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Tie Memoir of Jefferson Davis.
THE LIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF
THE CONFEDERACY, AS TOLD
BY WIFE.
The Story of the Civil War in the Ca
reer of Its Leader Mr. Davis as
Cadet, Frontiersman, Indian
Fighter, Legislator, Sol
dier and Statesman
Vibid Pictures of
Southern Life
Before the
War.
PORTR .ITS OF GREAT MEN.
The Great Struggle From the Southern
Standpoint Mr. Davis' Character
as a Man and a Leader.
Belford Company, of New York,
have just issued "Jefferson Davis, Ex
president of the Confederate States.
A Memoir, by His Wife," in two large
octavo volumes of more than 1,600
pages, liberally illustrated. For a con
siderable time Mr. Davis had medi
tated a biographical work which should
not only give to the world the salient
facts of his personal history, but should
also include his public acts both under
the Federal Government and under
the Confederacy, as well as his corres
pondence, documents, relations with
the celebrated personages of the coun
try, and the beliefs and principles
which guided him as the President of
the seceding States during the four
years' struggle. After he had collect
ed a vast quantity of memoranda and
had written many important sections,
but before he had arranged any por
tion of his work as he intended, he
was suddenly cut off by death. His
wife, however, had, during her many
years of close union with him, become
so thoroughly acquainted with his
whole history, his ideas, and aims, and
had aided him so far in the projected
work, that she was enabled to take up
the pen where her husband had drop
ped it and continue the volumes to
completion.
The book is written with candor,
earnestness, and force; with a desire
to avoid offense, and yet with a rigid
insistance upon fact; unsparing, and
yet without bias. It is, in reality, the
first authentic voice with which the
South has yet spoken the voice of its
leader, claiming to be heard and
judged as he was, and for what he did;
to receive the verdict of to-day and of
posterity. Whatever opinions may be
held upon the principles involved,
there can be no question of the perfect
fairness, earnestness, and scrupulous
justice of these marvelous volumes.
"As to the plan of the work," says
Mrs. Davis, Vol. I., p. 2, "I shall en
deavor, as far as possible, to make the
book an autobiography to tell the
story of my husband's life in his own
words; to complete the task he left un
finished." Speaking of his boyhood and an
cestry, Mr. Davis say's, Vol. I., p. 5:
"My parents lived near Augusta,
Ga., where they had a farm, on which
they resided until after the birth of
several children, when they moved to
what was then known as the Green
River country, in the southwestern
part of Kentucky. There my father
engaged in tobacco-planting and rais
ing blooded horses, of which he had
some of the finest in the country.
The following anecdote of Senator
David R. Atchison is in Mr. Davis's
own words, Vol. I., p. 25.
Among my college mates in
Transylvania was a tall country boy,
true-hearted and honest, with many
virtues, but without grace or tact.
The sight of him always seemed to
suggest to Mr. Bishop the question of
the Catechism, 'Who made ye, Dau-
vid?' to which Atchison always an
swered, Gaud,' and Mr. Bishop inva- j
riably responded, 'Quite right, Dauvid; j
quite right.' I left him in the college
when I went to West Point, and after
wards, when I met him in the United
Stares Senate, in which he was one of
the Senators from Missouri, my first
greeting was, Who made ye, Dauvid?' ' '
Mr. Davis thus speaks oi his career
at West Point, Vol. I., p. 31:
"I passed my examination for ad
mission at the senior class, and as it
was so long ago I may say that I had
taken an honor, when I received intel
ligence of the death of my lather. He'
died on July 4, 1824, at the age ol
sixty-eight."
A fellow cadet thus speaks of Cadet
Davis, -Vol. I., p. 51:
"Jefferson Davis was distinguished
in the corps for his manly bearing, his
high-toned and lofty character. His
figure was very soldier-like and rather
robust; his step springy, resembling
the tread of an Indian 'brave' on the
war path."
The story of Mr. Davis's career as a
soldier in the Indian wars of the period
is full of interest. On one occasion
it was only his quickness and fertility
of resource that saved himself and par
ty from torture and death. Vol. I.,
p. 60:
"They would have been captured
had not Lieutenant Davis thought of
rigging up a sail with one of their
blankets. Fortunately, the wind was
in their favor, but it was very boister
ous. As it was a choice between cer
tain death by the hands of the Indians,
or possible death by drowning, they
availed themselves of the slender
chance left and escaped. This was
one among many instances of Mr. Da
vis's fertility of resources when a sudden
exigency arose. ...
