Jefferson Davis - He should've died in prison. He was responsible for so much death, destruction, misery.

[Dante]

Jefferson Davis deserved a firing squad, not a prison sentence. Instead, Jefferson Davis was sentenced to, and eventually released from Prison-. He should've died a horrible death in prison. He was personally responsible for so much death, destruction, misery.

Today in History: Jefferson Davis Released from Prison

When the Civil War ended, the government faced the problem of what to do with the former Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, or “Jeffie D” as Lincoln referred to him.

After Davis had been captured in Georgia, some Northerners wanted to try him as an accomplice to Lincoln’s assassination. Others wanted him prosecuted for the deadly conditions at the Andersonville prisoner of war camp. But there was no evidence for either charge.

In 1866, the House voted to try him for treason, which was agreeable to Davis. He looked forward to a trial where he could justify his actions. Now prosecutors worried a not guilty verdict might be viewed as a validation for secession.

Finally, today in 1867, he was freed from prison when several prominent men in the North signed the $100,000 bond that would release him. The publisher Horace Greeley justified his signing the bond by saying “From the hour he lays down his arms, my enemy is my formerly erring countryman.”

Image: Horrible Human Being Jefferson Davis, 1869 (Wikimedia Commons)

 

[Eman623]

This perverse need of some to reboot the Civil War is inexplicable. Wasn't there enough killing for Dante's bloodthirst?

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations." - Abraham Lincoln

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[Dante]

This perverse need of some to reboot the Civil War is inexplicable. Wasn't there enough killing for Dante's bloodthirst?

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations." - Abraham Lincoln

Second Inaugural Address Full Text - Text of Lincoln's Speech - Owl Eyes

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[Votto]

Jefferson Davis deserved a firing squad, not a prison sentence. Instead, Jefferson Davis was sentenced to, and eventually released from Prison-. He should've died a horrible death in prison. He was personally responsible for so much death, destruction, misery.

Today in History: Jefferson Davis Released from Prison

When the Civil War ended, the government faced the problem of what to do with the former Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, or “Jeffie D” as Lincoln referred to him.

After Davis had been captured in Georgia, some Northerners wanted to try him as an accomplice to Lincoln’s assassination. Others wanted him prosecuted for the deadly conditions at the Andersonville prisoner of war camp. But there was no evidence for either charge.

In 1866, the House voted to try him for treason, which was agreeable to Davis. He looked forward to a trial where he could justify his actions. Now prosecutors worried a not guilty verdict might be viewed as a validation for secession.

Finally, today in 1867, he was freed from prison when several prominent men in the North signed the $100,000 bond that would release him. The publisher Horace Greeley justified his signing the bond by saying “From the hour he lays down his arms, my enemy is my formerly erring countryman.”


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Image: Horrible Human Being Jefferson Davis, 1869 (Wikimedia Commons)

If it makes you feel better, why not go desecrate his grave like you did the memorials for Charlie Kirk?

Incidentally, who was worse, Charlie or Davis or Trump?

Just curious.

 

[Dante]

If it makes you feel better, why not go desecrate his grave like you did the memorials for Charlie Kirk?

Incidentally, who was worse, Charlie or Davis or Trump?

Just curious.

Huh?

Take your hurt feelings and, well you know. Who desecrated a grave?

It's a toss up. The Three Stooges as a team.

 

[Eman623]

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And that was a bad thing. I want less of that. You want more.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Jefferson Davis deserved a firing squad, not a prison sentence. Instead, Jefferson Davis was sentenced to, and eventually released from Prison-. He should've died a horrible death in prison. He was personally responsible for so much death, destruction, misery.

Agreed. Davis and all the legislators of all the secesh states that voted to secede, and all officers in the CSA should have been hung. The CSA should have been treated as we treated Native American tribes: forced expulsion to a shitty state like Kansas.

 

[Dante]

Agreed. Davis and all the legislators of all the secesh states that voted to secede, and all officers in the CSA should have been hung. The CSA should have been treated as we treated Native American tribes: forced expulsion to a shitty state like Kansas.

