It was 1 year after the EP. So, not that long, no matter how you try to spin it.
No spin, the Confederacy was loosing the war. Davis knew that, his offer of negotiate emancipation for European diplomatic recognition was simply a last ditch desperate effort to try and save a cause that was already lost. Never mind that it would have taken an amendment to the Confederate Constitution to accomplish that emancipation.
no spin, to be accurate 1 year and 11 months.