"When Lieutenant Davis was on an
expedition in the neighborhood of
Fort Gibson once, he met Washington
Irving and also Eleazur Williams, the
person who believed himself to be the
Dauphin of France. His impression
of Washington Irving was that he was
a most amiable and charming man,
lamentably out of place on that fron
tier, and he suspected Mr. Irving of
secretly coinciding with him. Of Mr.
Williams he had only one memory,
and that was that he looked like a
preacher and had a measured cadence
in his speech like one."
Mr. Davis's rose to prominence as a
statesman at once. His eloquence
was singularly impressive. Vol. I.,
pp. 214-214:
"Mr. Davis' speeches never read as
they were delivered; he spoke fast, and
thoughts crowded each other closely;
a certain magnetism of manner and
the exceeding beauty and charm of
his voice moved the multitude, and
there were apparently no inattentive
or indifferent listeners. He had one
power.that I have never seen excelled:
while speaking, he took in the indi
viduality of the crowd, and seeing
doubt or a lack of coincidence with
him in their faces, he answered the
mental dissonance with arguments ad
dressed to the case in their minds."
On the breaking out of the Mexican
War, Mr. Davis at once offered his
services. At the storm on Monterey
his figure was one of the most con
spicuous. Vol. I., p. 204:
"Anticipating General Quitman,
Col. Davis, about the same time, gave
the order to charge. With wild des
peration his men followed him. The
escalade was made upon the guns of
the enemy. Sword in hand, McClung
has sprung the ditch. After him
dashes Davis, cheering on the Missis
I sippians, and then Campbell with his
Tenneseeans and others, brothers in
the fight and rivals for its honors.
Then was wild work. The assault
was irresistable."
. It was Mr. Davis's skill and courage
that saved the day at Beuna Vista.
Vol. I., pp. 345-3S2:
"Here Colonel Davis formed the
celebrated V, which in reality was no
V, but a re-entering angle. The for
mation was ordered by Colonel Davis
without the counsel or co-operation of
any officer, for indeed there was none
to advise with."
"Jefferson Davis twice saved the
day during the great battle which con
quered one-half of Mexico, and made
General Taylor President of these
United States."
Vol. I., p. 261:
"Mr. Davis had not long to wait
for the most signal expressions of grat
itude and homage which his. State
could offer him. Gov. A. G. Brown,
within less than two months after his
return home, appointed him to fill the
vacancy in the United Sta.tes Senate
occasioned by the death of Senator
Jesse Speight. His appointment was
unanimously ratified by the Legisla
ture." Much space is appropriately given
to Mr. Davis's Congressional services.
The following is quoted from his
speech on the Amendment in the Or
egon Question. Vol. 1., p. 880:
He said: "As to the introduction
of slavery into Oregon, no Southern
Senator has ever asked it. The fact
that the slave is property which his
owner may carry away with him into
any part of the Union was that which
they were desirous to see recognized.
The clause in the Constitution relative
to the regulation of commerce was a
constitutional admission that the slave
is property. It is because slaves are
considered property that the importa
tion of slaves from Africa has been
carried on under the sanction of this
clause in the Constitution. The words
'slaves or any other property,' in the
Constitution, are conclusive on this
point. If the existence of the slave as
property be admitted, what power has
Congress to interfere with it?"
Many portraits of celebrated men
are given in these volumes.. Those of
Stephens and Toombs are character
istic. Vol. I., pp. 310, 3"-357:
"He loved Alexander H. Stephens
with a tenderness that was almost pa
thetic, and was as much beloved by
him.
"They were very sharply contrasted
personally. Mr. Toombs was over six
feet tall, with broad shoulders; his fine
head set well on his shoulders, and
was covered with long, glossy black
hair, which, when speaking, rte man
aged to toss about so as to recall the
memory of Danton.
"Mr. Stephens was not small, but
he looked so, irom the shortness of his
body. The shape of his head was un
polished and immature. His arms
were disproportionately long, and his
beardless, wrinkled face gave him the
look of one born out of season. His
eyes were clear hazel, and had a fine,
critical and deliberate expression that
commanded attention. His voice was
thin and piercing like a woman's, but
there the resemblance ended. His was
a virile mind sustained by an. inflexi
ble will. ... I was quite near
Mr. Calhoun, and saw him come in
supported on each side by a Senator,
breathing in short gasps, emaciated to
the last degree, his eyes shining with
fever; but his eagle glance swept the
Senate in the old lordly way. Seeing
me, he gave me one burning hand as
he passed, whispering, 'My child, I am
too weak to stop,' he passed on and
dropped into his seat."
