One of the first things that he did as President was to for a Peace Commission to try to resolve the differences with the union, but, unfortunately, Lincoln preferred a more violent solution.
One of the first things that he did as President was to for a Peace Commission to try to resolve the differences with the union, but, unfortunately, Lincoln preferred a more violent solution.
Given the paucity of the South's resources, he had no other choice.
but, unfortunately, Lincoln preferred a more violent solution.
No, he didn't at all.
However, the violent assault on US troops stationed at Fort Sumter gave him no other choice.
Davis' minions just didn't take his Peace Commission as seriously as he did.
He sent a group to deliver an ultimatum to Lincoln, you mean. Peace was not what he wanted, surrender was.
“One of the first things that he did as President was to for a Peace Commission to try to resolve the differences with the union, but, unfortunately, Lincoln preferred a more violent solution.”
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Davis’ political foes in South Carolina wouldn’t have tolerated it. He was reviled almost as much by his fellow Southern politicians as he was by Northern ones.
He sure did. The Commission was to settle disputes between two countries, and the Union did not recognize that there were two countries. The Commission gave the Union an opportunity to surrender before fighting even started. Apparently he thought we were French.
He made no attempt whatever to negotiate return to the Union, with appropriate concessions to satisfy southern grievances, which would have been the only way to avoid war.
Preserving the Union. How violent.
