The election to take place during the ensuing month creates
no excitement. There will be less than a moiety, of the whole vote cast; and
Davis and Stephens will be elected without opposition. No disasters have
occurred yet to affect the popularity of any of the great politicians; and it
seems no risks will be run. The battle of Manassas made everybody popular — and
especially Gen. Beauregard. If he were a candidate, I am pretty certain he
would be elected.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 89
