The farmer and mechanic., 1910-02-22
lI,ditorial Correspondence-)


,,,,,oi,. Miss. Feb. 19.-Ihere y
not in any portion Oh Aifieii
have seen a more Deautiiui
that YOU get of the Guf Ifoih
porch of the old home OF Jeiiei aoi
Davis at this place. the BAY Vi 4,
n1es is famed in song and story. ~
,o+e Rishop Lyman said the we" o.
the bay from the Edehtoh' NJ -
Carolina court house was as peaulllui
"a the Bay Of Naples. The We" mere
cannot be surpassed and more
restful place could not be selected Ior
the retirement and rest that Mr. Davis
desired after the stormy period from
his election to the Presidency of the
Southern Confed eracy until his re-
lease from imprisonment. NO man
has lived who gave hlmSeH more
fully to the service OF his country
that Mr. Davis during the storm ana
stress of the battling Confederacy,
and no man has been called upon to
bear in his own person the punish
ynent which the yictors wished to
visit upon the vanquished> Mr.. Davis
won his spurs as a soldier in Mexico
with Scott: he won fame as an execu-
tive when he made the best Secretary
OF War the country had known: and
as leader in debate in the United
States Senate he showed that he was
worthy in logic and ability to receive
The mantle of Calhoun. When the
South determined to exercise it's right
20 withdraw from the union OF SOW
ereign States, a right not doubted by
any when the Republic was organ
tied, Mr.. Davis was chosen President
Of the Southern Confederacy because
as D soldier and d statesman he had
demonstrated ability second to that Of
40 man in the new Republic. He set
himself to make bricks without straw.
and it was largely due to his wisdom
that his government maintained it
self against the rich and powerful
government at Washington, backed
and aided by the wealth and resource
OF the whole world. The surprise to
young men Of the South is not that
the Southern Confederacy failed; their
surprise is that it defied the superior
forces and resources of the world for
more than four years. won important
battles and carried terror to Wash
sngton. Nothing but the surprising
courage OF the men in the field; the
genius Of the military chiefs; and the
ability and resource Of Mr. Davis and
the civil leader made their resistance
70 superior forces for so many months
possible. There were differences OF
opinion between such able men as Mr..
Davis. Mr.. Stephens and Mr. Vance
during the war-wide differences
such as are always found among big
men who have strong convictions
and Mr.. Davis did not escape criticism
from them Cor some OF his policies
while the war was on. But when the
war was over and Mr.. Davis vicarious-
ty suffered for the whole South and
bore the punishment without ever
crying ''Peccavi'' and with the forti-
tude OF a Christian-when that spec
tacla was presented to the South. all
dinerences Of opinion were forgotten
and friends and opponents alike held
Mr.. Davis in the regard to which his
original public service and his tr1-
umph over unmerited punishment
entitled him.
The name OF this place means
Beautiful View and hither Mr.
Davis came when the shackles were
removed and the authorities at Wash
fngton found they could not convic,
him for treason and dared not pu,
him on trial for any crime, though
they had hurried through the grand
jury an indictment against him The
prosecution having fallen through
Mr. Davis was a free man, and came
back into the South to spend his re.
naming years in his beloved Missis-
slppI, more loved and venerated b,
his people as a private citizen JUS
from prison than when he welded
the sceptre Of power as President O.
the Confederate States Of America