Comments on: A Nation Divided http://www.historynet.com/a-nation-divided.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Fri, 24 May 2013 20:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kim Caldwell http://www.historynet.com/a-nation-divided.htm#comment-668473 Kim Caldwell Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:10:17 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683210#comment-668473 How sad it is that the lies continue. Those same lies which fostered the hatred for the South, the same lies which sought to convince Americans then that all Southerners were heathen barbarians, the lies that the president sought what was best for the Union and for the people, are inherent throughout this article. Truth is a dificult concept for those who seek to revise history to make it fit our more sensitive notions. Truth cannot be read in one man's perspective---it must be studied in the words of those times. Do not take my word, do not take this professor's word, but read the writings and speeches of Abraham Lincoln, of Robert E. Lee, of Jefferson Davis. Delve even further into history into the works of Jefferson and Madison and our founding fathers before blindly accepting the willful lies of thoes who seek to degrade an honor and a right for which we continue to fight for today. The gradual whittling away of states' and individual's rights began 150 years ago and continues today in the political and intellectual tyranny of today. How sad it is that the lies continue. Those same lies which fostered the hatred for the South, the same lies which sought to convince Americans then that all Southerners were heathen barbarians, the lies that the president sought what was best for the Union and for the people, are inherent throughout this article. Truth is a dificult concept for those who seek to revise history to make it fit our more sensitive notions. Truth cannot be read in one man's perspective—it must be studied in the words of those times. Do not take my word, do not take this professor's word, but read the writings and speeches of Abraham Lincoln, of Robert E. Lee, of Jefferson Davis. Delve even further into history into the works of Jefferson and Madison and our founding fathers before blindly accepting the willful lies of thoes who seek to degrade an honor and a right for which we continue to fight for today. The gradual whittling away of states' and individual's rights began 150 years ago and continues today in the political and intellectual tyranny of today.

]]> By: Daniel Buck http://www.historynet.com/a-nation-divided.htm#comment-557137 Daniel Buck Wed, 11 May 2011 13:13:39 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683210#comment-557137 During the writing of the confederate constitution, South Carolina offered language allowing states to secede from the confederacy. The language was tabled. (Only SC supported the language.) Thus, at last implicitly, the confederate constitution prohibited the very thing that the confederate states themselves had just done, seceded. Dan During the writing of the confederate constitution, South Carolina offered language allowing states to secede from the confederacy. The language was tabled. (Only SC supported the language.) Thus, at last implicitly, the confederate constitution prohibited the very thing that the confederate states themselves had just done, seceded.

Dan

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