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To: Non-Sequitur
You said: “They (the Confederate Commissioners sent to Washington by the President of the Confederacy) were not there to negotiate, the letter doesn't say they were there to negotiate.’

Do you ever read what you post?

Both documents say that they are there to NEGOTIATE!

“Resolved by the Confederate States of America in Congress Assembled, That it is the sense of this Congress that a commission of three persons be appointed by the President elect, as early as may be convenient after his inauguration, and sent to the government of the United States of America, for the purpose of negotiating friendly relations between that government and the Confederate States of America, and for the settlement of all questions of disagreement between the two governments upon principles of right, justice, equity, and good faith.”

Adopted February 15, 1861.

President Davis' letter to the Union government:

For the purpose of establishing friendly relations between the Confederate States and the United States, and reposing special trust, &c., Martin J. Crawford, John Forsyth, and A. B. Roman are appointed special commissioners of the Confederate States to the United States. I have invested them with full and all manner of power and authority for and in the name of the Confederate States to meet and confer with any person or persons duly authorized by the Government of the United States being furnished with like powers and authority, and with them to agree, treat, consult, and negotiate of and concerning all matters and subjects interesting to both nations, and to conclude and sign a treaty or treaties, convention or conventions, touching the premises, transmitting the same to the President of the Confederate States for his final ratification by and with the consent of the Congress of the Confederate States.

In both, their objective was to negotiate......and what was a major issue....EQUITY. See above.

And what would these be....? "A complete cave in to rebel demands."

615 posted on 03/01/2010 1:26:04 PM PST by PeaRidge
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To: PeaRidge
Both documents say that they are there to NEGOTIATE!

Were they there to negotiate an end to secession?

617 posted on 03/01/2010 2:56:40 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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