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L. B. Franklin (search for this): chapter 1.10
led to stand in the Pantheon of the world's great men on a pedestal not less high than those erected for the images of Hampden, Sidney, Cromwell, Burke and Chatham, of the fatherland, and Washington and Hamilton, Jefferson and Adams, Madison and Franklin, of the New World, who, however varying in circumstance or in personality, were liberty leaders and representatives of great people, great ideas, and great deeds. Unity of the Southern colonies against slavery. On what ground will he be che Constitution itself was unconstitutional, and that it was not in the power of man to create by oath or mandate property in a slave—a revolutionary idea striking to the root and to the subversion of the fundamental law which Washington, Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, and their compeers had joined in making, and under which the United States had fought its battle and attained its wonderful growth for three-quarters of a century. The Northern giant—free white labor. The impending cris
R. H. Anderson (search for this): chapter 1.10
Generals and his armies. To the leadership of his soldiers whom did he delegate? If some Messioner could throw upon the canvas Jefferson Davis in the midst of those chiefs whom he created, what grander knighthood could history assemble? Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, G. T. Beauregard, Samuel Cooper, and Braxton Bragg were generals of the full rank. Stonewall Jackson, Forrest, Polk, Hardee, Ewell, D. H. Hill, A. P. Hill, Hood, Richard Taylor, Holmes, R. H. Anderson, Pemberton, Early, Kirby Smith, Longstreet, Hampton, S. D. Lee, A. P. Stewart, Buckner, Wheeler, and Gordon were their lieutenants. Major-generals, brigadiers and field officers, cavalry leaders, artillerists, and infantry commanders who became world renowned, throng upon the memory. The names of Stuart, Ashby, Morgan, Cleburne, and their compeers spring from the full heart to the lip. Would that time permitted me to call that brilliant roll of the living and the dead; but why need
Alexander H. Stephens (search for this): chapter 1.10
was refused. 2. A delegation of the prisoners themselves was sent to Washington to represent the situation and the plea of humanity for exchange. 3. Vice-President Stephens was sent to see President Lincoln by President Davis, and urge exchange, in order to restrict the calamities of war, but he was denied audience. 4. Twire than dead men. At this particular time, to release all rebel prisoners North, would insure Sherman's defeat and would compromise our own safety here. Alexander H. Stephens declared that the effort to fix odium on President Davis constituted one of the boldest and baldest attempted outrages upon the truth of history which has icism that he should have negotiated peace in February, 1865, when Hon. Francis P. Blair came informally to Richmond, and when, as the result of his mission, Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell met President Lincoln and Secretary Seward in conference at Hampton Roads. Reports have been circulated that at that time peace could h
Berrien (search for this): chapter 1.10
sed, and insisted on adhering to the line of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, on the ground that pacification had been the fruit borne by that tree, and it should not have been ruthlessly hewn down and cast into the fire. Meeting Mr. Clay and Mr. Berrien, of Georgia, together in the Capitol grounds one day, Mr. Clay urged him in a friendly way to support his bill, saying he thought it would give peace to the country for thirty years, and then he added to Mr. Berrien, You and I will be under grMr. Berrien, You and I will be under ground before that time, but our young friend here may have trouble to meet. Mr. Davis replied: I cannot consent to transfer to posterity an issue that is as much ours as theirs, when it is evident that the sectional inequality will be greater than now, and render hopeless the attainment of justice. This was his disposition—never to evade or shift responsibility; and that he did meet it is the reason why the issue is now settled, and that ourselves, not our children, were involved in civil
Amherst (search for this): chapter 1.10
Bigger, Clerk of House of Delegates. The following joint committee was appointed on the part of the Senate and House of Delegates, respectively: Committee on the part of the Senate: T. W. Harrison, of Winchester. Taylor Berry, of Amherst. Committee on the part of the House of Delegates: J. Owens Berry, of Fairfax. P. C. Cabell, of Amherst. James M. Stubbs, of Gloucester. In the House of Delegates, December 12, 1889, the Hon. Walter T. Booth, of Richmond, offered Amherst. James M. Stubbs, of Gloucester. In the House of Delegates, December 12, 1889, the Hon. Walter T. Booth, of Richmond, offered the following concurrent resolution: Resolved (the Senate concurring), That the committee having in charge the arrangements for the delivery of the address of Hon. John W. Daniel on the character and life of Hon. Jefferson Davis be and is hereby authorized and instructed to select for the occasion some other and larger hall than that of the House of Delegates. Agreed to by the General Assembly of Virginia January 22, 1890. J. Bell Bigger, Clerk House of Delegates and Keeper of Rolls of
