Jefferson Davis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889) was an American soldier and politician, most famous for serving as the first and only President of the Confederate States, leading the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. ..."
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Jefferson Davis, by Charley Reese, 13 Dec 2006
"Jefferson Davis, one of America's greatest statesmen, said that a question settled by violence would inevitably arise again, though at a different time and in a different form. ... he said: '... We ask no conquest, no aggrandizement ... all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms.'"
"Jefferson Davis, one of America's greatest statesmen, said that a question settled by violence would inevitably arise again, though at a different time and in a different form. ... he said: '... We ask no conquest, no aggrandizement ... all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms.'"