Jefferson Davis and the Conspiracy

[Linda Anderson]

(07-29-2014 06:29 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I received an email yesterday from the Lincoln expert Harold Holzer asking if I knew of any statements that Jefferson Davis made when he learned of the assassination of Lincoln. Off the top of my head, I knew that it sounded very Shakespearean to me, something like, "If it were to be done, it is better that it be done well." I found the statement later on a site conducted through the Law Dept. at the University of Missouri/Kansas City and sent that citation to Harold.

Your instincts are right, Laurie. Davis may have been thinking of what Macbeth says when he is contemplating the murder of his kinsman King Duncan.

"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly:"