Old Dwight was free to think as he did even though he was a Republican. This Republican thinks of The Confederate flag as a flag of treason and separation.
I fly my flag directly at YOU.
The South was not the entity that broke the founding compact. The Treason to the principle upon which the nation was founded were those Tyrants that fought against independence, unlike our founders who fought for it.
“This Republican thinks of The Confederate flag as a flag of treason and separation.”
That’s the old Radical Republican position, men like Stanton and Stevens who considered Abe Lincoln too moderate and were even suspected of playing a role in his murder. The Radicals were a bloodthirsty bunch with a lot in common with some later Russian and German politicians who similarly liked the idea of killing their opponents.
So what’s your opinion of the Massachusetts Essex Junto and the New Haven Convention and the Hartford Convention?
The two New England movements to secede from the United States 50 years earlier?
And given that the Crown issued two emancipation declarations during the Revolution, Dunmore’s Proclamation and The Philipsburg Proclamation, should King George have prevailed over the Colonists?
Jmacusa: “This Republican thinks of The Confederate flag as a flag of treason and separation.”
I’ve posted before, and it’s worth repeating, here in rural central Pennsylvania I often see Confederate flags on homes & pickups, usually flying beside Old Glory.
Years ago my Pennsylvanian dad married a pretty young North Carolina girl, who passed away last year, at age 93, leaving behind many children, grandchildren & great grandchildren.
Today she is buried beside Dad, here in PA.
So I consider that a highly successful, and desirable Southern invasion of the North.
We love our rebels, and don’t hold the past “unpleasantness” against them.