[Ditto]

Lets quit beating around the bush. Davis chose war for one reason -- he had to. The Upper South states had rejected secession and the so-called Confederacy of the Cotton States had no chance of viability unless they got the more populus and wealthy southern states, especially Virginia, to join them and the only way to accomplish that was to start a war before people realized how rediculus that little combination of plantations called the Confederate states were.

They had to accomplish that before passions cooled and people realized that the Slave Power couldn't even deliver the mail let alone be a true republic.

[stand watie]

actually, the election of the TYRANT made secession of the upper south (and perhaps the war) inevitable.

the TRUTH is that even before he was sworn in as a minority president, lincoln was seen to be exactly what he was: a party hack, a crooked railroad lawyer & a power-hungry lunatic, who desired war with the new dixie republic, rather than to let the south ALONE and the USA remain at PEACE.

the UNvarnished TRUTH is that that it was lincoln's war & the blame for a MILLION DEAD is upon his head.

free dixie,sw

[TexConfederate1861]

That is a doubtful hypothesis. The other states would have joined regardless.

[TexConfederate1861]

By the way, the Confederate Postmaster, Texan, John H. Reagan, performed his job well, and got a viable postal service up and running in a short period of time.