: JEFF.DAVISJNOT WITHOUT A^OUN Vlfls — • TRY NOW. The Southern Chieftetn now with Lee and Jackson Again. Contented from Frees Repeats. • Something there wee to touch: the hearts of all men even the brief tel XT egrapbic announcement, a few hours since, that at 10,45 a. m. on the 6th insi, Jeffbbson Davis, ex-Presi dent of the< Southern Confederacy, had been taken away from the rev /; erent homage and warm ejections Of a whole people, dying in the arms of “life-long friends,” The Southern press needs bnt * scant biography for its tribute to so Illustrious a life and character—for , the history of this man was the bis V < tory of his country for more than H half a century, fraught with events . which shaped the destines of a na tion, and arrested the attention of ■ the Whole one lightened Worlld When aidant passed across the stage. A cursory mention will suffiue tor his birth in Christian county, Ky., bis removal at an early age to Mississippi (then a territory), his graduation from the. West Point Academy at the age of twenty years with R. E, Lee, Joseph E. and Al hert Sydney Johnston, John B. Magrnd?r and other subsequently distinguished Confederate leaders fts class-mates, and his service in the Black Hawk and other Indian wars of that period. His early man hood was not wanting in the qualities which rendered him conspieious as a ■ military leader in after years, and in ; vested his name with a lmlo of re - nown from the field of battle as “ splendid'as were his triumphs in / . . jthe forum and the councilhalls of ■. the nation. The captive and un chained savage, Black Hawk, saw and recognized with all the warmth ' of his barbaric nature, something of the winning grace and power to command in the gallant young lieu tenant whieh afterwards gave, easy .leadership' among men to the ■ patri ot, statement and-sage. Resigning his commission in the , army, Mr, Davis devoted the priod from 1835 to the care and manage of his estates near Vicksburg, Miss.; ' and, as if with presceince of the consecration of his life to his coun ■, try, and of the greatness to be thrust upon him, his clear mind, ex t ~ traordinary abilities and varied ac qnereinents reigned throughout those eight years in the kingdom of books and grand thoughts, that at the ■world's summons he might come forth master of that theory, and those principles of free constitution al government of which he was the most powerful and consistent ex ij ’ ponent of his time—standing in \fie • arena of State and Notional politics at the early age of 85 years, a gladi ator full-armed and panoplied, even V os Minerva, radiant in helmet and shield, burst from the brow of Jove. There were no intellectual pig , mies on the stage of that day from 'tirhom the great Southern’s ambi " lion was to wrest laurels, but the majesty of his presence captured popular admiration, while the vig or of his intellect and the forco of his character fitted him for an exal sHr ted place in a party not then too stong to disdain accessions; and al most at a bound he became the peer of Prentiss, Foote, Thompson, «. Brown and others whose name be came sedpnd only to his in the matu rity of their distinguished careers. Jefferson Daris entered political life at a time when the demands \ made upon public men rendered po litical life no sinecure. The Presi dential contest of 1844, while per haps not so thoroughly infused with ** an all* pervading sentiment as the •v , ‘‘Log Cabin” campaign of 1840, was f fight to the death between the two great partios dividing popular suffrage at that lime. As elector - on the national Democratic ticket v' ; 'his servicer were inestimable and •/h-r' his ability conspicuous; and, while ns indifierent as any mau living of the cheap effects to be gaiuert from epeeoli-tn.ikmg ami rhetorioal dut playrhis-eloquence—grand in its simplicity, all convincing in the vigor and tearseness of its language and style, irresistible, in its depth and fervor of feeling—moved and thrilled as never before a people not unused to a display of wonderful gifts of oratory. The limits of a newspaper article render it impossible to (race the illustrious'career, do justice to 'the distinguished services and deliniate the matchless character of Jefferson Davis. Gladstone—“The Grand Old Man,” a friend of cohstiutional lib erty as devoted, as self-sacrificing, as eloquent, as was the great Con federate chieftain whose mortal re mains now lie in state amidst a sor rowing people—has said of him that “he created a nation;” the comrades who followed his flashing sword, whose pulses lept at the thrilling tones of his clarion voice, tell of his saying an army by the valor of a PrinceJtupert and the genius of Marleborhuglr—when, laying aside the toga of a legislator, he put himself at the head of his immortal band of Mississippi Rifiles, and over the blood-bought fields of ; Leneria, Diabola and Monterey, he - pressed on 10 neuna v ista ana tne. acmeve ment of a