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Show MISS0VEI AND MR. DAV16. The St. Louis Times (democratic paper) thinks the Globt-Democrat of that city mistook tho sentiment of the people of Missouri when it commenced com-menced its abuse and misrepresentation misrepresenta-tion of Jefferson Davis. It says: It might have known that the. feeling towards Davis was ono rf idolatry, that dUfrancuifC-ment, dUfrancuifC-ment, disaster, d -graco, tbo world Ki cs, obloquy, abuse, vilification, and misrnprosontalion only sorvid to lifthim up higher in the estimation of the Mis-i-ouriiinM, and make his namo and his fume dearer and braver to thom. Missouri, Mis-souri, nf hers-lf whs as true to the south as was Virginia, and whut is bettor still, ili-souri never surrendered. Mie just quit lighting so. in no other state in the union could Mr Davii have met with the same reception, in no other state in the union would the people havo cared so little about what was Deinff said can-oorning can-oorning their loyally or their yvo for tho lest cause-. This issquare talk and will bo appreciated ap-preciated by all Biiuare people. Jefferson Jef-ferson Davis was not a dishonest, corrupt politician, or a man who used his high position for selfish purposes. He made some "riovous mistakes, but none which reflect on bis rectitude of character. Ho was devoted to the interests of the south, and the people have forgotten his blunders and respect re-spect his fidelity to tho ideal of their hopes and aflection. Ordinarily such staunch friendship would be respected by all mankind, but the feuds of civil discord and sectional strife are too bitter to be easily eradicated, and in-this in-this case they are likely to outlaet the the hie of the principal actors in the late war. Tho result of the contest branded it as a mistaken one on the part of the south, but the people of that section would bo false to themselves, them-selves, and contemptible before the world, if they failed to respect those who gavo their all oven to a lost causo. Tbo northern politicians who ntinue to load with approbrium the defeated confederate leaders, Bhould remember that Bitch a course will only tend to render them moro popular popu-lar in the south. |