[topsail]

“A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.”

“The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form.”

Jefferson Davis.

Jefferson Davis was not put on trial for treason because the Government knew that a court would not find him guilty as secession was not illegal under the Constitution.

[rockrr]

Secession wasn’t expressly unlawful but insurrection was and he should have hanged for it.

[central_va]

Jefferson Davis was not put on trial for treason because the Government knew that a court would not find him guilty as secession was not illegal under the Constitution.

[BroJoeK]

topsail: "Jefferson Davis was not put on trial for treason because the Government knew that a court would not find him guilty."

Jefferson Davis was jailed for two years before Horace Grealy & others posted his $100,000 bail, then he fled the country.
In 1868, along with all other Confederate leaders Davis was pardoned by their fellow Southern Democrat, President Andrew Johnson.