victory, surpassing which history offers nothing in the records of Spartan courage, the mighty val or Borne in its pristine glory, the long Anglo, Saxon triumphs, the brilliant campaign of the French Republic and First Empire—nay, nothing from Manaaaes to Appo mattox, clothing, as that four years’ of struggle did, the army of Nor thern Virginia with inseparable glory. With the invincible brave ry ofa Paladin, of which his Mis sissippi Riflles caught the generous enthusiasm, and became, eaeh indi vidual soldier, a hfero, he threw his command against the flower of the Mexican army, and by and by hn by an exhibition of military genius not unworthy of Frederick the Great, Turenne, Napoleon or Lee, routed and dispersed the most gal lant and best appointed forces of Santa Anna. Beuna Vista is Mis sissippi's monument, enduring an perennial brass—every block of her historic shaft cemented with the blood of her sons. , v ne was appointed oy me gover nor of Mississippi to fill a vacancy in the Uwived States Senate in Au gust 1847, and in January 1848, the Legislature unanimously elected him Senator, and re-elected him in 1850 for a full term. He was made chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, and here, as in the House, was active in the discus sions on the various phases of the slavery question and the important work of the sessions, including the fugitive slave law and other com promise measures of 1850. Mr. Davis proposed the extension of the Missouri compromise line to the Pacific, and continued a zealous ad vocate of States’ rights. He was the unsuccessful States-rights or ’’resistance” candidate for the Gov ernor of his State in 1851, though by his personal popularity he redu ced the Union majority from 7,500 to 000. He had resigned his seat in the' Senate to take part in the can vass, and after a year of retirement actively supported Franklin Pierce in the ^Presidential contest of 1852. Mr; Davis left the Cabinet at the e.iqse of President Pierce’p term in 1857 imd in the same year entered the Senate again. He opposed the French spoliation bill, advocated the Southern route for for the Pacific Railroad, and opposed the doctrine of ‘popular sovereignty’ often en countering Stephen A. Douglass in debate on this question. After the settlement of the Knnsas contest by the passage of the Kansas confer ence bill, in which he had taken a chief part, he wrote to the people-of his State that it was “the triumph for which we contended." Mr, Da vis was a recognized Democratic leader in the 80th Congress. He made a tour of the Eastern States in 1858, making speeches at Boston, Portland, Me., Hew York, and oth er places, and in 1850 in a reply to an invitation to attend the Web ster birthday ' festival fn Boston wrote a letter denouncing “partisans who avow the purpose of oblitera ting the land marks of our fathers,” and containing strong Union senti ments. He bad been frequently mentioned as Democratic candidate [for the. Presidency, and received i .• V.' .**>< -• • f * > • many votes in the convention oi 1800, though his friends announced that he did not desire the nomina tion. Before Congress met in the autumn of 1800 Mr. Davis was sum moned to Washington by members of President Buchanan’s Cabinet tc suggest some modification of the forthcoming message to Congress. The suggestions were maoe and were adopted. Mississippi seceded on January 9th, and on January 24th, having been officially informed of the fact, Mr, Davis withdrew from the Sen ate and went to his ’ home, having taken leave of his associates in a speech in which he defended the cause of the South, and f begged pardon of all whom he had ’offend ed. - Before he reached home he had been appointed by the convention commander-in chief of the army of Mississippi, with the rank of major feneral; bat on February 18, 1861, e exchanged his office tor that of President of the Confederate States, to which the Provisional Congress at Montgomery had eldbted him on the 9th of February.' He selected for his Cabinet Robert Toombs, of Georgia, as, Secretary of State; Leroy P. Walker, of Alabama, Secretary ! of War; Charles G. Memminger, of South Carolina, Secretary of the ; Treasury ; Stephen R. Mallory, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy; Ju dah P. Benjamin, of Lonsiana, .At torney-General, and John H. Bom, of Texas, Postmaster-General. The last three continued in the Cabinet as long as the Confederate Govern ment maintained its existence. Toombs, Walker and Memminger were succeeded by others.” xu uo w»c icub ycuts ui ueuerson Davis are the greatest of his long and honored life. History often fashions heroes out of very common mould and the' adulation, of the chronicler, the plaudits of the world and the most generous needs to human greatness are frequently be stowed upon him who comes- laden with the trophies of success. " As a lawmaker and statesman', he has left to his people some of the ablest papers on the great