The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-26
Davis and Lee.

desires peace aud good feeling. If
these can be had on honorable terms,
otherwise, perhaps otherwise.
Ever since the war, a GLASS of mon
have been persistent in their efforts
to make tho world believe that JET.
ferson Davis was traitor; and to
bring him into disrepute in the sec
tion that gave him birth. At the
same time, these men credit General
Lee with high and noble qualities,
both as a man and rs soldier. Now
why ia thisp Is il sincere tribute
to our illustrious Lee; or is it a sub
tle scheme, to bribe the Southern
people into the belief that Davis was
indeed another Benedict Arnold; and
that he was indebted to the gene.
rosity aud forbearance Of those in
charge Of the United States Govern.
ment, for his having escaped the fate
Of Maj, Andre.
Cen. Lee was q union man when
the war broke out, but he held that
good old decent doctrine, that a
mans first allegiance was due his
STATE. Therefore, when secession
occurred, and the sorth's efforts to
have n peaceable separation came to
naught, aid our friends, the enemy,
decided upon war Of coercion, he
WAS compelled either to hgh, against
his mother, the State, or unshenth
his sword in her defense We can
easily balIeve that he did not hest
tate to make the decision, and to
for"g" the houor, which the opposite
course would have brought him. In
tn, section that WAS honored by his
birth sind services his name is as oin,
m'uh poured forth, aud everywhere
he Is regarded M one Of the choice
spirits "f the centur, in which he
lived.
On the other hand jefferson Davis
held that when the States. the par
ties 10 the constitutional Compact,
tslied To obtain the rights aud pro.
tection that the trainers of the con
elitn,ion designed that they should
ENJOY, they had the legal right to
withdraw from the Union Allthrungh
life, be exhibited high aud patrir,ic
| Qualities and helped 10 bring honor
10 the United States Government
md 10 defend t.r flag Hi vsI-
| ulclnry, IL the SeuRte, brought lenis
| /" the eyes Of those WHO held politI
ca views off aranl from his own.
Asrou Burr WIS snspece1 Of dark
| r,lItjcA >"heues against the cov,:u
| nlen,. tul Dkvis VIZ. hnues, hua oul
| >luEeL htwsys The views which IL.
| ,'l,:-.lHh .u-.d - WIS no, atrAld 10
rv9~ uu suitable ux:..s) ,us TIE
| Iu0n"i i the WIZ wtlt:!., u2laouguI.
! neru.ved upon hlm. wAs nl-,Cr.. .de
tnd hIgLluued. H. Wcpi5 ~ s,i ~,
% take advantage Il ,p+ t,-4n1 t,y
| uslug methods uui tDoIurhg+-3 ~
| t-r,:htlontl lsw Tor ueluge.-1.tE.
| II bls wishes hg4 heto con pli.;i Wi b
| l.! th+ Iuitt-d S,s,es Gore-rue he
.ute!eut Iucjdert 10 VIZ, would Lsr=
t'-'eu gr+s'ly leseeDtd.
WLeu lbs CoDfeisrs,e fag was
| turIe5 forever eolOa Il has eoern ie,s
VITO aid Dot ELUw The mau would
isiu haF- had bin executed for oon
| p!3c!il IL 'h- murder Of Liucolr: but
~ t'Ese.ea- wss the suspicion ,bst
,Ae government would 10. bring the
charge sgains, him, although 81
tnauy we're ltirs'iIg for his rioo.d
HIS llf.. however, would baya pad
the peua.ty for .reas0n iftha, charge
could hsSe been proved.
In the hal.ds Of biz enemieas he did
not bi-ak down and beg parflort ior
| what he had done. Kegulus Ike, re
went to prison TO be neetileesly tor
tnred, Ind bore the vicarious suffer
ings he underwent nnmnrmnringiy.
From that prison hs iesned the
sam" honorable and iucorrnptible
gentleman he had always been
When seat 10 prison he requested
DIR. A. Il. Bledsoeto DISCUSS the aues-
tion, "ls Davis traitor, or WAS 80
cesslon constitutional rightly" DR..
Bledsoe ransucked the whole BODY OF
lIteratur" bearing upon the theme