APRIL 29, 1861:
Jefferson Davis addresses the Confederate Congress and the
North; his speech reads in part:
“We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest
solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice save that
of honor and independence; we seek no conquest, no aggrandizement, no
concession of any kind from the States with which we were lately confederated;
all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall
not now attempt our subjugation by arms. This we will, this we must, resist to
the direst extremity. The moment that this pretension is abandoned the sword
will drop from our grasp, and we shall be ready to enter into treaties of amity
and commerce that cannot but be mutually beneficial. So long as this pretension
is maintained, with a firm reliance on that Divine Power which covers with its
protection the just cause, we will continue to struggle for our inherent right
to freedom, independence, and self-government.”
On the
same day, Maryland rejects secession 53-13.
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