For Jefferson Davis Knew That Faye's Father Was An Officer In The
Navy, And That He Had Bravely And Boldly
Done his very best toward the
undoing of the Confederacy; and by his never-failing, polished
courtesy to that father's
Son - even when sitting by pieces of shell
and patched-up walls - the President of the Confederacy set an example
of dignified self-restraint, that many a Southern man and
woman - particularly woman - would do well to follow.
For in these days of reconstruction officers and their families are
not always popular. But at Pass Christian this summer we have received
the most hospitable, thoughtful attention, and never once by word or
deed were we reminded that we were "Yank-Tanks," as was the case at
Holly Springs the first year we were there. However, we did some fine
reconstruction business for Uncle Sam right there with those pert
Mississippi girls - two of whom were in a short time so thoroughly
reconstructed that they joined his forces "for better or for worse!"
The social life during the three years we have been in the South has
most of the time been charming, but the service for officers has often
been most distasteful. Many times they have been called upon to escort
and protect carpetbag politicians of a very low type of manhood - men
who could never command one honest vote at their own homes in the
North. Faye's company has been moved twenty-one times since we came
from Colorado three years ago, and almost every time it was at the
request of those unprincipled carpetbaggers.
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