Retain Davis statue

Leave the statue...history is what it is. Removing the statue is not going to change what happened.

Benedict Arnold and John Wilkes Booth are important historical figures, but we don't honor them with statues. Lots of things and people are a part of history, but there are some things that shouldn't be glorified or honored.

Treason isn't exactly something to be proud of, in a historical sense. Sure, it won't change what happened, but it would take away what could be seen as an endorsement of what Davis did.

Keep it....
Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War.

A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and was the United States Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. Both before and after his time in the Pierce Administration, he served as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi. As a senator he argued against secession but believed each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.

Davis resigned from the Senate in January 1861[1], after receiving word that Mississippi had seceded from the Union. The following month, he was provisionally appointed President of the Confederate States of America. He was elected to a six-year term that November. During his presidency, Davis was not able to find a strategy to defeat the more industrially developed Union. Davis' insistence on independence, even in the face of crushing defeat, prolonged the war.

After Davis was captured May 10,1865, he was charged with treason, though not tried, and stripped of his eligibility to run for public office. This limitation was posthumously removed by order of Congress and President Jimmy Carter in 1978, 89 years after his death. While not disgraced, he was displaced in Southern affection after the war by its leading general, Robert E. Lee

If we can offer up Ted Kennedy for sainthood after his dispicable career, we can keep a Davis statue.

3dognight wrote:

Keep it....
Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War.
A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and was the United States Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. Both before and after his time in the Pierce Administration, he served as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi. As a senator he argued against secession but believed each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.
Davis resigned from the Senate in January 1861[1], after receiving word that Mississippi had seceded from the Union. The following month, he was provisionally appointed President of the Confederate States of America. He was elected to a six-year term that November. During his presidency, Davis was not able to find a strategy to defeat the more industrially developed Union. Davis' insistence on independence, even in the face of crushing defeat, prolonged the war.
After Davis was captured May 10,1865, he was charged with treason, though not tried, and stripped of his eligibility to run for public office. This limitation was posthumously removed by order of Congress and President Jimmy Carter in 1978, 89 years after his death. While not disgraced, he was displaced in Southern affection after the war by its leading general, Robert E. Lee
If we can offer up Ted Kennedy for sainthood after his dispicable career, we can keep a Davis statue.

EXCELLENT and INFORMATIVE RESPONSE!

3dognight wrote:

Keep it....
Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War.
A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and was the United States Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. Both before and after his time in the Pierce Administration, he served as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi. As a senator he argued against secession but believed each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.
Davis resigned from the Senate in January 1861[1], after receiving word that Mississippi had seceded from the Union. The following month, he was provisionally appointed President of the Confederate States of America. He was elected to a six-year term that November. During his presidency, Davis was not able to find a strategy to defeat the more industrially developed Union. Davis' insistence on independence, even in the face of crushing defeat, prolonged the war.
After Davis was captured May 10,1865, he was charged with treason, though not tried, and stripped of his eligibility to run for public office. This limitation was posthumously removed by order of Congress and President Jimmy Carter in 1978, 89 years after his death. While not disgraced, he was displaced in Southern affection after the war by its leading general, Robert E. Lee
If we can offer up Ted Kennedy for sainthood after his dispicable career, we can keep a Davis statue.

Hard to argue with the PC dead heads about this sort of thing. Your fighting an uphill battle.

If treason isnt something that should be honored then maybe you should exit this country. One mans freedom is another mans treason. Just remember that.

Oh. And yeah...Keep it. And yes, very nice response 3dognight

Yeah, our founding fathers were terrorists...If you asked Great Britain.

Paladin wrote:

Yeah, our founding fathers were terrorists...If you asked Great Britain.

Very true...good point.

Three Dog Night------Hear--hear----right on!!!!Keep it!!Some of us might still question States Rights!!!

dot dot dot wrote:

Oh. And yeah...Keep it. And yes, very nice response 3dognight

thank you...
But a point of correction, Davis was charged with treason but never tried.....