Davis was not only a failure, he ran an repressive regime. Too bad historians haven't spent half the time examining the oppressions of the Davis gang as they have examining Lincoln's actions. But then again, most people aren't interested in losers and who can expect much from the leader of a regime based on slavery and dedicated to defeating the proposition that all men are created equal.
If the men who knew Lincoln best - his law partner, close friends and confidants - portray the Lincoln as less than the fourth member of the Trinity, have issue with them.
Davis was not only a failure, he ran an repressive regime.
Non, is that you? Or Mr. Zak? Davis was a decorated hero/soldier/veteran of the Mexican war, senator/Secretary of War. When his state seceded, he resigned his seat in the Senate with remorse. He stated that the seceding states simply wanted to be left alone. On the other hand, the Lincoln arrested judges, priests, civilians and little girls for having the temerity to speak out against his dictatorship/Orwellian liberal policies, or for refusing to pray for him (documented in the OR), or for simply playing a Southern song on a piano. If that's your definition of a hero, by all means have at it.
Again, the US had legalized slavery far longer, the US flag flew over the ships that sailed to Africa to purchase their human cargoes. Yankees made fortunes in the Triangle trade (booze, sugar, flesh) - why not denigration of their 'regime'? Hypocrit?
In regard to 'all men are created equal', the framers meant POLITICAL equality - that the power of government was for everyone - not just for those of 'royal blood'. If they had meant racial equality then the very 1st Congress would not have made citizenship/naturalization/military service to be for whites only. Just as if Lincoln meant equality he would not have been so adamant about deportation/colonization of blacks. He even wanted to 'reward' those that fought for the union with an all expense paid trip to Panama to dig coal/canal - with no return ticket.
Lincoln was perfectly happy for the seceded states to return to the union with their slavery intact, Congress admitted West Virginia as a slave state during the war. In his inaugural speech he stated that as long as tariff revenues were paid, no invasion would occur. - ?) Even after the Declaration,