No matter how you cut the mustard, the feds tried to have it both ways--they claimed the South was “in rebellion” and had never left the Union, but then they claimed the South had to do certain things, pass certain amendments--in order to get back into the Union they had never been out of. Strange, is it not, that the “history” books never seem to pick up on this. But, then, they give us “all the history that fits” (the agenda). At any rate, the Northern government prepared to try President Davis for treason while they had him in prison. Mr. Connor observed that: “The War Department presented its evidence for a treason trial against Davis to a famed jurist, Francis Lieber, for his analysis. Lieber pronounced ‘Davis will not be found guilty and we shall stand there completely beaten’.” According to Mr. Conner, U.S. Attorney General James Speed appointed a renowned attorney, John J. Clifford, as his chief prosecutor. Clifford, after studying the government’s evidence against Davis, withdrew from the case. cakewalkblogs/antiestablishmenthistory/so-youve-been-told-secession-illegalguess-wasnt.aspx
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:31:39 +0000
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