Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-31

Lincoln was the greatest calamity tnat
| could have happened to the south, be-
cause he believed that if Lincoln had
lived his reconstruction policy would have
been entirely different from that adopted
by President Johnson under the advice
of Benjamin F. Butler. Thaddeus Stevens
| and other northern radicals. He believed
| that Lincoln would have recognized the
property holders and taxpayers of the
| south as the safest men to reorganlZe the
/. local government. and would have in
| trusted the duty of reconstruction TO
| them rather than to aliens VINO dld not
underst and conditions or the temperament
| of the people. and had nothing at stake
except their own personal ambitions.
Although his visitor was, very young
| reporter just out of college. and with
very little experience or knowledge OF
the world. Mr.. Davis spoke TO him as
seriously and earnestly as II he had
| been "A statesman and placed absolute
reliance upon his assurances that his
words would not he published II was
| only when | began to ask him about
certain points of controversy III the his
| tory of secession and the conduct OF the
| war that he declined to speak. and he
| explained politely that ! could find all he
wished to say upon those topics in his
memoirs.
Becomes a Soldiers Home.
After the death Of Mr.. Davis his wife
and daughter made Beauvoir winter
when the estate was sold to Mississippi
| for a soldiers home. Since then thirty
| colt a ges and barracks have been erected
for the accommodation OF the veterans.
They are very simple and primitive, by
no means as luxurious as those provided
for Union veterans in the soldiers homes
of the north. Most of the inmates wear
the beloved Confederate gray, and some
/ of their suits are stained and 1fayed
and patched They are all old men, most
| of them with patriarchal boards, and
the monotony of life is relieved by fire.
uuenr eXcursionists who can reach Beau
| voir by trolley car every twenty minutes.
The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer,
which was erected at Biloxi by the late
| Charles F. Howard, the lottery king of
! New Orleans. in memory OF Rev. DR.. Hlns-
dale formerly president of Hobart Col
lese contains several fine stained glass
memorial windows for the Davis family.
| That dedicated to Jefferson Davis bears
an inscription to the effect that he was
| ..persecuted for Righteousness sake.
! There are windows in memory of Mrs.
| Davis Miss Winnie Davis and for sew
! eraI Grandchildren of the Confederate
president. The latter was erected by his
daughter Mrs. Hayes. wife of a banker
at Colorado Springs.
There is also a window in memory of
| Mr. Howard and one in memory of DIR.
| Hinsdale, who came down here for his
health after his retirement from the
presidency at Hobart. and for several
years officiated at the little Episcopal
| chanel which still stands in the rear of
the churchyard. 1t was in that chapel
| that Mr. Davis and his family worshiped.
The present beautiful structure was erect
| ed by Mr.. Howard some time after the
death of Mr.. Davis. Mrs. Hinsdale still
makes Biloxi her home and is doing some
| admirable literary work.
| The lottery king had beautiful resi-
dence here, perhaps the most costly in
Biloxi. and his sons, Frank and Harry
| Howard. have also made Biloxi their
winter home.
Plan. to Purchase Birthplace.
There is a movement on foot to pur-