CHAPTER V. (Page 85-97.)

OPPOSITION TO THE COMPROMISE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND MISSISSIPPI--DAVIS A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR--HIS DEFEAT REALLY A PERSONAL TRIUMPH--IN RETIREMENT, SUPPORTS GENERAL PIERCE'S ELECTION--DECLINES AN APPOINTMENT IN PIERCE'S CABINET, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY ACCEPTS SECRETARYSHIP OF WAR--REMARKABLE UNITY OF PIERCE'S ADMINISTRATION, AND HIGH CHARACTER OF THE EXECUTIVE--DAVIS AS SECRETARY OF WAR-- KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL AND THE EXCITEMENT WHICH FOLLOWED--DAVIS AGAIN ELECTED TO THE SENATE--SPEECHES AT PASS CHRISTIAN AND OTHER POINTS WHILE ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON.