The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-03-26
A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE.

the writer was UltLeI apolieioh'o' Nv ID
fore the war and until eighteen months e.
ago looked upon the ez-presldent OF p
the Confederacy as richly deserving t
of the hangman's rope. Nearly two o
years ago he visited -Beauvolr to Sc I
cnre some historical data from MIR
Davis. He says before he had been .
in his company three days all his pre-
conceived ideas of him utterly and
forever disappeared.
at was" he goes on to say This
goodness first of all and then his IN
telectual integrity that NEST impressed
me. His manner could best be de-
scribed as gracious, so exquislteiy re-
fined, so courtly ye, heart warm. The
dignity of most Of our public men Of
ten reminds one of the he'd carriers
store suit-it is SO evidently put on
and ill-ftting. Mr.. Davis dignity
was as natural and as charming as the
: perfume of rose-the fitting express
~ sion of a serene, benign and comeiy
n moral nature. However handsome he
e. may have been, when excited in battle
= or debate-and at such times, was
u told. he seemed an incarnation OF the
4 most poetic conception of valiant
II kniqht-it surely was in lis own home
e. with his family and friends around
that he was seen at his best; and that
"A best was the highest point OF grace
and refinement that the Southern char
acter has reached. When ! returned
r. North and was asked, as | was asked
ho almost daily: dwell, how did you
ga like Davis? I did not hesitate to reply
aI whether in private or in public. i
W don't like him at ALL love him.
.rv And I am not ashamed to confess tina
for when T first realized that Mr.. Davl:
was on his death bed, found no SLEEP
,on that night until my pillows were we
- with tears, nor do l hesitate to sa.
:. now that he is dead that | never
VI either in our own or in foreign coun
81 tries, met any man whom l regard a
.os Mr.. Davis superior in the manly VII
the tues"
,t.o Nor was Mr.. Redpath's opinion c
Mr.. Davis personally scarcely nor
completely revolvtionized than wei
son his views on the right of State
the secede. Failing to answer satisfact'
With rilv to bis own mind the unanswered
,eie arguments in favor Of the constlt
l tionaI right of secession, he falls BAG
ON. on the plea that the action OF tt
was at least compulsory if it was u
constitutional, as it could not afford
w." let the South 60. The following
''.' an extract from that portion OF his
;" ticle devoted to Mr.. Davis views
Wv secession from constitutional stan
,usi- ''
,ini. peint:
,a,o What then is the true nature OF t
~, Federal Union7 If the fathers intend
'he to create and did create naaion, then
ltes, follows without dispute that the COME
trnS
men. crates were both rebels ana .ral,oie,
wing they ceI.anly Gu sa ~, for fnnr YEA
New o ~ Snt tha u cartainiy were rebels agail
cltl- it's authority.
they But if the fathers did not create,
=. of Intend to create, nation, but only
:, federation, then the States that seed
Tue only exercised an inherent right OF 81
IN to ereignty in withdrawing from the Uni
,bee- they had voluntarily entered, and
,,oh- only question that remains is rather
''"' moral than a political one-were IL
Q OF Justified in withdrawing Practical
their such question can never be consider
tting if community has the right to secede
> f,r must also be the judge of its necessl
Iva The power that holds tbs whip by
handle never does recognize the need
the proans and kicks that come from
pro- body that stands at the other END.
Mr.. Davis malntdlleu eHdp oiio VIZ
GIL cation of the South rested on these
f the consideratious-th rightful power
secede, aud the causes that justified
af'sh- exercise of that power.
, of confess that while his argument
favor of that right seems to be exceed
verh- " strong, yet do not see the same Il
river in his statement Of the Justification
its exercise. But then l was at tho o
the end of the whip and justified }
his is Brown
n,usI As the Times Democrat remarks
noses reference to the tribute to Mr. Df
q sal. personal worth, Eve hardly know
oto which of the two-the hero or
IS, the biograper = this exquisite tribute
have more creditable, whether to the b
rdiro ty of Mr.. Davis personality, W
river charmed as with spell every
=, o,;or who came within the radius of its
auence, or to Mr.. Reapath's N
and warm-hearted admission OF
/: The complete conquest by the Confed
State chief Shreveport Caucasian
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