Jefferson Davis was a treasonous traitor.
“Jefferson Davis was a treasonous traitor.”
As opposed to one of them there nontreasonous traitors?
A true paragon of virtue.
“Jefferson Davis was a treasonous traitor.”
Yes, which is why we should learn all about him, because before he became treasonous traitor, he was a Patriotic American citizen. Just like Benedict Arnold, I never knew that Arnold was a very well connected and a celebrated hero up until he did the unthinkable and turned traitor. It is important to know that traitors are not always dirty little lurking weasels looking for an opportunity to betray their country, often they are righteous honorable men up to just before the point they betray. It is important to see historical figures as human beings and to understand their situation in the events surrounding them. Knowing all this will server to remind us to be vigilant in whom we put in power today.
The more I know about Benedict Arnold the sadder I feel for him and our nation, yes he deserves the traitor brand, but I also recognize he was the hero of Saratoga. If only he could have continued to be the hero of Saratoga rather then the traitor of his country. Knowing more about Jeff Davis might help me better understand the times he lived in and what they mean to today.
More like the whole leadership were reactionary hotheads that could not work within a system that bent over backwards to accommodate their “institution” and decided to break off.
And yet, he was your brother in Christ. God bless you.
Jefferson Davis sought to tbe tried for treason and was indicted. The US government delayed the trial on several ocassions and subsequently Davis was issued a full pardon.
You sir should make one last attempt to graduate 8th grade.
That treason trial and execution of Jeff Davis was really somethi...Oh, wait Davis wanted a trial but the cowards in DC wouldn't give him one. Never mind.
>>Jefferson Davis was a treasonous traitor.<<
Here we go again. 500 posts later, we will have changed no minds and we will be as polarized as the U.S. Congress. I have one question for all the Yankee critics of the Confederacy: Under what circumstances, if any, is any state able to opt out of its membership in the Union?
150 years ago, we had a President from Illinois who started a war against the states, disregarding the Constitution and freed the slaves. Today, we have a President from Illinois who is waging war against the states, disregards the Constitution and wants to make us all slaves.
So were George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. What’s your point?