CHAPTER II. (Page 34-48.)

RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 1844--MR. DAVIS ELECTED TO CONGRESS--HIS FIRST SESSION--PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE--DOUGLAS, HUNTER, SEDDON, ETC.--DAVIS' RAPID ADVANCEMENT IN REPUTATION-- RESOLUTIONS OFFERED BY HIM--SPEECHES ON THE OREGON EXCITEMENT, AND ON THE RESOLUTION OF THANKS TO GENERAL TAYLOR AND HIS ARMY--NATIONAL SENTIMENTS EMBODIED IN THESE AND OTHER SPEECHES--A CONTRAST IN THE MATTER OF PATRIOTISM--MASSACHUSETTS AND MISSISSIPPI IN THE MEXICAN WAR--DEBATE WITH ANDREW JOHNSON--JOHN QUINCY ADAMS' ESTIMATE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS.