Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-15
TRUE JEFFERSON DAVIS
Great Confederate Lender the Theme
OF Lecture at Barratt Hall.

TIC urgc audience thai assembled last
evening at Bluatt Hail listened with
attention and much interest 10 lecture
delivered by Dr. Guy Carleton Lee on
Jefferson payis. The occasion was said
so be tho nrst time that the life and la
b0rs Ct the southern president ana lead
or had ever been related TO a gathering
north OF the mason aud Dixon me. From
the applause accorded Ia The speaker az
Intervals curing the evening, II was eYl-
dent that phases OF Mi. Davis car Ger
before unknown to those present were
brought our, or that opinions already
formed In the minds ut some VINO listened
Were confirmed by the stirring words OF
Dr. Lee.
JEFFERSON was compared In certain re-
snects TO Washington, by the speaker, thr
result Of the accomplishments uf each
being the principal point OF difference
JeneJson was a hentuck iau by birth, born
june 3, lNA. he was educated at West
Point, and early IN life saw Indian SER
vice on the frontier. Tie 1t was who, IN
the Blacbhawk war, administered tho
oath Of allegiance to the United states
10 the man who was destined to preserve
tho Union, Abraham Lincoln, The leo
turer Tecounted the brilliant deeds ~ Gen,
Davis during the Mexican war, ana at
trlbuted to MIN the credit for the victory
at Buena Vista, which victory maze
Zachary Taylor president of the United
States.
The career Of Jefferson Davis as
United States senator and as secretary Of
war were followed by Dr. Lee Among
the achievements claimed for the
SUBJECT OF the lecture We're the reorgani.
cation Of tho army, the enforced study
VI modern tactics and the agitation that
led to the building Of the overland rail-
road. The latter was referred 10 in ono
Of Mr. Davis reports AZ having not been
built for military purposes alone, but for
tho better Advancement NJ settlement In
the great west. and TO preserve the reten-
ton Of the Pacific country IN the Union.
Events Immediately preceding the Civil
ward were touched upon by MI Lee, with
mention of certain contemporaries Of
Davis IN the senate OF the United states,
Among these latter wore Webster, Gay
Calhoun Douglas and Houston, and In the
opinion OF the speaker Jefferson Davis
was tho peer Of them all
The storm that preceded the great at
tempted dissolution OF the Union and tho
going ~ Davis from the halls of Congress
were told Of In fcrvid aud eloquent words,
aud the history was given Of hos the OK.
senator was forced into the chair Of tho
COniederacy, where he was blamed for
every failure ot his cause and received
no praise for the measure Of success
achieved.
Tho placing u the Confederate president
IN irons after defeat had come 10 southern
arms, was denounced by Dr. Leo. Yet
The speaker paid high tribute to the great
'NlI'lhNlNAH 'f'tif o. WI iAAt WIN " -
characterized az "remorsclcss ~ war aud
magnificent I'm peace
Tho conclusion OF the lecturer Yves that
the maintenance OF tho Union was tho
host thing after al, for i was the end OF
human slavery. The days 81 reconBt1Ic-
ton came ~ FOR A strongly worded nara.
ton bv the gifted speaker, but the pcacA
and prosperity ~ the south as well as
the north were amply given recognition.
Dr. Leo described tho funeral OF Jeifer.
son Davis, and IN closing cloquentlY spoke
OF the great American Union, the most
glorious Institution % tho kaoWn world.