Jefferson Davis's Speech In Mayor Landrieu Of New Orleans

On March 21, 1861 The state of Louisiana joined The Confederate States of America, on April 12, 1861 The American Civil War started and didn't end until four years later on, May 9, 1865 until The Union States of America won. The year is currently 2017 one hundred and fifty-two years since The American Civil War and Robert E. Lee a General in The Confederate army, Jefferson Davis who was the President of The Confederate States and P.G.T. Beauregard a Military officer in the Confederate states, whose monuments were all still up until four months ago they were taken down. The person responsible for removing the statues is Mayor Landrieu of New Orleans, Louisiana he expressed a movable speech to the people of New Orleans and the citizens and noncitizens

He proceeds to announce the history of New Orleans, Louisiana, by saying “New Orleans is truly a city of many nations…..many cultures ” (Landrieu). Him saying this is showing you that his city is a home for everyone of all nations but he also continues by stating, “But there are also other truths about our city that we must confront. New Orleans was America’s largest slave market: a port where hundreds of thousands of souls were bought, sold and shipped….to lives of forced labor of misery of rape, of torture .” As he express this it shows that he knows his history of the city that he is a Mayor of and no one has to question that. His expertise and capability to show that he isn't afraid to reveal the dark past of his city, he secured the ethos of his dispute displaying him as someone trustworthy, as well as someone honorable and upright principled. As Mayor Landrieu opens up about getting rid of the monuments he continues on why he is doing it “[He] knew that taking down the monuments was going to be tough, but you elected [him] to do the right thing, not the easy thing ” (Landrieu). Mayor Landrieu is taking action and showing the people why he was elected, to make a difference to combine and change the nation for the

He does this by capturing the audience to feel compassion and sympathy. He did this especially to parents, a mother or a father that has a great bond with their children. He pursued this by making the parent having to answer a question that won't sound right no matter how you answer it, as Mayor Landrieu questions “Can you do it?” (Landrieu) and as a parent you want to show your kids all the great things that surround them not the negatives. His examples pushed the audience to think about their own children and to envision what it's like to let your son or daughter down by not being able to answer their question, connecting the pathos to his