Show I i Ti THE i E Nfl JEFFERSON J DAVIS J. J Di Dr GU Guy Lee has presented before a Suit Stilt Lake audience a new new new- no If n SnOt not l a true ue ti true Jefferson Davis DaI A hd if ir his new picture is not a true one the thc fail tiro is rat rather l r to lo be charged to to hi hir own too trio q p partial pam 1 point of view than to the facts fads in jn the h c case e. e We re are arp not I writing DI Dr DiLees DiLee's Lee Lees Lome's lectures for Cor him hIi-a hIi hll-a hll a tl task which he proves oves ability hll to d di suf- suf 1 well wel for himself lr But lut we Wl may mav mOlest modestly that suggest In a Noi North North- th them cm em city cl clat at least his effort for the rehabilitation rehabilitation- I of ot his hero a rather more detailed presenting of record facts act would outweigh even his moving mo rhetoric Of course the thc lecture will wi be received d In n the time North orth It I is doubtful if there thero I Is a cl city in the country countr no imo mailer of or what section c a genuine stu study of or the thc life jf of Jefferson Davis would uld not receive a tolerant hearing healing If t there there were vere no great demand for tor it H t. t the lec- lec tUI lurer I should not charge that to the survival nl of a nineteenth century pho pho- bia hla If J people tb do not come to hl his lecture Ice lec leq- leq tub tUO ture In other Northern cities cles as they did In Salt lake II it I will wi be because e the people do not regard legard the subject of sufficient Importance lance Fit First then lieu while the time pubu public does zot care cale a great cat deal eal for COl the subject matter n the Hi public might cheer cheerfully uI concede it 1 had withheld some o of credit duo the tho former ummer leader cader of tho the Confederacy it 1 would listen to records and anti with at t least to a citation of fr f facts r For or example orem even the North w would l give more credit lo to Davis ls if the evidence e of oC his successful work while secretary of war were wet understood un un- to be bo as Dr I Leo Lee ec declares I it Il is Is But Bui lut there hete Is another reason why Iho I lecture would probably Lot tot prove at attractive at- at active ti-active to the public of the thc North The Tue he mans man activity for fOI the Union was WL more than that fifty years ago aJo Few men menor of or that period could coul he be made subject of Interesting lecture without great dif dlf And n there is is an even stron stronger cl ob oh- to lo success No 0 use tra drawing wIng a parallel l between him him and Washington and ant declaring time tho chief difference bu- bu tween time tho men inca Is that one ono was victorIous vie vic an and th the lit other othel was not not Davis was as clearl clearly time the dominant and re re- re 10 hoad head of the rebellion as a. Cromwell was waH of an earlier arlel departure from Crom loyalty And nd It Is useless s to plead for fr parallel Judgments judgment between one oneS ha has succeeded ucc and one who 5 i I z th 1 1 i d. d r- r has failed It I was 8 on one o of the time considerations consid consid- which tacIt each recognized when h he lie took tool the time iri step slop He lie knew failure Calure nl might ht come and If It I did ho iii hI wor WOI A worse tItan than dead dc-ad He lie Heu u was ts damned 1 Men el face these things when they assume exalted position If I the they los lose It 11 Is hulln butting bulling against one o of tho time Inc l to run around ff fifty years ears after and tr try to present the tho true ti Because there Is a law stronger titan than thal ni any law that has been written and amid ant It I Is that treason Is odious Place what gentle con construction you 1 like hike on the Career ca career career ca- ca reer of oC Davis Js Da and ant b anti by by the vcr very rules lule he me himself administered he he he was a trail trUO or Ho He lp took tool up arms ins against his government so Wo We ma may temper the har harsh h Judgment of the lie time hue when the thc woun wounds s of war var were ere fresh fi-esi bui bitt lt we mn may never place ilace In heroic pose nose time man who typified and amI expressed the great rebellion And AntI from front the odium o lum of nf J rebellion re hellion bellion belon the tho fate fale of oC failure he never can be lifted Whatever Jefferson Davis was vas before before be be- fore forc 1860 Is Incompetent testimony mIo now TIme The man chose choe a course then which even en e hl his most zealous zealous' friend flom mom quoting now Tho Time true Jefferson Jeferson Davis Is a man who went wrong and watt was punished And nd nd time the best friend he lie has can cami do U no more kindly thing timing Co for I him liOn than thai to lo leave e him lim in iii tIme the shadow where time the flowers of forgetfulness will wi utterly erase crase his memory from the earth cat |