Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-13
Statue Of Jefferson Davis
Emphasizes Personal Traits

Double significance Is attached by the
Nation to the dedication of a statue of
Jefferson Davis. only President of the
Confederacy. 1t is a tribute by Mis-
slssippi TO one who was loyal TO the
South. and its place in Statuarv Hall
at the Capitol is a symbol of the feeling
OF the public that, looking back over
period Of domestic strife, it should be
proud to recognize the services of
talented Senator and Secretary of War
In the days before the Civil War, it is
recalled, the. Confederate leader was
conspicuous in administrative and legiS-
lat.ve acts.
He had been a brilliant Senator OF
the United States" says the Lexington
Leader, and. like Gen. Lee and Stone
wall Jackson went with the South be-
cause he really felt impelled to do so by
SYMPATHY and by reason What
the Northern people regarded as rebel
lion was not SO considered by the lead
erS of the Confederacy. They felt that
the Southern States had perfect right
to secede II it best served their interests
and was agreeable to their people They
fought long and CALAMITY for a cause
which they believed to be just. and
efterward in remarkable way adjusted
themselves to the new order"
Pointing out that London has
statue of Washington" the Chicago
Daily Tribune states: "Mr. Davis and
his associates contributed to the solu-
ton OF question of organization in
the United States which probably could
have been arrived at definitely ONLY in
the way it was-by force. A State was
either in the Union by its own consent
and during its own volition or it was in
without expectation OF separation I'm
I'll there was an answer to that. the
integrity, the form and the substance of
the American Republic was involved in
every contentious election and in every
significant piece of legislation proposed
or enacted in Congress"
X
ut was out Of struggle to which he
contributed a notable part that the
Nation was welded" declares the Ic,a-
noke WorldNews, reca ling also that ~
Secretary of War he supervised for the
Government the building of the very
wing of the Capitol in which his statue
now stands" The World News records
that with Lee as superintendent he re-
built the Military Academy at West
Point. revised the regulations of supply
for the military forces, and for the first
time established in the Army of the
United States an organized Medical
Corps" and that "it was while he was
Secretary of War that the peace time
policy was adopted of turning over large
engineering and construction projects to
the War Department as a policy fol-
lowed a half century later in construc-
ton of the Panama Canal"
The Lynchburg News finds interest
in the fact that "he reorganized the
Army and appointed officers who in the
great war soon to come won high place"
and that Ito call the roll of the great
generals Of that conflict is almost to
call the roll of Davis selections for i'm
portant Army posts" The News calls
him among the ablest men in the SEN
ate and as Secretary of War one of the
greatest.
was a leader of integrity and power"
AYERS the Hartford Daily Times, while
the Boston Transcript, referring to Ken
tuckys interest in both Lincoln and
Davis, remarks that 'he bore in char
acter and quality some traits that were
like those of Lincoln" The Transcript
adds that both were men of high ideals,
both were statesmen and each one left
heroic record" The Springfield
(MaSs.) Union pays the tribute. The
South loved and still loves him for his
constancy. The North, though still
holding him to be in the wrong, has
learned to respect him for the courage
of his convictions" The Schenectady
Gazette says: I'm honoring the leader
of the Lost Cause the honest and able
head of the Confederacy, we pay tribute
to the man who adhered to his prin-
ciples in shaping his life'S course"
With expression of sorrow that he
died a man without country" the
Raleigh News and Observer offers its
estimate of the place of the Confederate
leader: THE figure of the great Mis-
sjssfppian stands where he commanded
listening Senates,' near by the depart
mer7t where as Secretary of War he rem
dered distinguished service to the Amer