[poconopundit]

When I said "dishonest men" I didn't refer to any of the FReepers but the legacy story that's been passed down to us and the actors in their time who started the Civil War in their own self-interest.

The chart and figure are interesting reading indeed.

I found a Wikipedia bio of Thomas Kettell, author of Southern Wealth and Northern Profits. Apparently he was a New Yorker who spoke freely:

In 1856 Kettell authored Southern Wealth and Northern Profits, a lengthy statistical pamphlet about the economies of the Northern and Southern regions. The book received wide acclaim among secessionists in the South and much derision from anti-slavery politicians in the North, even though Kettell intended it as an argument that the two regions were economically dependent upon each other.

[DiogenesLamp]

When I said "dishonest men" I didn't refer to any of the FReepers but the legacy story that's been passed down to us and the actors in their time who started the Civil War in their own self-interest.

My apologies for mistaking your meaning. Yes, I believe there were quite a lot of people who's best interest lay in convincing people that the bloodshed and calamity served some higher purpose than the enrichment of the pockets of wealthy robber barons. The truth would have invited a vengeful fury on the perpetrators.

I found a Wikipedia bio of Thomas Kettell, author of Southern Wealth and Northern Profits. Apparently he was a New Yorker who spoke freely:

That's what I discovered when I went looking for information about him. So far as I was able to find, he was a New Yorker, and so therefore you would think he would deal with Northern concerns and positions in an even-handed manner.