Posted on 12/14/2010 4:53:34 PM PST by unixman9627
Called to the difficult and responsible station of Chief Executive of the Provisional Government which you have instituted, I approach the discharge of the duties assigned to me with an humble distrust of my abilities, but with a sustaining confidence in the wisdom of those who are to guide and to aid me in the administration of public affairs, and an abiding faith in the virtue and patriotism of the people.
(Excerpt) Read more at confederatevets.com ...
Who’s crying you? Because you don’t want to face the reality of the Civil War?
ROTFLMFAO!
I know, I’m laughing too. This is getting funnier than hell!
A another patented pot-meet-kettle moment from the Lost Cause contingent.
We'll get none of that from any of your posts by the looks of things.
And especially not from you. He who refuses to read facts is blind.
Another dumb riposte from the blind...
We obviously didn't have the advantage of getting our 'facts' from whatever Lost Cause fantasy site you did. Please continue, it's most amusing.
As with your civil war obsession, you're clueless as to my sniggering.
I’m not clueless as to your snickering...I’m laughing my behind off because you’re a closed-minded bigot who won’t even attempt to explore the facts because the facts don’t suit you.
“Anderson once quipped dryly that “the increase of her darkies” had made him rich”
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/a-quiet-mans-arrival/#more-70481
"Anderson had fought the Seminoles, led troops in the war with Mexico, and been brevetted for gallantry at Molino del Rey – but, as a devout Christian, he loved peace. Indeed, he loathed violence with the certitude of a man who had seen far too much of it already. The Buchanan administration believed it had found a soldier incapable of any rash act, one who would put no American lives at risk either to disrupt the Union or to defend it.
In other words Anderson was hand picked and placed where he was precisely because of his judgment and temperament. Buchanan needed someone as a calming influence to command the federal installations. Someone who would do every reasonable thing he could to contain the situation and not exacerbate it.
"But the officers and men who welcomed Major Anderson to Charleston inspected their quiet new commander with searching eyes. They knew that in a certain sense, he – and they – would hold more power in the months ahead than President Buchanan himself. “The truth is we are the government at present,” one of them would soon write. “It rests upon the points of our swords. Shall we use our position to deluge the country in blood?”
History shows their restraint. There are several other ways the situation could have been handled that would have resulted in better outcomes all around. Mutual outcomes. But the southern 'leaders' chose confrontation and conflict. And war.
“Close minded bigot”??????????????????????
ROTFLMFAO x3!!!
Using the term “bigot” while championing the cause of the Southern Rebellion!
Oh, yeah....now THAT is a rich one!!!
Y’all sure yer not part of the Rebel Racist Redneck Comedy Tour and Inter-Familial Debauchery Tour??????
Dangnabbit, yew lost cause loser sour grapes shouldacouldawoulda piners for the old time glory of keepin’ them thar darkies down rebel jamtime fan club are a hoot!!!
Yeah it’s rich isn’t it...and true! You go guy!
Thumper, your bigotry so suits you! And is so apparent!
Well, I’ll say this much for the little feller - he’s not too bright but at least he’s consistent. Do you suppose someone should clue him in that obduracy isn’t generally considered an asset?
Funny - all this time I thought it was the injuns. Darned Gubmint skools!
Thank you for noting that. I knew he was tied in with slavery somehow, but didn't know the particulars. Sorry for taking so long to reply. I've been out of town seeing family but without a computer.
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