The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-03

Is dear to me as a, union of fraternal
States. 1t would lose Its value IL
had to regard 1t as a union held to-
gether by physical force would be
nappy to know that every State felt the
fraternity which made this union posi-
bic. and IL that EVIDENCE could go out.
II evidence satisfactory to the people Of
the South could be given. that that feel
ing existed In the hearts OF the Northern
people, You might burn your statute
DOCKS, and we would cling To the Uuion
STILL"
HE PLEADED FOR UNION
To the very hour that Mississippi Sc.
ceded, and after II, he was pleading for
union without dlshonor when Mis-
siss!ppi seeded he resigned his seat in
the senate and went to his State and
cast his lot with his people. MANY
ahother officer OF the United States bent
before the allegiance he Acknowledgement
20 MS mother State and followed him
with bleeding heart. In spite of his woll.
known preference for service i'm the fie,d
the confederate government called him
10 IT'S Iead. Mr.. Davis shared with
washington The extraordinary distinc.
lion OF being elected President of n re-.
pubic unanimously, but MIR. Davis was
CHOSEN by a more numerous people md
at a period of more critical resnonst-
bility.
we love and cherish Mr.. Davis. most
OF all, because he suffered with Us and
ior US anu was our President Because
IN the language Of the eloquent Pevtnn
wise, of Virginia He was the tyne oi
mat inefIabe manhood which made the
ARMIES OF THE South Time woud Pm n
ne TO picture the iron will. the ner-
s:stency and loyalty of MIR. Davis d,,rinc
those Tour terrible years, of the travail
VI ms soul-his people pitted against a
people Communicating them four to one
IN armsbearing population and incom-
parably better prepared for war ha,t,n,,
an organized government an orpanixn1
army and navy, with arsenals. with drv-
LOCKS ana machine shops, and having
Tree intercourse with the world from
Which 10 get supplies and men. while
every port was sealed against helm from
me OUTSIDE world TO the Confederacy.
wh!ch had 20 organize lis g0vernmen!
and improvse everything for Emo -
qual struggle from an agricultur,I non,,-
Ia ton. P'p"
With an army of 100000 men and no
navy except few river steamers and
pr!Nateers, opposed by an army ont
numbering II by 100000 of soldiers NV
navy of 700 vessels OF war. manned nv
lo0,0o0 men, with Il fleet of transno,zS
steamers. barges and coal noa.s al,,,','..
innumerable, which in 1862 on Tho Mis-
sissippi river and its tributaries alone
numbered over 200 vessels Il, &c mn,
known what was the number of vessels
chartered on the Atlantic and G,,if
COASTS IN moving the large armi,s) The
navy in its help Was as decls!:.e I'm ras,,lts
as me great armies in the field I'm block
auihe ports IN cutting up the Confedera-
cS py her rivers, in eStablisl ing ,nonv
depots' and po.uts of departure from
the rivers and along the coasts for ormi.s
20 lhFaue and overrun new TERRITORY
they could not Cross, and IN saving ar
nnies when defeated, as at Shiloh on the
Iehesses, and on the James river near
Richmond
When we look back now at the
mighty contest we wonder boyr w. a,,ar
heid out so long--how we oould bava
succeeded In driving the American mer.
chantmen from the seas-and how wa
won SO many signal victories, as MANY
almost as were won by our enemies.
rms record of Southern valor and
i ilanhooo: where people fought so
ione against such odds and resources
displayed such fortitude. and end,,,nd
sucn sacrifices. will be q bright mage In
q american history; and will show what
.ie anglo Saxon race can and will do.
Under republican form OF Govern
ment In defence of constitu,ional
principle
AS president Mr.. Davis may have
lidoe mistakes. He was Il constitutional
ruler not revolutionary chief. lie
could not work miracles He summon
co 10 MS council the genius OF Benia-
inln' the profundity of Hunter. the intel
lect or Toombs. He placed at the head
OF MS troops Lee, jackson, Albert Svd-
ney Johnston, Beaurcgard. Joseph F..
johnston and other leaders not sur
passed In any army. since the marshals
Oh me empire. And when the night Of
ueieat was darkening, and the disman-
tieu snip of the Confederacy was sink
ms beneath the waters. he stood at the
nelm to the last. There is something
indescribably pathetic in the sight
when brave and gallant people stake
everything upon the cast of battle, fight
their armies to exhaustion and almost
10 annihilation, in defending their
homes and tiresides against invading
enemies. and at last are overpowercd
and overwhelmed, and behold every
tnlnE mat they love go down. The peo-
pie OF the South were a proud and SEN
sltiVe race and the world will never
know the agonieS they suffered in those
desperate days. But none had so much
TO bear. and bore ii so bravcly. as their
indomitable leader. lie carried on his
great heart the suferinss of his people
he shared their sorrow, and partook OF
their grief
VETERANS PASSING AWAY.
behold before me here to-day the
white heads Of Confederate veterans.
of the men who thrty-one years ago
lost all save honor. They are falling
now Swifter than ever their comrades
fell OH the field of battle: they have
lived. thank God, to restore their coun-
Try TO freedom and prosperity again
dear land! for which they fought and
SacrInceCN3nd suffered and lost They