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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible to destroy everything of Confederate origin? [View all]brush
(54,622 posts)There is nothing ambiguous about this statement:
"In 1790, the Congress of the United States enacted that:
"If any person or persons, owing allegiance to the United States of America, shall levy war against them, or shall adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States, or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted on confession in open Court, or on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act of the treason whereof he or they shall stand indicted, such person or persons shall be adjudged guilty of treason against the United States, and SHALL SUFFER DEATH . . ."
There was no doubt that Davis was a traitor, he "levied war" against the US.
As for Arnold, thanks for the info that he escaped but there were other traitors who were executed.
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