In the midst of all this action and
turmoil of his public career we get
charming glimpses of domestic life.
Vol. I., p. 474:
"My husband was very fond of cul
tivating trees and of seeing roses and
ornamental shrubs blooming about us.
We worked together in the garden the
greater part of the day, and whenever
he thought of it he laughed over one
of our two gardeners sending an order
for seeds to New Orleans, with the en
dorsement on the outside of the letter,
'Please send these seeds immediately,
if not sooner. John O'Connor, Gar
dener.'" How firmly Mr. Davis maintained
his sense of right, the following inci
dent of his Cabinet career will illus
trate. Vol. I., p. 544:
"Mr. Davis expressed his inability
to agree with the President, and after
Cabinet meeting he came home and
told me the circumstance, and that he
could not recede, as he looked upon
the act as subversive of justice. He
added: 'I will not insist upon my
view of the matter, but I will resign
rather than embarrass the President,
or do what I consider an injustice.'
Late in the evening the President sent
an explanatory note, offering to an
nounce himself responsible for the ob
jectionable course, and so it was set
tled." Mr. Davis's withdrawal lrom the
Senate after the secession of his State
is given in his own words. Vol. I.,
pp. 686-687:
"Telegraphic intelligence of the se
cession of Mississippi had reached
Washington some considerable time
before the fact was officially commu
nicated to me. This official knowl
edge I considered it proper to await
before taking formal leave of the Sen
ate. My associates from Alabama and
Florida concurred in this view. Ac
cordingly, having received notification
of the secession of these three States
about the same time, on January 21st,
Messrs. Yulee and Mallory, of Florida,
Fitzpatrick and Clay, of Alabama, and
myself, announced the withdrawal of
the States from which we were re
spectively accredited, and took leave
ot the Senate at the same time."
Volume II. takes up Mr. Davis's life
at the period of his retirement from
the United States Senate in obedience
to what he regarded as his imperative
duty to his State. There had been
rumors current that the retiring menu
bers of Congress would be arrested.
Mr. Davis remained a week in the
capital, but (Vol. II., p. 3)
"No attempt was made, however, to
arrest any of the retiring members;
and, after a delay of a few days spent
in necessary preparations . left Wash
ington for Mississippi, passing through
Southwestern Virginia, East Tennessee,
a small part of Georgia, and North Al
abama. A deep interest in the events
which had recently occurred was exhib
ited by the people of these States, and
much anxiety was indicated as to the
future. . . .
"At Jackson , Mr. Davis found h is com -mission
from Gov. 1. 1. Pettus, as Major
General of the forces of Mississippi,
dated January 25, 1861. Then be
gan the business of making provisions
for arms, and for the organization and
discipline of the forces of Mississippi.
Governor Pettus came to Mr. Davis to
consult about the purchase of arms.
He thought 75,000 stand would be
sufficient. Again Mr. Davis was very
emphatic, saying, 'The limit of our
purchases should be our power to pay.
We shall need all and many more than
we can get, I fear.' Governor Pettus,
once or more during the conference,
remarked, 'General, you overrate the
risk.' "
Of his election as President Mr.
Davis himself says, Vol. II., p. 17:
"On the next day (February 9th)
an election was held for the chief ex
ecutive officers, resulting, as I after,
ward learned, in my election to the
Presidency, with the Hon. Alexander
H. Stephens, ot Georgia, as Vice-President.
Mr. Stephens was a delegate
from Georgia to the Congress."
Mr. Davis wrote of the formation of
his Cabinet, Vol. II., p. 38:
"Unencumbered by any other con
sideration than the public welfare,
having no friends to reward or ene
mies to punish, it resulted that not one
of those who formed my first Cabinet ;
had borne to me the relation of close 1
personal friendship, or had political
claims upon me; indeed, with two of
them I had no previous acquaintance."
The many difficulties which sur
rounded Mr. Davis in his new position
as President of the Confederacy are
clearly outlined, together with his in
defatigable industry and patience.
The North, meantime, was not idle.
