My understanding was a hope that the North would eventually tire and realize they were wrong and maybe Europe would inject themselves into the conflict. The fault lies in ever thinking that Yankees were capable of doing the right and moral thing. Might makes right? Not. The Illinois ButcherTM was putting down a rebellion in the North at the same time fighting a war in the South. He was a good butcher, don't get me wrong.
They sure blew that one then, didn't they? The fact remains that had Davis not been so hell-bent for war but had waited Lincoln out instead, the confederacy would be an independent country today and we wouldn't be having these pleasant conversations.
The fault lies in ever thinking that Yankees were capable of doing the right and moral thing.
Sure. And had the U.S. done the right and moral thing and not declared war after that Pearl Harbor unplesantness then Hiroshima and Nagasaki would never have been flattened.
The Illinois ButcherTM was putting down a rebellion in the North at the same time fighting a war in the South.
You must be directionally challenged this morning. The rebellion was in the South.