Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
If you are unwilling and unable to understand what credibility is and how important it is when engaged in a debate, then that isn't my problem. Your calls about off-topic are dismissed, for I explained exactly how it pertains to "this" discussion. Either "historical documents" are accepted as showing the intent of those that created them, or they are not. You can not pick and choose based upon your argument.
Do you need a minute to google topic relevancy?
“Conscientiously believing that the proper condition of the negro is slavery, or a complete subjection to the white man, and entertaining the belief that the day is not distant when the old Union will be restored with slavery nationally declared to be the proper condition of all of African descent, and in view of the future harmony and progress of all the States of America, I have been induced to issue this address, so that there may be no misunderstanding in the future”
- Jefferson Davis
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