The president of the confederacy, jefferson davis, was an aloof, stubborn, and humorless leader who lacked the common touch of abraham lincoln. while he may have been able to wax elegant in the u. s. senate, davis failed to communicate the reasons and meaning of the confederate war effort. what other failures in the confederate war effort can be attributed to jefferson davis and the political leadership of the confederacy?

Two other failures of Jefferson Davis:

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook