The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-09
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FAMOUS WORDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE.
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eve BUT TREAD IN THE PATH OF OUR
FATHERS WHEN WE PROCLAIM OUR INDE-
PENDENCE AND TAKE THE HAZARD!' -.Jete''-
son Duris.
Time is gradually effacing the bitterness
that the people in the North felt toward the
people of the South and particularly their
leaders and is bringing us to view these
times and these leaders from the broader
standpoint, giving them full credit for the
high attainments that they possessed and
looking less narrowly upon what We con-
slider their failings.
From whatever side individuals may
Judge Jefferson Davis, the man and the
statesman, the fair minded opponent of the
President of the Confederate States must
credit him with having been man of brill
liant attainments, of broad education, of
fine literary style and polished speaker.
These combined to give him command of
choice and fluent diction.
No one can read his speech on withdraw
ing from the Senate without recognizing in
it fine effort under such circumstances.
The 21st of January, 1861, was marked by
scene described as 'the most impressive
and solemn in the annals of the United
States of America twas the withdrawal
from the Senate Of the Senators from the
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the Union. After several had made brief
farewell addresses, Jefferson Davis arose.
His health had not been good, but there
were no signs of weakness or undue agita-
the principle for which he had long con-
tended was about to be established and he
was ready, as the lifelong advocate of
States rights, to make any sacrifice, bear
any burden for the sake of that principle.
His speech of farewell was admirable,
neither apologetic nor aggressive, but
couched throughout in a strain of dignity
and solemnity. He calmly defended the
position assumed by the State which he
represented and commended her for the
course which she had chosen to pursue.
After having delivered this address he left
the Senate never more to return.
Brief extracts from this speech, which
was short, are as follows: "It has been a
conviction of pressing necessity, it has
been belief that we are to be deprived of
the rights which our fathers bequeated to
US, which has brought Mississippi into her
present decision. Senators, we recur to
the compact which binds us together; we
recur to the principles upon which our
Government was founded, and when you
deny them, and when you deny to us the
right to withdraw from Government which
threatens to be destructive of our rights,
we but tread in the path of our fathers
when we proclaim our independence and
take the hazard. This is done, not in hos
tility to others, not to injure any section of
the country, not even for our own pecuni-
airy benefit, but from the high and solemn
motive of defending and protecting the
rights we inherited and which it is our
sacred duty to transmit unshorn to our
children"
Louisiana Democrat: Every friend of
organized labor must deplore the dreadful
riots that have taken place in Pennsyl-
vania. Without passing upon the merits
of the dispute between the men and their
employers, it is enough to say that the
cause of labor is always hindered by riot
and bloodshed due to the action of the
men themselves. They must be right in
believing their cause just, concessions may
be due them, they may have been wronged
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