Comments on: The Confederacy: America's Worst Idea http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 18 May 2013 07:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Shays’ Rebellion and the Articles of Confederation | John Cashon's Musings http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-961194 Shays’ Rebellion and the Articles of Confederation | John Cashon's Musings Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:21:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-961194 [...] The Confederacy: America’s Worst Idea (Historynet.com) Share this:FacebookTwitterGoogle +1StumbleUponTumblrLinkedInRedditDiggPinterestPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading... This entry was posted in History, Politics and tagged American Revolution, Articles of Confederation, Bill of Rights, Congress, Constitution, Continental Congress, Daniel Shays, Massachusetts, Shays' Rebellion, United States, United States Congress, United States Constitution. Bookmark the permalink. [...] [...] The Confederacy: America's Worst Idea (Historynet.com) Share this:FacebookTwitterGoogle +1StumbleUponTumblrLinkedInRedditDiggPinterestPrintEmailLike this:Like Loading… This entry was posted in History, Politics and tagged American Revolution, Articles of Confederation, Bill of Rights, Congress, Constitution, Continental Congress, Daniel Shays, Massachusetts, Shays' Rebellion, United States, United States Congress, United States Constitution. Bookmark the permalink. [...]

]]> By: dfdgb http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-922095 dfdgb Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:44:48 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-922095 I agree with this comment. Why should a UNITED STATES magazine be biased against their own people. I agree with this comment. Why should a UNITED STATES magazine be biased against their own people.

]]> By: dfdgb http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-922092 dfdgb Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:42:53 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-922092 Well all things considered the north did burn down the south after the war was over. And also the south wasn't all about slavery, there's more to the war than that! Well all things considered the north did burn down the south after the war was over. And also the south wasn't all about slavery, there's more to the war than that!

]]> By: dfdgb http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-922082 dfdgb Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:39:21 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-922082 In addition anyone who thinks the Confederacy was evil is wrong. Why don't you tell someone in the south that you think they are evil. If they were evil than how can they live in our society today. There have been many times that i can think of that seceding from the Union was a possibility. In addition anyone who thinks the Confederacy was evil is wrong. Why don't you tell someone in the south that you think they are evil. If they were evil than how can they live in our society today. There have been many times that i can think of that seceding from the Union was a possibility.

]]> By: dfdgb http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-922074 dfdgb Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:35:44 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-922074 this is horrible. The war wasn't just over slavery, that's not the only reason the south left. They weren't horrible people, just human beings, and all humans do some things wrong. this is horrible. The war wasn't just over slavery, that's not the only reason the south left. They weren't horrible people, just human beings, and all humans do some things wrong.

]]> By: RJW13 http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-825568 RJW13 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:48:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-825568 ...And this editorial slant's precisely why I allowed my subscription to Weider's "America's Civil War Magazine" to lapse. I don't expect or want some kind of neo-Confederate rally, but I do expect some degree of editorial balance or at least sense of fairness from the authors of the articles. Unfortunately, it was rapidly becoming one after another leftist historian with an ideological axe to grind. Might I suggest "The Civil War Monitor" as an example of a well-written, balanced alternative Civil War publication that doesn't go the "moonlight and Magnolias" route? …And this editorial slant's precisely why I allowed my subscription to Weider's "America's Civil War Magazine" to lapse. I don't expect or want some kind of neo-Confederate rally, but I do expect some degree of editorial balance or at least sense of fairness from the authors of the articles. Unfortunately, it was rapidly becoming one after another leftist historian with an ideological axe to grind. Might I suggest "The Civil War Monitor" as an example of a well-written, balanced alternative Civil War publication that doesn't go the "moonlight and Magnolias" route?

]]> By: Donna Richardson http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-816488 Donna Richardson Sun, 26 Aug 2012 01:38:15 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-816488 The Confederacy was evil. Robert E. Lee was the greatest traitor in U.S. history. All he had to do was sit home, but he prolonged the deaths in the worst imaginable cause for at least two years. Any apologizing for this awful cause fails to read their own documents, which base secession on the right to treat black people as property. Horrors. The Confederacy was evil. Robert E. Lee was the greatest traitor in U.S. history. All he had to do was sit home, but he prolonged the deaths in the worst imaginable cause for at least two years. Any apologizing for this awful cause fails to read their own documents, which base secession on the right to treat black people as property. Horrors.