Vol. II., pp. 68-72:
"On April 19, 1861, President Lin
coln proclaimed a blockade, not as
the effort to embarrass and destroy the
commerce of a separate nation, but to
subdue insurrection."
"The North had all the manufactur
ing establishments necessary to pro
duce all the material or war. She had
an uninterrupted commerce with the
outside world. Altogether, her man
ufacturing resources were about five
hundred'to one compared with those
of the South. She had in addition to
this the inestimable advantage of hav
ing all the workshops of the world
open to her."
With the bombardment and surren
der of Fort Sumter, both North and
South understood that a desperate
struggle had been inaugurated, a war
unequaled in the annals of modern
times. Vol. II., p. 80:
"When the news reached the Pres
ident of the Confederacy his first ex
pression was of thankfulness that no
blood had been shed; he said: 'Sepa
ration is not of necessity final there
has been no blood spilled more pre
cious than that of a mule.' He then
sooke of his old friend 'Bob Anderson,'
of his splendid gallantry, and of his
sorrow at being separated from him."
Thereafter the hovering war-cloud
settled down darkly over the face
of the land, and the history of
Mr. Davis's life during the next four
years is that of battles fought, victories
won and defeats sustained, and the
movements of vast armies swaying to
and fro in bloody struggle. Vol. II.,
p. 88:
"The two first encounters of the
Northern and Southern troops oc
curred about this time. On June 11,
1 86 1, at Bethel Church, and on June
1 8th Colonel Vaughn met the enemy
at the twenty-first bridge on the Balti
more & Ohio Railroad, charged upon
his camp, captured and brought off
two pieces of artillery and the enemy s
flag."
In relation to the exchange of pris
oners the following is very important.
Vol. II., p. 185:
"About the end of January, 1862,
the Confederate Government endeav
ored to procure the exchange of prisp
ners taken by lhe armies of the bellig
erents, and an officer was sent by Gen
eral Johnston to General McClellan.
The proposition was not entertained
by the Federal Government, and our
efforts to shorten the imprisonment of
the captives in our hands met no en
couragement from their own friends.
"Thus early in the war the Confed
erate Government displayed its desire
to secure a free exchange of prisoners,
which, had it been carried out in good
faiih by the Federate, would have saved
from unavoidable suffering and death,
thousands of both armies."
Here is a striking glimpse" afforded
us by Mrs. Davis, Vol. II., p. 205:
"I walked from one end to the
other of the hospital, and tried in vain
to find a man who desired pecuniary
aid. One fair-haired boy, with emaci
ated face and armless sleeve, looked
up and whispered, 'There is a poor
fellow on the other side who I think'
will take a little, I am afraid he has no
money; my father gives me all I want.'
I crossed the room and asked the suf
ferer, who had neither hand, if I could
not get him something he craved. He
flushed and said, 'I thank you, madam,
for your visit, but I do better than that
poor fellow over there; he has lost his
leg and suffers dreadfully."
General Johnston's death is thus
mentioned, Vol. II., p. 229:
"General Johnston fell at 2:30 p.
m., while his victorious army was push
ing the enemy before him in the full tide
of glorious victory. The mortal wound
was from a Minie ball, which tore the
politeal artery of the right leg. He
did not live more then ten of fifteen
minutes after receiving it."
Here is also a characteristic inci
dent, Vol. II., p. 345:
"The Confederate women looked on
at the struggle with ever-increasing
interest; they offered their jewels, their
plate, and everything of value they
possessed which would be useful to
their country. One of these devoted
patriots said to me, I tried and could
not make up my mind to part with
my wedding-ring, and it was so thin
from wear; else I think I could have
given it up."
The battle of Gettysburg is describ
ed at considerable length, and with a
vividness of color and accuracy of de
tail unequalled in previous histories of
the Civil War. Vol. II., pp. 382-391:
"Ewell's division (at 8 p. m,)
charged up the Cemetery Hill, over
the crest and stone walls, and met the
enemy "in a hand to hand contest; the
crest gained, they held it until com
pelled to retire by the advance of the 1
enemy in overwhelming force. j
"On July 3rd, General Lee, encour- j
aged by the successes of the two pre- j
fMrlifT live tT-m 1 r tA tn pnonri-r '
and for that purpose, Pickett's division,
just arrived, and numbering 4,760
officers and men, with Heth's division
on the left, and Wilcox's brigade on
its right, and with Lane's and Scales's
brigades under General Trimble, as
supports, were aligned for the attack."
