<span>The
technique used in the line, “Today I have stood where once Jefferson Davis
stood” is ethos. Ethos is where an
argument is based upon the credibility of the speaker/writer. Thus, because Jefferson Davis can be seen to
be a person of stature, to be speaking/writing to one from where one of
greatness once was can be seen to appeal to the ethos of those being
spoken/written to. </span>