Question

In his speech to the Mississippi legislature, what does Davis mean by this statement: "we shall then bear to the federal government the relation our colonial fathers did to the British crown"?

Answer 1

Davis is referring his statement to the speech given by the Senator Seward.

Step-by-step explanation:

Davis is referring his statement to the speech given by the Senator Seward. He means that the country is engaging in the conversation of the flags. He says that the compilation of the primary resources have been done which may prove worth utilisation of the myths which helps in the justification of the racism and the acts and the symbols of the same. The idea of the bearing to the federal government is given and the comparison is done with the actions done against the British crown.

Answer 2

In this excerpt, Davis is referring to a speech given by Senator Seward in which he announced that his party had as a purpose to dislodge the Democracy from the possession of the federal Government.

He means that, if the Constitution is modified and eliminates their rights, they will redeem them even through a deep dispute process.