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“It has been said that I should apply to the United States for a pardon; but repentance must precede the right of pardon, and I have not repented. Remembering as I must all which has been suffered, all which has been lost, disappointed hopes and crushed aspirations, yet I deliberately say, if it were to do over again, I would again do just as I did in 1861.” -- Jefferson Davis, address to the Mississippi legislature, 1881 #sec002 #jeffersondavis #pardon #unrepentant #civilwar #confederacy #dixie #south

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