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The Jefferson Davis Funeral Train Story
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| 06-03-2003
| Calvin E. Johnson, Jr
Posted on 06/06/2003 10:41:06 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner
This is part of the Constitution he protected and defended?
"In all such territory the institution of negro slavery, as it now exists in the Confederate States, shall be recognized and protected by Congress and by the Territorial government." - Article IV - Section III
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/csa.constitution.html
Sorry. This guy's in hell right now.
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posted on
06/07/2003 9:26:12 AM PDT
by
KantianBurke
(The Federal govt should be protecting us from terrorists, not handing out goodies)
To: The KG9 Kid
RE post 10: General Grant didn't release his slaves until after the war.
To: Dionysius
I have a couple of black clients from northern states who a deal with on a semi regular basis. I can always hear them cringe when I give my address.
To: babyface00
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posted on
06/07/2003 9:44:27 AM PDT
by
DPB101
To: Budge
"...Let's see if I can help you with this. You said, "...Davis didn't free the slaves before he fired on Fort Sumter." No, he didn't, because that would be akin to the yankees shutting down the power to all those mechanical marvels they held "in slavery" in the factories only the yankees had."
You've just admitted that you agree that some men were made by your Creator to serve you as machines.
God made men. Men made slaves.
I can't help you with that, Pharoah.
To: stainlessbanner
What is that highway?
To: Budge
Correction. As the liberals in our country want us to believe.
To: stainlessbanner; All
Can anyone recommend some good biographies on Jefferson Davis?
To: stainlessbanner
Uncle Bob Brown, a former Servant of the Davis family and a passenger on the train, saw the many flowers that children had laid on the side of the railroad tracks. Brown was so moved by this beautiful gesture that he wept uncontrollably. Johnson sure has a way with words:
The mental image of a work-stooped-down Darkie weeping over a fallen hero almost made my own worn eyes water.
To: stainlessbanner
Forgot to close my tag: </sarcasm>
To: stainlessbanner
Forgot to close my tag: < /i>
To: proudofthesouth; babyface00; sweetliberty; Budge
To: *dixie_list; annyokie; SCDogPapa; thatdewd; canalabamian; Sparta; treesdream; sc-rms; Tax-chick; ...
The third-grade teacher in Arkansas asked her class, "Now, who can tell me who our president was during the Civil War?"
A little boy raised his hand. "Yes, Johnny?" said the teacher.
"Jefferson Davis," the boy said proudly. And no one could argue with that.
To: DPB101; Budge; stainlessbanner
Ditto that. Thanks for the links DPB and the fine posts Budge. Jefferson Davis was indeed an admired man. I've never heard of the two hundred thousand attending his funeral, that is amazing
And thanks for the quotes stainless. I have one by General Lee on my desk at work about doing all one can and I'll be adding one from Davis out of these
Deo Vindice
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posted on
06/07/2003 8:17:33 PM PDT
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: Ol' Sox
Excellent. What a tremendous honor bestowed upon Col. King and yourself as his decendant.
To: The KG9 Kid
I would suggest that you read the book titled 'A Constitutional History of Secession' by John Remington Graham. Graham, by the way, is a Minnesota lawyer but does a laudable job of lining up and explaining the reasons for the Southern States' secession from the Union. Read it and become informed as to what truly caused the war.
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posted on
06/08/2003 2:30:19 PM PDT
by
Colt .45
(Cold War, Vietnam Era, Desert Storm Veteran - Pride in my Southern Ancestry!)
To: stainlessbanner
I've visited Davis' grave in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, and not to sound flip about it, but it's "the best view in the house"--his gravesite overlooks the James River, and is rather spectacular.
Also buried in Hollywood--two US Presidents (James Monroe and John Tyler), Confederate Generals JEB Stuart and George Pickett, and several Virginia governors. There's also a monument to Pickett's Charge listing the units involved, and an area of hundreds of anonymous Confederate graves. Sadly, these graves are NOT kept up well by the cemetary, and are sometimes vandalized and desecrated with drug paraphernalia and litter by residents of the local neighborhood.
My wife and I had our first date in Hollywood Cemetery. I kid you not, she drove up from South Carolina to meet me in Richmond and the next day I took her there because of her interest in history. It didn't scare her off, so I guess I did something right! :)
}:-)4
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posted on
06/08/2003 2:59:37 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(Mew havoc, and let loose the kittens of ZOT!)
To: proudofthesouth
Please read Crowns of Thorns and Glory by Gerry Van Der Huevel. Deep insight into the honorable and courageous lives of President Jefferson Davis and his heroic wife, Varina Howell Davis -- as well as that of Mary Todd Lincoln, who was, because of her Southern heritage, probably one of the most villified first ladies in history.
To: southland
General Grant didn't release his slaves until after the war. Sorry, that's flat out false. Grant didn't have any slaves to free when the war broke out. His in-laws freed their's in January or February of 1863.
To: The KG9 Kid; Budge
KG9 - why did the North did not free it's slaves prior to the war? It took Lincoln two years to issue the EP - even then it didn't free yankee slaves. Davis is not the real target you want.
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