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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 5: West Point, 1818-25. (search)
story in Mr. Davis's presence asked him if he did not take a great risk. He said, No, I was very quick, and felt sure I had time to try him. General Thomas Drayton wrote of this circumstance: Jeff, by his presence of mind, saved many lives and also the building from being demolished. His horror of oppressing the weak was exhibited throughout his life, and though the professor grew old, honored by the generality of the cadets, Mr. Davis never changed his opinion of him. In 1826, at Christmas, there was a great riot in the corps of cadets. Cadet--, his room-mate, was discovered and dismissed with several others. Davis was implicated unjustly. Because his room-mate had been mistaken for him he would not explain, and consequently was under arrest for a long period, and his already numerous demerits received a considerable addition. He did not pass very high in his class, but attached no significance to class standing, and considered the favorable verdict of his classmates