GEORGE DAVIS - CONFEDERATE SENATOR & ATTORNEY GENERAL

Description: GEORGE DAVIS BY H.G. CONNER Judge of the United States Court, Eastern District of North Carolina DELIVERED AT THE UNVEILING OF A STATUE OF GEORGE DAVIS AT WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 20, 1911, BY THE CAPE FEAR CHAPTER, NO. 3, UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY FIRST EDITION FINE CONDITION PROTECTED IN A CLEAR, MYLAR DUST JACKET Original, Sharp, Clean, Tight, Antique Wrap/Booklet Contains a Frontispiece of George Davis and a Photo of the Statue in His Honor Official Address at the Unveiling of the Memorial Statue of Davis PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY IN 1911 This is the account of the life of Confederate Senator and Attorney General George Davis from North Carolina. The original, antique booklet presents both an account of his life and services, but also is the official Memorial Address and program of the dedication of the statue to Davis in Wilmington, North Carolina (which has now been removed). George Davis was a Confederate politician and railroad counsel who served as Attorney General of the Confederate States in 1864 and 1865. A skilled orator, he gave a notable public speech in March 1861 in which he argued that North Carolina should secede from the United States to protect the private economic interest in slavery. Davis was born on his father’s plantation near Wilmington, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina graduating as Class of 1838 valedictorian. He later studied law and entered the bar in 1840. In 1848, he became the general counsel of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, a highly remunerative position that he held until he died. Davis began his political career as a Whig. The party collapsed in 1856. With other Southern former Whigs who wanted to avoid secession over the slavery issue that refused to join either the Republican or Democratic Parties, he backed the Constitutional Union Party in the Election of 1860. Following the election of Abraham Lincoln, Davis served as a delegate to the Washington Peace Conference in February 1861. He reacted negatively to constitutional amendment proposals that would have preserved slavery where it existed, but prohibited it in other territories in the U.S. He returned to Wilmington making it clear he was a secessionist and stating that secession was required to protect the economic interest of North Carolina. Pro-slavery North Carolina elites declared secession from the Union on May 20, 1861. The state’s formal involvement with the Confederate government began. He was chosen as a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress form 1861-1862. Later he was elected to a term in the Confederate Senate. Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed George Davis as Attorney General. George Davis resigned the senate and held the cabinet post from January 2, 1864 serving until the Fall of Richmond in April 1865. As the Confederacy collapsed, George Davis accompanied the fugitive government as far as Charlotte. He attempted to flee to England, but was captured by U.S. forces in Key West, Florida, and imprisoned at Fort Hamilton in New York until being paroled by President Johnson in 1866. This original, antique wrap/booklet is in excellent condition. It comes protected in a clear, Mylar dust jacket (see photo #3). The booklet is sharp, clean and tight. It has no wear. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. The booklet has no writing, smudging, foxing, stamps, pasteboards or other markings. It has no edge wear. The booklet contains a frontispiece illustration of Davis with fine tissue guard and a photograph later in the book of the statue of Davis in Wilmington, North Carolina, that has sense been taken down. 54 pages. An original, antique/wrap booklet. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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