DBWI: Davis not assassinated?

What is Jefferson Davis was not assassinated in 1872? Would the South's industrial programs actually be finished? Would they have still alienated their few allies? Would we see the Confederacy survive into the 20th century?

Discuss.

OOC: POD 1862.
 
OOC: According to the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, Davis would have been unable to have much of a political life past 1866. Not sure what he has to do with anything after that.
 
OOC: According to the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, Davis would have been unable to have much of a political life past 1866. Not sure what he has to do with anything after that.
OOC: That's up to the posters to decide. He could've politically manuvered around this, or just become a very influential advocate of various things.
 
IC: Well, I doubt Davis would have run for a 3rd term even if he had lived. It was hard enough getting the congress to amend the Constitution.

Though the huge backlash against the black slaves resulting from that one who killed Jeff Davis wouldn't exist ITTL. Perhaps President Lee's emancipation program would have worked out.
 
Both IC and OOC: President Lee!? What have you been smoking!?

Of course! Don't you remember? Though Lee had a heart condition, it improved after the war ended in 1862. Though he wasn't able to finish his first term as President (We still mourn his death in 1874:(), he was one of the best we had!
 
Of course! Don't you remember? Though Lee had a heart condition, it improved after the war ended in 1862. Though he wasn't able to finish his first term as President (We still mourn his death in 1874:(), he was one of the best we had!
OOC: Didn't say it ended in 1862, I said POD in '62. and a POD in '62 generally doesn't end the war in '62. I was thinking Dems win the congress, and then the presidency in '64.
IC: I wonder if this would effect Lincoln's re-election.

EDIT: His election campaign
 
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Perhaps President Lee's emancipation program would have worked out.

OOC:

1. It is extremely doubtful that Lee would have been elected President -- even if he had lived, which is stretching it already, he most likely would not enter politics.
2. Even if he did enter politics, it is extremely unlikely that he would have put forth an emancipation program. Lee was pro-slavery. Even though his primary motivation for fighting for the Confederacy was because that was the side Virginia fell on, he was still pro-slavery. Posthumous whitewashing of Lee is nothing but an attempt to make Southerners feel better about themselves, to give them a "hero" to look up to.
3. And even if Lee did survive, and did enter politics, and was elected, and did put forth an emancipation program -- there's no way in hell it would succeed. People tend to forget that the Confederate States of America was founded on slavery. Its major industries were driven by slavery. It had the legality of slavery enshrined in its constitution, for crying out loud! It was, quite simply, a slaver nation. If Lee ever tried to free the slaves -- especially a mere decade and a half after the country was founded -- he'd lose all support and credibility, and fail epically.
 
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