The following is an extract from
Jefferson Davis's instructions to Ste
phens, in his commission to Washing
ton, Vol. II., p. 402:-
"My whole purpose is, in one word,
to place this war on the footing of
such as are waged by civilized people
in modern times, and to divest it of
the savage charac er which has been
impressed on it by our enemies, in
spite of all our efforts and protests.
War is full enough of unavoidable hor
rors, under all its aspects, to justify,
and even to demand, of any Christian
ruler who may unhappily engage in
carrying it on, to seek to restrict its
calamities, and to divest it of all un
necessary severities."
This item, Vol.11., p. 528, is inter
esting as showing the "war prices" in
1863:
"Sugar is $20 per pound; new ba
con, $$; and chickens, $12 per pair.
Soon we look for a money panic,
when a few hundred millions of paper
money is funded, and as many more'
collected by the tax collectors. Con
gress struck the speculators a hard
blow. One man, eager to invest his
money, gave $100,000 for a house and
lot, and he now pays $5,000 tax on
it; the interest is $6,000 more; total,
$11,000."
The chapter on "Exchange of Pris
oners," Vol. II., pp. 536-574, is one
of the most important of the whole
work, and puts a new aspect upon the
story of Southern cruelties to Federal
prisoners. Mr. Davis positively as
serted, and many letters, documents,
and memoranda are included in these
memoirs, to show that, had the Fed
eral authorities been willing to make
proper exchanges, the sufferings and
deaths of hundreds of Federal soldiers
would never have occurred. We refer
the reader to the chapter named, for
the statements set forth, having space
only to quote the following passage,
Vol. II., p. 552:
"The Confederate President, in a
message of May 2, 1864, said: 'Qn
the subject of the exchange of prison
ers, I greatly regret to be unable to
give you satisfactory information. The
Government of the United States,
while persisting in failure to execute
the terms of the cartel, make occasion
al deliveries of prisoners, and suspend
action without apparent cause. I con
fess my inability to comprehend their
policy or purpose. The prisoners held
by us, in spite of human care, are per
ishing from the inevitable effects of
imprisonment and the home-sickness
produced by their hopelessness of re
lease from confinement. The specta
cle of their suffering augments our de
sire to relieve from similar trials our
own brave men, who have spent so
many weary months in a cruel and
useless' imprisonment, endured with
heroic constancy."
The capture of Richmond set the
seal of final ruin upon the cause of the
Confederacy, and in common with
those who had the cause at heart, a
deep depression fell upon Mr. Davis's
heart.. His instructions to his wife re
veal his feelings at this sorrowful period,
Vol. II., p. 577:
"The day before our departure Mr.
Davis gave me a pistol and showed me
how to load, aim, and fire it. He
was very apprehensive of our falling
into the hands of the disorganized
bands of troops roving about the coun
try, and said, 'You can at least, if re
duced to the last extremity, force your
asasilants to kill you, but I charge you'
solemnly to leave when you hear the
enemy are approaching; and if you
cannot remain undisturbed in our own
country, make lor the Florida coast
and take a ship there for a foreign
country,
Of General Lee's surrender the fol
lowing paragraph may be quoted, Vol.
II., p. 625:
"General Lee had succumbed to the
inevitable. Some persons, with prob
ably a desire to pay a weak tribute to
Lee's kind heart, or to rob Grant of
his claims of magnanimity, in the
matter qf the surrender, have said that
General Lee had only surrendered to
stop the effusion of blood. This is
not true. He had no weakness where
plain duty was concerned. He sur
rendered to overwhelming force and
insurmountable difficulties. In Grant's
treatment of prisoners, let him have
all the credit that can attach to him."
Of his capture Mr. Davis says, in an
account written by himself, Vol. II.,
p. 640:
"Many falsehoods have been uttered
in regard to my capture, which have
been exposed in publications by per
sons there present by Secretary Rea
gan, by the members of my personal
staff, and by the colored coachman,
Jim Jones, which must have been con
vincing to all who desired to know the
truth. We were-; when prisoners, sub
jected to pettypillage, as described in
the PublifafiSnV- referred to, and in
?lrjf; and to annoyances such asmu-
gentlemen never commit or pcr-
Serious charges of almost incredible
brutality are made against General
Miles, who was in charge of Mr. Da
vis while a prisoner. The evidence of
letters and other material advanced
as testimony, make out a case which
it will be very difficult to meet. A
chapter is devoted to "The Tortures
Inflicted by General Miles." The fol
lowing is from the report of the med
ical attendant, Vol. II., p. 671:
"July 30th. Found Mr. Davis in a
very critical state; his nervous debility
extreme; his mind more despondent
than heretofore, his appetite gone,
complexion livid, and pulse denoting
deep prostration of all physical ener
gies. Was much alarmed, and real
ized with painful anxiety the responsi
bilities of my position. If he were to
die in prison, and without trial, sub
ject, to such severities hs had bet 'ft in
flicted on his attenuated frame, the
world would form unjust conclusions,
but conclusions with enough color to
pass them into history."
