A Short History of the Confederate States of America (Classic Reprint)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133033308X ISBN 13: 9781330333082

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from A Short History of the Confederate States of America

The Vindication of the Southern States for their Ordi nances of Secession in 1861 involves two considerations namely: their rightful power to withdraw from the Union into which they had entered by voluntary compact and the causes that justified the exercise of that: power.

In treating this question in its twofold aspect, the legal and the moral, it is not intended to vex the weary ear by adducing time-worn arguments; but, believing the case to be one which must be adjusted finally by historical facts, the candid reader is asked, Without favor or prejudice, to make a decision on the unquestionable record.

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About the Author:

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was the president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, served in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and was secretary of war under Franklin Pierce.
William J. Cooper, Jr., is Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University. His most recent book is ""Jefferson Davis, American, winner of the 2001 ""Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography and the Jefferson Davis Award. He lives in Baton Rouge.

""From the Hardcover edition.