[Non-Sequitur]

First of all I have to correct you on one thing. When you refer to the southern population as 9 milion you overlook the fact that 3.5 million of those were slaves who had zero say in what the south did and when they did it.

Regardless, what does it say for the 5.6 million that they let themselves be led into war by a hack politician? A man who, once appointed into power, spent the next four years trampling all over everything that the southerners said that they were fighting for. Except, of course, for the institution of slavery. Everyting else - states rights, limited central government, low taxes, constitutional protection - Davis dumped all over. What does that say about them?

[muleboy]

What does that say about them?

I believe it says that Southerners were far less astute in choosing a CIC for an unexpectedly long and costly war. Southerners were far more resistant to the concept of "the ends justify the means" than their Northern counterparts.

As flawed as Davis was, however, his vision of a post-war governing system was far superior to Lincoln's.