[Gianni]

A lot is made of this legislation, holding it up as an indication that the confederacy was changing and that slavery may not have survived in an independent south.

What was the one position on which Davis was immobile? Come on, Non - it's your big chance to talk about Davis (with invite, even)!

[Non-Sequitur]

What was the one position on which Davis was immobile? Come on, Non - it's your big chance to talk about Davis (with invite, even)!

Southern independence. As late as January 1865 he was insisting on that as a precondition to talks with the Union, in spite of the fact that everyone else in the government recognized how foolish that stand was.