[Regulator]

Noted that he a) turned down the offer and b) duly resigned as he was no longer really a part of the nation that Lincoln headed.

Seems consistent to me.

[jmacusa]

It's called treason. He and Davis could have been hung. Political expediency on Lincolns part and the fact that the nation was politically,financially and spiritually exhausted from the war and he felt to prosecute these two would have caused further division and resentment. Davis, that bastard wanted to keep the war going for as long as possible.