Like Jan6 criminals, the Southerners got pardons. Criminal pardons.

 

[TNHarley]

I cant fault them for rebelling against the biggest tyrant in American history

 

[Zincwarrior]

Like Jan6 criminals, the Southerners got pardons. Criminal pardons.

Should have put them against a wall too.

 

[Dante]

Should have put them against a wall too.

You can dream.

 

[Zincwarrior]

You can dream.

Indeed! Imagine how much pain would have been saved. We could have resettled the South with immigrants and freed slaves. No Jim Crow. industry and education. Mississippi could be a shining beacon of justice instead of the hellhole that it is.

 

[Dante]

Indeed! Imagine how much pain would have been saved. We could have resettled the South with immigrants and freed slaves. No Jim Crow. industry and education. Mississippi could be a shining beacon of justice instead of the hellhole that it is.

Jim Crow was guaranteed.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Jim Crow was guaranteed.

No, not if there are no Southernors to enforce it.

 

[martybegan]

Jefferson Davis deserved a firing squad, not a prison sentence. Instead, Jefferson Davis was sentenced to, and eventually released from Prison-. He should've died a horrible death in prison. He was personally responsible for so much death, destruction, misery.

Today in History: Jefferson Davis Released from Prison

When the Civil War ended, the government faced the problem of what to do with the former Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, or “Jeffie D” as Lincoln referred to him.

After Davis had been captured in Georgia, some Northerners wanted to try him as an accomplice to Lincoln’s assassination. Others wanted him prosecuted for the deadly conditions at the Andersonville prisoner of war camp. But there was no evidence for either charge.

In 1866, the House voted to try him for treason, which was agreeable to Davis. He looked forward to a trial where he could justify his actions. Now prosecutors worried a not guilty verdict might be viewed as a validation for secession.

Finally, today in 1867, he was freed from prison when several prominent men in the North signed the $100,000 bond that would release him. The publisher Horace Greeley justified his signing the bond by saying “From the hour he lays down his arms, my enemy is my formerly erring countryman.”


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Image: Horrible Human Being Jefferson Davis, 1869 (Wikimedia Commons)

The people who fought him and beat him decided on how to punish him. You have no agency over that.

 

[Dante]

The people who fought him and beat him decided on how to punish him. You have no agency over that.

Agency?

wtf r u talkin' bout Willis

 

[jacksonlamb]

This perverse need of some to reboot the Civil War is inexplicable. Wasn't there enough killing for Dante's bloodthirst?

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations." - Abraham Lincoln

Second Inaugural Address Full Text - Text of Lincoln's Speech - Owl Eyes

Read Full Text and Annotations on Second Inaugural Address Text of Lincoln's Speech at Owl Eyes

www.owleyes.org

And a Southern Conservative shot Lincoln for that.

 

[Zincwarrior]

The people who fought him and beat him decided on how to punish him. You have no agency over that.

Sadly I agree. Imagine how much better it would have been if they were all lined up and shot.

 

[martybegan]

Sadly I agree. Imagine how much better it would have been if they were all lined up and shot.

And the 50 year guerilla war that might have resulted?

The surrenders and terms given to the Confederate Armies met the requirements of the Union war aims, bring the country back together. So did the leniency shown to the civilian confederates.

The failure of Reconstruction is a different topic, and I blame JW Booth for most of that.

 

[Zincwarrior]

And the 50 year guerilla war that might have resulted?

Not if all southern traitors were deported to Kansas like we did with any other native tribe.

The surrenders and terms given to the Confederate Armies met the requirements of the Union war aims, bring the country back together. So did the leniency shown to the civilian confederates.

Again ashame. It caused us 100 hundred years of misery.

The failure of Reconstruction is a different topic, and I blame JW Booth for most of that.

Agreed. We could have had an industrious South that was the shining beacon of the world. Instead we Mississippi.