questions of constitutional law and government to be found in the literature of hk country.' On the floor of the Sen ate he measured swords with the in tellectual Titans of his day, and maintained his. supremacy; Bear ing the banner of a> Southern Crass, he was the “creator of a nation,” the story of whose exploits will fill men’s hears as long as time itself. THE SHAME OF AMERICA, When Mr. Davit was Shackled at Fort ress Monroe. The scene is thus described by Dr, J. J. Craven, the Federal Burgeon of the Post, in his “Prison’' Life of Jefferson Davis,” published at the time. The account is probably true in its chief outline: “On the morning of the 22d of May a yet bitterer, triaf was in store for the proud spirit—a trial severer, probably, than has ever in modern times been inflicted upon any one who has ever .enjoyed such emi nence; This morning Jefferson Davis was shackeled. It was while all the swarming camps of the army of the Potomac, the Tennessee and Georgia—over 200,000 bronzed and laurelod veter ans—were preparing £or the grand review Of next morning, in which passing in endless succession, before the mansion of the President. the conquering military power of the nation was to lay down its arms at the feet of the civil authority, that the following scene was enacted at Fort Monroe: Captain Jerome E. Titlow, of the Third Pennsylvania artillery, enter ed the prisoner’s cell, followed by the blacksmith of the fort and his assistant, the latter carrying in his hand some heavy and harshly rat tling shackles. As they entered Mr. Davis was reclining on on his bed, feverish and weary after a sleepless night, the food placed near to him the preceding day still lying un touched in its tin plate near, his ‘Well?’said Mr. Davis,' as they entered, slightly raising his head, ‘I have an unpleasant duty to per form, sir,’ said Captain Titlow; and as he spoke the senior blacksmith took the sliackks from his assistant, Davis leaped instantly tc his recumbent attitude, a flush passing over his fuce for a moment, toic thbh his countenance growing livid and rigid as death, -* —— •.£' ."V:. • r'-' He grasped for breath, clutching his throat with the thib fingers of his right hand, and then recovering himself -slowly, while his wasted figure towered up to its fall height —now appearing to swell with in dignation and then to shrink with terror as he glanced from the Cap tain's face to the shackles—he said slowly and with a laboring chest: ‘Mv God! Yon cannot hare been sent nere to. iron me?” ‘Such are my orders, sir,’ replied the officer,* beckoning the black smith to approach, who stepped for ward, unlocking the padlock and preparing the fetters to do their of fice. These fetters were of heavy iron, probably five-eights of an ineh in thickness, and connected togeth er by a chain of like’weight. I be lieve they are now in the possession of Major-General Miles, and will form an interesting relic.' * /. ‘This is too monstrous,* groaned the prisoner; glancing .hurriedly round the room, as if for some wea pon or means of self destruction. ‘I demand, captain, that yoii let me see the commanding officer. Can he pretendthat such shackles are required to secure the safe custody of a.weak old man so guarded ana in a fort as this?’ ‘It Could serve no purpose,’ replied Captain Tittow; ‘his orders are from Washington, as mine are from him.’ ‘But he can telegraph,’ interposed Mr. Davis,: eagerly; ‘there must be some mistake. No such outrage as you threaten me with is on record m the history of nations. Beg him to telegraph, and delay anti! he an swers.’ ’ .. ~':tt JM.J orders are peremptory, said the officer, ‘and admit of no delay. For your own sake, let me advise yon to submit with patience. As a soldier* Mr, Davis, you know I must obey orders.’ . ’These are not orders for a sol dier,1' shouted the prisoner losing all control of himself, ‘They ere or ders forJa jailor—for a hangman, which no, soldier wearing a sword should’accept! I tell yon the world will nng with this disgrace. The war is over; the South is conquered. I have no longer any country but America, and it is for the honor of America, as for my own honor and life, that I plead against this degra dation. Kill me, kill me’ he pried passionately, throwing his arms wide open and exposing his breast* rather than inflict on me, and on my people, through me, this insult, worse than death. ‘Do your duty, Blacksmith,’ said the office!-, walking toward the em breasure as if not caring to witness the performance, ‘It only gives in creased pain on all of us to protract this interview,’ At these Winds the blacksmith advanced with the shackles, and seeing that the prisoner had one foot upon the chair near his bedside, his right hand resting on the back of it, the brawny incjnanic made an effort jo slip one of the shackles over the anxle so raised, but as if with vehemence and strengh which frenzy can impart even the weakest invalid, Mr. Davis suddenly seized liis assailant and hurled him half way across the room. un tuis captain litiow turned and seeing that Davis had backed against the wall for further resis tance, began to remonstrate, point ini’ out in brief, clear language, that this course was madness, and orders must be enforced at any cost. ‘Why compel me,’ he said, ‘to add the fur indignation of persrnal violence to the necessity or your being ironed.’ ‘I am a prisoner of war, fiercely retorted Davis; ‘I have been a sol dier in the armies of America, and know how to die. Only kill me and my latest breath shall be a blessing an your head. But while I have life and strength to resist for myself and my people, this thing shall not be done. Hereupon Capt. Titlow called in a sergeant and file of soldiers from the next room, and the sergeant ad vanced to seize the prisoner. Imme diately Mr. Davis flew on him, seiz ed his musket and attempted to wrench it from his grasp. Of course such a scene could have but one issue. There was a short passionate scuffile. In a moment Mr. Davis was flung upon his bed, and before his four powerful assial lants removed their hands from him, the blacksmith and his assistant had done their work—one securing the rivet on the right anjcls, while the other turned the key in the lock on the left. This done, Mr. Davis lav for a moment as if in stupor. Then slow raising himself and turning round, be droped his shackled feet to the floor. The harsh clank of thestrik ing chain seemed first to have recalls ed him to his situation, * * and he,muttered at brief intervals: ‘Ob, d>he shame, the shame? r MR. DAVIS'S REMINISCENSjfS. t He was in the Senate with Webster, Claiy and Calhoun.—His Estimate of tee, Jackson and Johnston. _ “I had peculiarly intimate rela tions with Clay, Calhoun and Web ster. I went to school in Lexing ton, Ky., Mr. Clay’s town. His favorite son, who was named Henry, was killed while with mein Mexico, and he always associated me. with that boy, Mr. Calhoun gave me my first warrant to West Point, and, by a singular concidenee, when I went to the Senate my seat was by his side, and he always seemed to taken fatherly supervision over me. While in the House I had been upon a committee charged with investi fating the State Department nnder [r. Webster's administration. He had been charged with misappro priating some of the Secret Service funds, but the investigation showed that he had simply used it.to prevent the introduction of the Ashburton Treaty into the politics of Vue State of Maine. • I drew and chapioned the report which exonerated him. Mr. Webster never forgot that act. He was the most grateful man for | any act of kindness or interest in him that I ever knew. He was a great orator, but not in the sense in which Mr. Clay was. Mr. Clay pos sessed the grace of oratory tp a great er extent than any man .that evfer lived in this country. His gestures, his manners and his speech were per fect. Mr, Calhoun hod none of the graces of oratory, but did I have a laf liucm. ana nis pronunciation was wretched. Bat no orator pf the present day could influence the people or have the po sition that these men had in those days. The newspapers have taken the place ot the speaker, and,a great er engine than the newspapers has superseded the orator—that is, the telegraph. People want hews and information, and want it in para graphs. They will hardly stand much more Ursula paragraph of ed itorial, and rebel at any thing like an essay. Speaking of the men andl measures just before the war, he said: “Mr. Buchanan was an able man, but a very timid one. If he had had the nerve to deal with the situ, ation as its'gravity demanded, 1 doubt exceedingly whether any other State South would have followed South Carolina into secession. Had he withdrawn the troops from Sum ter, it would have been such a con spicuous smt of conciliation that the other States would not, I believe, have calledconventions to consider the question.of secession, or if they had the ordinances would not have been passed. I was not one of those who believed that there could ever be a peaceful separation of the States, but could not convince our people of it. I had years before be come convinced by my association with public men, and specially with Mr. Webster, that the North would never consent to it.' I knew that : secession meant war, and, therefore did my utmost to prevent it. When the war came, however, it had to be I met with spirit. The. chance fora peaeeful separation of the States was lost years before the war. It could have succeeded • when the North Wanted to go, and again whhn Texas was annexed, hut not after.’" • • sit n . - v a • ui uto ucuciuia, 11c »uiu. “Albert Sidney Johnston was the most perfect man I ever knew. He hud divided his life between milita ry and civil pursuits,' and shown wonderfuLifiupacity in both. He had such a grand character, such i perfect self poise, such an analytical mind, such ready conception of men marvellous quicknes of perceptions and ability to deal with events. 