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Legal definition of Treason Treason. A breach of allegiance to one's government, usually committed through levying war against such government or by giving aid or comfort to the enemy. The offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance; or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power. Treason consists of two elements: adherence to the enemy, and rendering him aid and comfort. Cramer v. U. S., U.S.N.Y., 325 U.S. l, 65 S.Ct. 918, 9327 89 L.Ed. 1441. See 18 U.S.C.A. § 2381. A person can be convicted of treason only on the testimony of two witnesses, or confession in open court. Art. III, Sec. 3, U.S. Constitution.

Betrayal of ones nation is treason.

If it sounds like a duck...

By the way, are you and rest of the 'South will rise again' clique under the Constitution?

The offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance;

And here is an interesting point that is no doubt at the heart of our disagreement, don't you think? Davis purported to, or rather acquiesced to the state of Mississippi, in casting off allegiance to the federal government of the United States.

Can he do such a thing? The argument from the 'Davis was a traitor' crowd trends toward an inability on the part of Davis (in the particular) and the people of Mississippi (in the general) to cast off ties to the government. Whether or not it's been recognized, we've been arguing about whether or not Americans were free men, or subjects of the state - bound by the promise of their father's generation to adhere to Union.