Political parties
The Republican Party is the party of national unity, both during the Civil War and under the Roosevelt Administration.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-06-12
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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Education from a military viewpoint
This pamphlet on education is dedicated strongly to President Roosevelt. The author critiques curriculum based too much in reading passively and encourages a “doing” sort of mentality. C. W. Larned describes classical civilization as he sees it to build his argument.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908
Shall the solid south be shattered?
Advance proof of an editorial by Julian LaRose Harris on the South’s political future, intended for publication in the March issue of Uncle Remus’s Home Magazine. Harris discusses the reasons why white southerners currently vote only for the Democratic Party, and why this has caused a stagnant political landscape that the Republican Party might exploit. Harris supports the disenfranchisement of African American citizens. However, he asserts that the focus on this disenfranchisement in the South has resulted in the diminishing influence of Southern Democrats over national Democratic Party policies and presidential nominations. He suggests that president-elect William H. Taft could encourage more bipartisan voting by white southerners if he heeds their political appointment suggestions and refuses to give federal appointments to African American candidates.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02
History repeats itself
At center, William Jennings Bryan, labeled “16 to 1,” stands on a platform “Built by Popo. Platform Silver Syndicate” and holds up a paper that states, “‘We Denounce Arbitrary Interference by Federal Authorities, in Local Affairs, as a Violation of the Constitution,’ etc., W.J. Bryan.” On the right, labeled “1861,” Jefferson Davis holds a paper that states, “‘We Denounce Arbitrary Interference by Federal Authorities, in Local Affairs, as a Violation of the Constitution,’ etc., Jeff. Davis.” Davis confronts Abraham Lincoln who is holding a copy of the “Constitution of U.S.” The bombing of “Fort Sumter” is taking place behind them. On the left, labeled “1896,” Benjamin R. Tillman, John Peter Altgeld, Eugene V. Debs, and John P. Jones are standing on a torn American flag labeled “National Honor” and raising a new flag labeled “Dis-Order and Mis-Rule.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1896-10-28
The senatorial puppet-show
Puck peers behind a curtain to witness Joseph Ferdinand Keppler staging a puppet show labeled “U. S. Senate” showing a confrontation between Jefferson Davis, dressed as a woman, and General Sherman. Another puppet labeled “Vance” sits behind the curtain with an unidentified puppet, possibly William Mahone. Caption: Grand reproduction of the Rebellion, and terrific combat between General Sherman and Jeff Davis!! Joe Hawley, manager.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1885-01-21
Among Mississippians
A discussion of the mistake concerning Jefferson Davis in one of President Roosevelt’s writings.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-24
Summary of letter from John Sharp Williams
Representative John Sharp Williams writes to correct a mistake in one of President Roosevelt’s writings concerning Jefferson Davis.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-24
The glorification of treason
Newspaper article faulting Bishop Keiley for defending Jefferson Davis and attacking President Roosevelt and General Miles.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05
Letter from John Sharp Williams to Theodore Roosevelt
John Sharp Williams wants to make it clear that he does not intend to publish his Jefferson Davis themed correspondence with President Roosevelt unless Roosevelt gives his permission.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-26
Letter from John Sharp Williams to Theodore Roosevelt
John Sharp Williams would like to publish his correspondence with President Roosevelt pertaining to their discussion of Jefferson Davis’s connection with “repudiation” in Mississippi.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-16
Letter from John Sharp Williams to Theodore Roosevelt
John Sharp Williams is disputing a quote that Roosevelt attributed to Jefferson Davis in the book The Life of Thomas H. Benton.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-24
Letter from Edward Rosewater to George B. Cortelyou
Edward Rosewater encloses an editorial from the Omaha Bee which he would like submitted to President Roosevelt that includes some comments by former Confederate President Davis that they would bring the sword and torch to the cities of the North. Davis denied having said that. Rosewater believes that there is too much sympathy “in eulogies of the secession leaders and generals.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-05
Letter from John Sharp Williams to Theodore Roosevelt
Congressman Williams would like to know what authority, or authorities, that Roosevelt used to base the statement that Jefferson Davis was one of the chief repudiationists in the state of Mississippi. The statement is found in Roosevelt’s biography of Thomas H. Benton.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-06