1 never before, saw a single individual having so many sterling qualities. I had Known him intimately many years. General Lee apd myself were cadets at West Point together but Albert Sidney Johnston and I hod been much together in active life, iu the field, in bivouac, anttin private intercourse. Early in our association I was struck with his marvelous quickness of perception and perfect command of himself._ AT THB 80BBKNDJSB OF MOHTKBEY. “We were together, in Mexico one morning when both ’thought our lives not worth a fig. I was the of ficer selected to arrange the terms for the surrender of Monterey, and had spent several hours with General Ampndia, the Mexican Comman ding General arranging the terpis. It was getting quite late and there was suspicious delay in signing the papers. I said to General Arupti dia, ‘Have the articles signed and I will call for them in the morning.’ I arose early the next day, had my horse saddled, took a cup of coffee and started for the Headquarters of the Mexican General, in the city of Monterey. As I passed the Head quarters of general TayIor} who al ways got up . with the chickens, he he stuck Ins head out of the tent to see who Was passing and seeing me said;-. ■ .' ■ “‘Hallo, Davis! Where are ytro. going? “‘I am going to General Ampudia to receive the terms of surrender, which he was to have signed and ready for me this morning.’ . “ ‘Not by yourself.’ “ ‘One man is as good as twenty. If. they mean foul.play, they would destroy twenty as well as one, and if there is danger nothing but an ar my will do.’ • “ ‘Get down and have a cup of coffee, and wait a few moments.' “I alighted and went in, and while we were talking Colonel Albert Sid ney Johnston, whOjWas then acting Inspector General, came along. He asked me where I was .going, and 1 gave him the s-’me reply that I gave General Taylor. “‘Let me go with yon?. * —“‘Cerlaiulyp I shall be glad to have yon.’ .. . ... . “After our coffee Johnston and I started. When we reached the streets We found them stockaded, and only room for one horse to pass between the stockade and the buildings. Artillery was guarding the entrance and the men stood at their guns With port-fires open. The tops of the houses, which- were flat, were also covered with infantrymen stan ding at their guns. The whole keens had an oiEiiiuus look, and as we approached Johnston called my attention to it, and said: 'Have you' a chief? If so, too it’ white handker hqd better show , “I- pulled one out and rode up to the stockade, and, summoning the officer in the command, said: ‘“I am here by appointed with Ampudia. Please to notify him of my presence.’ “The offiecer turned his back to ns and gave some orders, which I did not understand, and we waited some time,and things began to look still more suspicious. I then called the officer’s attention again to the im portance of our mission, and anoth er man was sent, and then another delay, and a third was dispatched. While waiting we saw Ampudia’s Adjutant-General coming down the street. We knew that he spoke English. Johnston, in a very low tone of voice, said: “ ‘This man cannot affect not to understand us.’ “As he came up we saluted, and explained to him that I was there in obedience to an understanding with his commanding officer, and there appeared some delay, and I express ed a wish that he would have us conducted' to General Ampudia’s presence. ; “ ‘Oh, certainly,’ said he, and he calling an orderly to show us tha way. Johnston in an undertone said: “He had better do the conduct in at.” _ ■ “ ‘I would be obliged if you would accompany us to the General's pres ence yourself,’ said I. “*0h, with pleasure, with pleas ure,’ he replied, and lead the'way. “As we turned and passed through the stockade, Johnston took one side of the Adjutant-General, and I the other, and we were soon with the Mexican general, and had the papers relating to the captulation in our hands. . “On our return, in jumping the ditch the flab to my holster flew up and I informed that my pistol had been stolen by his orderly while I was with the Mexican General. It was a very valuable one, although a very plain one. It had been given to me. by Colonel Johnston, my com panion during the Black Hawk war and I prized it highly. COMPLIMKimirO KX-OONPEDRRATB OP? PICER8. . “Albert Sidney Johnston was doubtless the most perfect soldier of the War on either side. The battle of Shiloh is the only battle of whioh I have any knowledge that was fought just as it was planned. He sent me a dispatch, which has been lost or destroyed, giving the plan of his battle, and if it bad not been for a delay in some of his troops coming up, every incident of his plan would hnve been carried out and each mov ment would have fitted in like clock? works." “Stonewall Jackson was the greatest evocative officer of tho Con federacy. General Lee uttered a great truth, and from his heart, when he said, upon hearing of Jack son’s death: *1 have lost my right arm.’ Lee was a great, soldier and a great man. Most people mistake hiuL character. He had the reputation of being a slow, careful cautious manj bat he wye one of the most combative men I ever. kuew. He was always willing to fight. At times he was even impetuous, espec ially in the lace of disater. He would often rush into places, and dangers where he did not belong, , and many times showed his dispo sition to be an executive leader, rath-v ‘ er. than the controlling mind of a great army.'' He ' wag one of the purest men 1 ever knewa man in capable of subterfuge, evasion, da- ■ ceit or indirection. He won ana held deservedly a high place as a man and a soldier at home and abroad. When Jackson lived, he was Lee’s ; dependence. He recognized Jackson’s ability as an executive offioer, antj trusted him implicitly when he gavg him hia plans. Jackson never wait ed for orders a second time, nor sent back for instructions. After the battle of Gettysburg Lee wrote to me A that he had met with a reverse, and abler man to take his place. I re plied that if I could find a‘younger and abler nian’ I might desire to make the change, but as I had sa much'more confidence in him than - . in any other man I knew, I would : not consider it. We had many oth er strong Generals, but these were our great leaders.” ■ THE CONDITION OP THE SOUTH. Mr. Davis once talked "to me long and earnestly on the condition of ; the South. Among "'many other things, he said: r : " ’ , asked me to find some ii me do util can establish ft system of tenantry or get iinmign^' ! toon to occupy and-tili its lands there is no question but that it has a great ■ future. Whether the colored people will ever reach that point is a ques tibn yet to be settled. Man is nqw in a struggle with nature upon there problems. There is no question but that the whites are better off for the abolition of slavery. It is an equally patent fact that the colored people are not. It is an arithmeti cal proposition easily determined i that it is more profitable to proceed t„ i with free labor; where only the hand employed is to be paid, than where the whole family ia to be supported to get the labor of those, competent to work. Then there is also a ear ing in capital. Before the War, ‘ j when a colored man died, the owner lost from $1,000 to $1,500. Now he loses nothing, except, perhaps, the ' cost of burial. If the colored peo ple shall develop a proper degree of thrift, and get a degree of education ~ to keep pace with any advancement they may make, they may become a : > tenantry which will enable the South to rebuild the waste places and be- . come immensely wealthy; : ’ “Negroes become greatly attached to localities, and most of them lore to remain where they were raised. Almost all of our old servants are t yet on the old plantation near Vicksburg* The colored people have many good traits, and many of them are religious. Indeed, the 4,000,000 S in the South when the War began were Chistianized from barbarism, i; In that respect the South has been . a greater practical m issionary than , all,the society missionaries in the world. T had an old man, who, for the colored people in our section, was as complete a ruler as was ever born. He was as free from guile and as truthful a man as I ever anew, a no reuerai iorces treated —v the old man with great indignity. He was a very superior servant, and his quarters where he lived were fit ted up with taste, some people might >' say with luxury. He had everything about him for his comfort, ana when the so}diers came and looked into his neat and well-furnished cabin they asked him who those things belonged to. *To me,’ he $ answered. They denounced him as untruthful, and' said that he had taken those things to keep for his master, and tools them away from ■'<% him. . / ’’ “Nothing that was ever done to me,” said Mr. Davis, “made me so indignant as the treatment of this ;«W. colored man.” “War was not necessary to the abolition of slavery,” continued Mr, Davis. “Years before the agitation began at the North and the mena cing acts to the institution there was a growing fueliug all over the South fpr its abolitiou. But the aboli tionists of the North, both in publi cations und in speech, cemented the South and crushed the feeling in .favor of emancipation. Slavery could have been blotted out without the sacrifice of brave men and with out the strain whieh revolution al* ‘ ways makes upon established forms _ of government. I see it stated that I uttered the sentiment, or indorsed . it, that,‘Slavery is the cornerstone * of the Confederacy.” That is not ., my utterance. : His day is done, and his dlsscus sum of the mighty problems of this -r. Republic are over. Hi* estimate of ” men is interesting, as it fixe* hi* ve- H' lotions with those who played in the—-*i same mighty game with him. v

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