To: Grand Old Partisan
The whole time Jefferson Davis was imprisoned, all he had to do to get out was ask for a pardon, thereby recognizing Andrew Johnson as President of the United States. Robert Lee did so immediately after Appomattox, but Davis remained stubbornly treasonous.Sorry, but refusing to request a pardon has never been a treasonable offense. President Davis adamantly refused a pardon and restoration of US citizenship, agreeing in principle with George Washington who told the British that 'that they who had committed no fault wanted no pardon'.
604 posted on
06/26/2003 9:36:03 PM PDT by
4CJ
("No man's life, liberty or property are safe while dims and neocons are in control")
To: 4ConservativeJustices
Sorry, that you agree with Jefferson Davis, and not with the United States Government.
618 posted on
06/27/2003 12:12:30 AM PDT by
Grand Old Partisan
(You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
JJust about every ex-rebel requested a pardon from the President, the only exception being Jefferson Davis, so the postion you and Davis share on the subject is aslo contrary to the postion of all the other ex-Confederates.
637 posted on
06/27/2003 5:20:10 AM PDT by
Grand Old Partisan
(You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)
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