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The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], The intended evacuation of Fort Sumter . (search)
Bennett on President Davis six months ago.
--In the Herald, of February 19th, 1861, was an editorial article devoted to contrasting the characters of the two rival Presidents.
After declaring it quite evident that Lincoln"has not sufficient mental calibre for the discharge of the duties he has undertaken, the writer speaks of the Southern President as follows:
"The other President, Mr. Davis, has been received with the greatest enthusiasm during his journey from Mississippi to Montgomery, Ala. He made five and twenty speeches en route, but we do not hear that he told any stories, cracked any jokes, asked the advice of the young women about his whiskers, or discussed political platforms.
His speeches are rather highly flavored with the odor of villainous saltpetre, and he evidently believes that civil war is inevitable.
But we must recollect that Mr. Davisis a soldier, a graduate of West Point, a hero of the Mexican war, and a statement of a military turn of mind.
Mr. L