]]> By: NYYPhil777 http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-793678 NYYPhil777 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:28:32 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-793678 In addition to what I said on 3/19/2012, I would bet money that even if the CSA did win the Civil War, the new southern nation would have eventually banned slavery in the 1890s. The CSA would have taken advantage of the Second Industrial Revolution, almost rendering slavery obsolete as work shifted to factories and monopolies from "King Cotton" and slave plantations. I also bet that the CSA would be a first-rate nation in today's world, unlike what the USA is becoming. The CSA didn't exactly start the Civil War, it was Abraham Lincoln's aggressive policies that wanted to end slavery and silence the voice of southern people. Now I wonder where self-centeredness began in American politics. The CSA was not evil, it just should have been left alone doing its job. After all, live and let live. In addition to what I said on 3/19/2012, I would bet money that even if the CSA did win the Civil War, the new southern nation would have eventually banned slavery in the 1890s. The CSA would have taken advantage of the Second Industrial Revolution, almost rendering slavery obsolete as work shifted to factories and monopolies from "King Cotton" and slave plantations. I also bet that the CSA would be a first-rate nation in today's world, unlike what the USA is becoming. The CSA didn't exactly start the Civil War, it was Abraham Lincoln's aggressive policies that wanted to end slavery and silence the voice of southern people. Now I wonder where self-centeredness began in American politics. The CSA was not evil, it just should have been left alone doing its job. After all, live and let live.

]]> By: NYYPhil777 http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-792621 NYYPhil777 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:04:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-792621 In my opinion, I grade this essay a C. Well-written, but what turns me off is a bias. This writer apparently sympathized with the Union side of the Civil War just so he could keep his job. So the South lost. But a new CSA should have re-emerged when Hurricane Katrina struck and FEMA did absolutely nothing but follow the "do what you're told" policy and think all and only about itself. And yet more support was given to the victims of that tsunami in Haiti. Our founding fathers are spitting in their graves, and if they were still alive, I bet they would sympathize with a southern states nation. The CSA was a genius idea, and it should still be really considered. In my opinion, I grade this essay a C. Well-written, but what turns me off is a bias. This writer apparently sympathized with the Union side of the Civil War just so he could keep his job. So the South lost. But a new CSA should have re-emerged when Hurricane Katrina struck and FEMA did absolutely nothing but follow the "do what you're told" policy and think all and only about itself. And yet more support was given to the victims of that tsunami in Haiti. Our founding fathers are spitting in their graves, and if they were still alive, I bet they would sympathize with a southern states nation. The CSA was a genius idea, and it should still be really considered.

]]> By: Brian http://www.historynet.com/the-confederacy-americas-worst-idea.htm#comment-787616 Brian Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:57:55 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682850#comment-787616 James: I think that i you study the subject you will find that Lincoln tried the idea of compensated emancipation in the border states. There, where slavery was less important to the local economy than in the Deep South, one might expect that if a deal along those lines was possible it might have occurred. The fact is that border state slaveowners rejected this kind of compromise, and this led directly (the next day!) to Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation It was a major turning point in the war, and one that advocates of gradualism should not forget. I love McCurry's closing sentence: Americans SHOULD be grateful that the slaveholders' republic went down in defeat. James:

I think that i you study the subject you will find that Lincoln tried the idea of compensated emancipation in the border states. There, where slavery was less important to the local economy than in the Deep South, one might expect that if a deal along those lines was possible it might have occurred. The fact is that border state slaveowners rejected this kind of compromise, and this led directly (the next day!) to Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation It was a major turning point in the war, and one that advocates of gradualism should not forget. I love McCurry's closing sentence: Americans SHOULD be grateful that the slaveholders' republic went down in defeat.

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