Much space is given to the efforts
made hy Mr. Davis and his friends to
bring about his trial. Vol. II., p. 787:
"The Government did not proceed
with the trial. Another year has pass
ed since the capture of Mr. Davis,
and now another atsempt to liberate
him by bail was to be made. The
Government, by its conduct, having
tacitly abandoned those special charges
of inhumanity, a petition for a writ
was to be presented by which the pris
oner might be tried by the civil au
thority to answer the indictment for
treason."
Quotations of passages of the deep
est import from these remarkable vol
umes might be continued any length,
but those given will sufficiently illus
trate the aim and importance of this
remarkable work, which is carried
down to the close of Mr. Davis's ca
reer in the calm retirement of a plan
ter's life the life of a gentleman of
quiet literary tastes and pursuits, ap
parently forgetful that he was for many
years a marked figure in the world's
history, the head and centre of one of
the most wonderful movements of
modern times; the chieftain of a great
"lost cause," but still worthy the re
spect of his contempararies and of pos
terity. llobt. Ingergoll's Most Eloquent
Speech.
In a case involving the manufacture
of ardent spirits, Col. Robert G. In
gersoll, in summing up, made the fol
lowing brilliant temperance lecture :
"I am aware that there is a preju
dice against any man engaged in the
manufacture of alcohol. I believe,
from the time it is issued from the
poisonous worm in the distillery, until
it empties into the hell of death, dis
honor and crime that it is demoralizing
to every body that touches it, from the
source to where it ends. I do not be
lieve that anybody can contemplate
the subject without being prejudiced
against the crime. All we have to do
is to think of the wrecks on either side
of the stream of death, of sucicides, of
insanity, of poverty, of the destruction
of little children tugging at the breasts
of despairing wives asking for bread,
of the men of genious it has wrecked,
of the struggling with imaginary ser
pents produced by this devilish thing :
and when you think of the jails and
almshouses, of the asylums, of the prison
and the scaffold on either side, I do
not wonder that the thoughtful man is
prejudiced against this vile stuff called
alcohol. Intemperance cuts down
youth in its vigor, manhood in its
strength, and age in its weakness. It
breaks the father's heart, bereaves the
doting mother, extinguishes the natu
ral affection, erases conjugal love, blots
out filial attachments, blights parental
hope, and brings premature age in sor
row to the grave. It produces weak
ness not strength, sickness not health,
death not life. It makes wives widofcrs,
children orphans, fathers fiends, and
all paupers. It feeds rheumatism,
nurses gout, welcomes epidemics, em
braces consumption, and fills the land
with misery and crime. It begets con
troversies, fosters quarrels and riots.
It crowds your penitentiaries, and fur
nishes victims for the scaffold.
It is the blood of the gambler, the
element of the burglar, the prop ot the
highwaymen, and the support of the
midnight incendiary. It countenances
the liar, respects the thief, esteems the
blasphemer. It violates obligations,
reverences fraud, hates love, scorns In
nocence and virtue.
It incites the father to butcher his
helpless offspring, and the child to
grind the parricidal axe. It burns up
the men, consumes women, detests
life, curses God and despises Heaven.
It suborns witnesses, nurses perfidy
defiles the jury box, and stains the ju
dicial ermine. It bribes voters dis
qualifies votes, corrupts elections, en
dangers the Government. It degrades
the citizen, debases the legislator, dis
honors the statesman, and disarms the
patriot. It brings shame, not honor;
terror, not safety ; despair, not hope ;
misery, not happiness ; and with the
malevonance of a fiend, calmly surveys
its frightful desolation1, and unspairing
with havoc, it wipes out national honor
then curses the world, and laughs at
its ruin. It does more murders the soul
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