Andrew Jackson (search for this): chapter 1.10
tattered standards knew naught of the art or practice of surrender. They thought of Valley Forge and saw beyond it Yorktown. Had not Washington thought of the mountains of West Augusta when driven from his strongholds? Why not they? Had not Jackson left the legacy, What is life without honor? Dishonor is worse than death. They could not comprehend the idea of surrender, for were they not their fathers' sons? Revolutions can only die in the last ditch. They would rather have died thnt's and a tax-gatherer's exactions. Such life as his was that of many of the fathers of the republic; and when Jefferson Davis entered public life, in 1843, he came—as Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Henry, Mason, Clay, Calhoun, and Andrew Jackson had come before him—from a Southern plantation, where he had been the head of a family and the master of slaves. His various employments from 1843 to 1861. From 1843 to 1861 the life of Jefferson Davis was spent for the most part in pub
R. H. Cardwell (search for this): chapter 1.10
om the report of the special committee made January 22, 1890: They have discharged the pleasant duty of tendering the said invitation, and are gratified to report that Hon. John W. Daniel has accepted the invitation, and has designated Saturday January 25, 1890, at 8 o'clock P. M., as the time for the delivery of the same at the Mozart Academy of Music. J. Bell Bigger, Clerk House of Delegates and Keeper of Rolls of Virginia. At 8 P. M. on the 25th day of January, 1890, the Hon. R. H. Cardwell, Speaker of the House of Delegates, called the vast assemblage to order, and delivered the following introductory address: Ladies and Gentlemen: It is the pleasing part of my duties to welcome you on this occasion—especially pleasing because the presence of this magnificent audience demonstrates that when the present General Assembly of Virginia invited one of her favorite sons, and her most gifted orator to deliver in this, the capital city of the late Confederate States of A
Jubal A. Early (search for this): chapter 1.10
s of contrast than to linger upon the neutral colors which are common and undistinguishing. Germs of controversy not in differences of race, morals, or creed of Early settlers. Some fancy that they discern the germs of the controversy of 1861 in differences between the groups of colonists which settled in Virginia and in Masorly armed and half-fed soldiery upon the other, pitted one man against two—a glance of the eye tells the story of the unequal contest. As my noble commander (General Early) said: I will not speculate on the causes of failure, as I have seen abundant causes for it in the tremendous odds brought against us. That President Davis ere generals of the full rank. Stonewall Jackson, Forrest, Polk, Hardee, Ewell, D. H. Hill, A. P. Hill, Hood, Richard Taylor, Holmes, R. H. Anderson, Pemberton, Early, Kirby Smith, Longstreet, Hampton, S. D. Lee, A. P. Stewart, Buckner, Wheeler, and Gordon were their lieutenants. Major-generals, brigadiers and field officers,
Taylor Berry (search for this): chapter 1.10
of the House be appointed to wait upon the Hon. John W. Daniel and extend him this invitation and make all necessary arrangements. Agreed to by Senate December 7, 1889. J. D. Pendleton, Clerk of Senate. Agreed to by House of Delegates December 7, 1889. J. Bell Bigger, Clerk of House of Delegates. The following joint committee was appointed on the part of the Senate and House of Delegates, respectively: Committee on the part of the Senate: T. W. Harrison, of Winchester. Taylor Berry, of Amherst. Committee on the part of the House of Delegates: J. Owens Berry, of Fairfax. P. C. Cabell, of Amherst. James M. Stubbs, of Gloucester. In the House of Delegates, December 12, 1889, the Hon. Walter T. Booth, of Richmond, offered the following concurrent resolution: Resolved (the Senate concurring), That the committee having in charge the arrangements for the delivery of the address of Hon. John W. Daniel on the character and life of Hon. Jefferson Davis be
James A. Seddon (search for this): chapter 1.10
hat revolutionized the naval warfare of all nations and became the terror of the seas, was fashioned out of old hulks or picked up in foreign places; see how a world in arms was held at bay by a people and a soldiery whom he held together with an iron will and hurled like a flaming thunderbolt at their foes. The Cabinet of Jefferson Davis. In his Cabinet he gathered the foremost civilians of the land— Toombs, Hunter, Benjamin, Bragg, Watts, Davis, Memminger, Trenholm, Walker, Randolph, Seddon, Breckenridge, Mallory, Reagan. Good men and true were these, regardful of every duty. His Generals and his armies. To the leadership of his soldiers whom did he delegate? If some Messioner could throw upon the canvas Jefferson Davis in the midst of those chiefs whom he created, what grander knighthood could history assemble? Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, G. T. Beauregard, Samuel Cooper, and Braxton Bragg were generals of the full rank. Stonewall Ja
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