Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this speech. Which excerpt from Jefferson Davis’s speech to the Mississippi Legislature best expresses a major theme of the speech? “Now, as in 1851, I hold separation from the Union by the State of Mississippi to be the last remedy—the final alternative.” “Mississippi gave me in my boyhood to her military service.” "I have an abiding faith that any law which violates our constitutional rights, will be met with a veto by the present Executive." “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. “