause greeted him, but history
will have TO record the sober YER
dict that he died as he had lived,
the champion of a social system
whose curse is not yet over, and 10
which he stood ready to sacrifice
the liberty Of the whole black race,
and the hopes of the white on this
continent"
Thus the Philadelphia Times In
dependent:)
"The death of Jefferson Davis
removes at once and forever The
irritation that his frequent deliv-
erances on public questions pro-
voked, and now for the first time
his name and his memory will be
severed from the passions of The
present, and he will go into histo-
ry as one OF the most sincere, con-
scientious and self-denying of all
the Confederate leaders. He was
born and nursed IN the lap Of
States Rights; he was steadily
schOOled in the ultra faith of South
ern mastery and advancement, and
he is the one of all who believed
as he did, who proclaimed and de-
Tended his faith even when its
cause lived only in sOrrowlng
memories. History will say that
jefferson Davis was honest in faith,
expression and effort alike at
Montgomery when he was crown
ell amid the smiles and roses Of the
Sunny South; in the prison cell
when hope and friends seemed 10
have persisted, and in the hour
when the long halt was called that
summoned him to The dreamless
couch of The dead"
The Boston Herald says he has
made a name for himself in Amer
ican history.
This the ably edited and always
fair New York Post:
ave have given in other col
umns a sketch of the career of the
departed leader of the long depart
ed COnTederacy. We have there
stated our belief that nobody could
have done more than Davis did TO
give success TO a cause that was
doomed to fail before superior
force. II fOllOws that he was one
Of the ablesl men Of his lime, Tor It
was by no stroke of chance that he
was chosen 10 guide a masterful
race through a struggle for exist
ence. He was selected because he
WAS believed by good judges, and
and with practical unanimity, 10
be their best equipped representa-
live and strongest man.