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Date Posted: 13:13:11 03/09/14 Sun
Author: dammit
Author Host/IP: 108.41.248.213
Subject: errr.."recognition"
In reply to: typos fixed 's message, "Re: Slavery was absolutely not negotiable to the South in 1860" on 13:04:10 03/09/14 Sun

>>As for American independance from Britain? Well, you
>>ever hear of the Howe Brothers? Lord Admiral Richard
>>Howe, Lord General William and the third Howe brother
>>in Parliament??
>>
>>
>>See, 40 years ago Professor McManus taught us in class
>>that America was a de facto autonomous nation already
>>before our war, that smart Brits knew this, and the
>>Howe bros argued that it was best to accept the
>>reality that the colonials would win the war in the
>>long run, even if they lost all the battles, and that
>>it would be wiser to negotiate a regonition of this
>>and a commonwealth peace pact. Yes, they lost the
>>political battle in London, but the war went pretty
>>much as they predicted. Way it goes, cooler heads
>>lose, even when the smart guys rule the British army
>and the navy.
>>
>>In the Slave South in 1860, the 99 percent of
>Southerners who owned no slaves were solid in their
>backing of slave
>>culture. It is a disgusting lie to even suggest
>>otherwise. I've read editorials from major southern
>>newspapers of the times. Their hatred bigotry and
>>racism was open, unashamed and without limits.
>>Nothing but WAR was gonna end it. Napoltiano's args
>are
>>not just blatantly false, they are creepy. I dismiss
>>him out of hand. If he gets something else right, its
>>an accident.

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