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However to Southerners who supported secession, any tyrannies by the Confederacy were bourne easier by comparsion to those imposed a Federal government hostile to their way of life(agrarian vs, industrial, tariffs vs free trade, etc,)

In the 1860s many Southern highlanders thought that the lowland planters were more hostile to their way of life than the government in Washington was.

They were probably right about that. Their descendants would probably feel the same way if the rebellion had succeeded.

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"...many Southern highlanders thought that the lowland planters were more hostile to their way of life "

Agreed. That's way East Tennesseee is still a Republican stronghold and why pro Union West Virginia split away from Confederate Virginia.

Another unconstitional act under the Lincoln Administration.

[RedMonqey]

Their descendants would probably feel the same way if the rebellion had succeeded.

Agreed completely. Maybe it's a Scots thing....