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"?

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

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.

try to do soaps tone.

s-subject

o-occasion (the reason the author wrote the poem)

a-audience (who is this poem mostly for)

p-purpose (was it to convince, inspire, etc. the audience)

s-speaker (can be the author or another character, like is a child, adult, woman, elderly, animal narrating the poem)

tone- the mood the reader gets from this poem

mood- the mood the author had with their own poem

meaning- what do you think the meaning is?

message- what is the author trying to explain to the audience? like what is the theme?

if you still don't get it try showing everyone the poem so they could unravel it