The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-11
JUDGE FEAGIN ON
 JEFFERSON DAVIS
DELIVERED EULOGY AT THE ME MORAL SERVICES HELD IN THE RouHAMA BAPTIST CHURCH AT EAST LAKE.

At the memorial services held in the Rouhama Baptist church in East Lake Judge N. B. Feagin delivered d eulogy on Jefferson Davis. which was remarked for it's deep appreciation of the dead Confed- crate chieftain's life. His speech in part was as follows:
 Confederate Veterans, Ladies and Gentle
 men:
 It was happy suggestion that changed our Memorial Day to June 3, the birthday of Jefferson Davis, the noble chieftain who championsd our cause and suffered ignohle imprisonment after we stacked our arms.
 He was cavalier in a true sense-a gentleman by birth and breeding. The son of revolutionary sire who aided in driv- ing the invading Britons from the col onies. He was one of natures noblemen in whom was centered grace of manner, dignity or demeanor, and rare accomplish ments of head and heart that made him a tower of strength and leader among men. He was a student at Pennsylvania college, Kentucky, at IA years of age, a cadet at United States military academy at 16, lieutenant in the regular army at 20 a presidential elector at 35 mem- ber of Congress at 36, a colonel in the Mexican war at 3S, United States senator at 39, a candidate for governor of his state at 43, defeated by only small ma Jority: Secretary of War in President Pierce's cabinet at 45. and President of the southern Confederacy at 53
 His seven years experience in the regu- lar army in the west as lieutenant of dragoons in which Abraham Lincoln was a private. protecting the pioneers, their wives and children from the scalping knife Of the daring savage, his storming of Monterey with brave Mssissippians and dictating the terms of exploitation, his sturdy stand against the desperate charges of Mexicans at Buena Vista. though shot sitting in his saddle leading his troops till victory was wrested from the over-eonfident foe, his brilliant career as Secretary of War in reorganizing the army, introducing improved arms, strengthening the sea coast defenses, ex- ploring tho west with military expeditions to mark out the best route for a railway across the Rockies and the Sierra Ne vadas to the Pacific. these achievements. with his quick discernment, courageous conduct and fertility in resources, had marked him as a distinguished soldier. and his able discussion of national ques- tions in the House of Representatives and in the United States Senate, called atten- ton to the fact that he was among the foremost of American statesmen.
 Such were the achievements and the na- tional character of Jefferson Davis be- fore the civil war A man blessed with the rare gift of a masterful mind, en- rlched by culture, by experience fin the service of his country, possessing many ennobling traits No stain on his private life, no blemlsh on his public career, a de- voted husband fond father, ap unselfish citizen and distinguished patriot, his greatest fault was that he loved the con- stitution of his country and his southland too well. He had dared death upon many 1nard-fought battlefelds for the honor and the glory of the republic. He had devoted all the energies of his soul to give 1t strength and power and prosperity at home and prestige abroad. In his sturdy manhood, his broad statesmanship, his unsefish patriotism. the south suffered no decay. As President of the Confeder- acy he enhanced the reputation of his countrymen by his integrity of character And his devotion to duty as he saw It. In the estimation of his southland his mem ory is hollowed in having worn the chains of hate about his fettered limbs as the impersonation of the crime of his country men,
 Through him the south learns that self confidence is the source of true manli- ness, self-culture, the stepping stone to exhalted character and self-sacrifice the essence of pure patriotism.
 The great principles of constitutional liberty for which he struggled are now asserting themselves fin vlrtuous wave of moral indignation that is sweeping over the country at the iniquity in high places that now threatens to subvert the institution of our republic. The moned powers nave so long controlled national elections and national legislation that the robber tariff. the combinations and trusts threaten to continue to make the rich richer and the poor poorer until the fa- xored few usurp the wealth of the na- ton and destroy the republic in their selfish greed for gain.