Jefferson Davis and the Conspiracy

[LincolnToddFan]

I think the remark, if indeed J.D. made it, which I doubt-was crude and unworthy of him. I am by no means an admirer of the man but he never strikes me as that cold blooded and mean spirited.

In his memoirs he made a comment to the effect that he had no particular esteem for Mr. Lincoln, but there were a great many other men whom he would rather have been removed from the scene. ( Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government)

That was an honest statement, devoid of both hypocrisy and cruelty.