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Posted onDecember 25, 2011 - 11:23 pm by Admin | 0 Comments

Jefferson Davis gave his last speech to the Confederate people on April 4th, 1865 at Danville, Virginia. It was his last public message and in it he attempts to reconcile the horrible Confederate defeats with the ultimate goal of Confederate victory over the United States.

He is emphatic that the Confederate cause is not lost and that the enemy would soon tire of the war and concede defeat. He states how, "...the belief that their possession of Richmond would be the signal for our submission...", is widely inaccurate and that, "...nothing is now needed to render our triumph certain...". Jefferson Davis clearly believed that the Confederacy could salvage the situation that it was in and all that was needed was greater sacrifice and effort. It is in that vein, that the reason for Jefferson Davis's last speech to the Confederate people, that one can find the true value of the man.

Balance

Jefferson Davis was a man of stern convictions who felt that his decisions could not be wrong. He was very forceful in his beliefs on the justness of the Confederate cause and while he was an intelligent man, it should be remembered that he was also a stubborn man.


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