The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-26


his memory. and cannot express N
too strong language my thanks aud
the thanks Of all true men aud woml
en-. TO the women OF Bill Cross Cbap.
4 ter u. ID. G.. for th's initaiory move.
ment 10 commemorate a day that ia
sacred TO an Southern hcarts In the
dark and bloody days OF the fast re-
ceding past the courage and heariB
OF the Southern soldiers We're strength
ened and renewed To greater doeds of
herolsm and sacrifice BY the Spartan
devotion. cheering words and invin.
chile conduct Of The Southern wom-
en-, and when the white winged mes.
senger OF peace br0oded over our dis-
ltracted country. they came with balm
in their hands and love i'm their
hearts 10 pay tribute 60 lnemotdas
(which shall never die while soMhern
women live. My friends, i'm the limits
lof time allotted ! shall mostly confiae
my remarks TO a review In condensed
form OF The life and public services f
him whose memory you today com
lmemorate. jefferson Davis was born
ln that part OF Christian Todd county,
I Kentucky June 3. 1908, and whlc
an infant his father removed to the
state Of Mississippi where he grew 70
manhood In 1924 President Monroe
!. appointed him cadet in the military
academy at West Point. from whicl
he graduated in 1928. Upon his grad.
luation ne served about seven years
in NE infantry and as a staff officer
mostly in the northwest frontier an
the Blackhawk war Of 1912, where he
greatly distinguished himself and in
1888 was commissioned first lieuter.
ant of dragons For gallantry In tho
expeditions against the Comanches.
Pawnees and other hostile Indian
tribes, he was promoted 20 a full
colonelcy; shortly after this war he
resigned his commission and became
planter in Mississippi Previous 40
his resignation he had married the
daughter oi General Zachary TAYLOR.
afterwards president of Inc United
States. In 1874 he was chosen one
of the presidential electors Of his stale
for Polk and Dallas. in lS45 he was
elected a member of congress. and at
once he became a conspicuous figure
IN all the debates upon the Oregon
question, military affairs and prepara-
lions for the war with Mexico To
5 him more than any other man Is the
| country indebted for our present
: splendid system of volunteer militia.
J From his great speech in congress on
the Oregon question. Feb. g. 1876.
; extract this Immortal sentence which
J will live and burn in the hearts of al
? patriotic Americans while the love i
country exists:
From sire to son has descended
the love of Union IN our hearts, as IN
faf t,,fta f.I ,.t
r Concord and Camden, of Yorktown
5 and Saratoga, of Monmouth and Platis
3 burg. of Chippewa and Erie. Of BowyaI
! and Guilford, of New Orleans and
{ Bunker Hill; grouped together, they
r form a monument to The common
! glory of our country; and where q
( the Southern man who would wish
! that that monument were less by one
of the Northern names that constitute
. the mass
Treason never mrked in the heart
and mind OF the man who gave form
Z and expression 10 such words
But let us quote further In 1856!
Mr.. Davis was invited to a banquet il
Boston TO honor the birthday OF Dan
: iel Webster, and being unable TO d;
2 tend wrote:
+ u send you my cordial greetings (,
z. the friends of the constitution. am
$ ask TO be enrolled among those who's,
mission is, by fraternity and goOC
h faith to every constitutional oblgd
/ tion to insure that from the Aroostooi
10 San Diego, from Key West q
Puget Sound the grand arch of on
o political temple shall stand unshaken.
r Grand and glorious wordsworth
/, which only a great ard patriotic maI
t could utter Jefferson Davis thougl
e a states right man, was not a dis
unionist and this fraternal warning
and greeting was given at tim
when the peace of the country w9
4. greatly threatened by the anti-slaver,
a movements in the North. He lows,
j his country with all his great hear
: and soul and he begged his friend
i of the North to be true to every 'con
!, stitutional obligation" as he himsel
: would be true. while his love OF ccun
u try was deep and sincere the sove.
leignty OF his beloved state was para
mount, and he belonged 70 that schoo
of statesmen which held that the stat
Q had the sovereign right to separaf
, itself from the Union when thes
2 rights were Invaded or disregarded
-
. ance up TO 1860. show his warm al
tachment to the Union, he was nj
less true 70 the conviction that NJ
N der The articles of confederation am
e the limitations OF the constitution, re
N inforced BY the subsequent actions 0
a some of the states signing the article
e of confederation. notably Massachr
.e setts Connecticut, Virginia and OIL
= ers, the sovereignty Of The states wa
Inherent in themselves, and when th
crisis came ne was loyal 10 his cor
s victions
But my friends | will not pursu
This phase of the subject further, an
a viii return TO the record 80 far as
q am able to give t. OF the great ma
. whose memory you are honoring K
= day
n In the war with Mexico he con
= manded the First Mississippi reg
= ment OF volunteers, having resigne
= his seat in congress TO accept the cor
r mand He led his regiment in ia
= storming Of Monterey; was one Of ID
commissioners TO stipulate the term
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