Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this speech. Which excerpt from Jefferson Davis’s speech to the Mi
ssissippi Legislature best expresses a major theme of the speech? “Mississippi gave me in my boyhood to her military service.” “Now, as in 1851, I hold separation from the Union by the State of Mississippi to be the last remedy—the final alternative.” “He seeks to alarm his auditors by assuring them of the purpose on the part of the South and the Democratic to force slavery upon all the States of the Union. “ "I have an abiding faith that any law which violates our constitutional rights, will be met with a veto by the present Executive."
The excerpt from Jefferson Davis' speech to the Mississippi Legislature that best expresses a major theme of the speech is: “Now, as in 1851, I hold separation from the Union by the State of Mississippi to be the last remedy—the final alternative.”
Jefferson Davis loves Mississippi, and throughout the speech he praises the State that saw him grow into a man. It is due to this very love that he strongly believes (and this particular speech is not the first time he states it) that Mississippi should separate from the Union. The excerpt quoted clearly states his main idea in the speech at hand.
