Southerners looking to share their Confederate holiday

Hartford Courant ^ | March 22, 2009 | Dahleen Glanton

[cowboyway]

ATLANTA — In a cultural war that has pitted Old South against new, defenders of the Confederate legacy have opened a fresh front in their campaign to polish an image tarnished, they said, by people who do not respect Southern values.

With the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States in 2011, efforts are under way in statehouses, small towns and counties across the South to push for proclamations or legislation promoting Confederate history.

[IrishCatholic]

No, actually transplanted here and kind of got stuck. I don't have any affinity for here. In fact, I am looking to move to the middle coast-VA or MD.

[Idabilly]

“This conflicts with your statement:”

This don’t!! We all know about “other” Supreme Court Cases..Let’s stick ones that happened BEFORE Lincoln imprisoned his critics

The U.S. Supreme Court, according to the Prize Cases decided on in December 1862,
ruled: “Congress cannot declare war against a state or any number of states by virtue of any clause in the Constitution. The President has no power to initiate or declare war against a foreign nation or a domestic state. Several of these states have combined to form a new Confederacy, claiming to be acknowledged by the world as a Sovereign state. Their right to do so is now being decided by wager of Battle.”

[manc]

sscchh

don’t tell them about the thousands of black men who fought about the confederacy as it goes against their narrow view of the war.

I live in St Augustine and here we have dead black soldiers graves and there is still a family who is black who honors their ancestor.

When a dumb ass liberal Yankee came down on vacation he saw a battle flag and got upset.
I turned around and pointed a few facts out to them and even though I tried and tried I just ended up directing them to the graves.

two days later I was walking my dog and saw them on st Georges street.
I went up to them and asked if they went and he reply9ed he did and that he never knew about any of this and for the last two days had picked up some book and talked to a couple of locals.

thankfully that liberal Yankee has now a better idea about the war and I just hope all of the other idiots like them wake up and look at the real history

[manc]

agreed
he also said that he had no intention to do so and that even if he did he believed he had no power to do so.

course it flies in the liberal north east Il minds of political correctness in this country but then again facts do tend to get in the way of made up history.

thankfully my 3 kindergarten children already know about the war

[manc]

LOL

[manc]

I welcome that plus we’ll take the midwest and AK LET THE LIBERAL NORTH EAST STATES go their own way with Quebec

[manc]

to me as well but I'll add to that. arrogant, know it all trouble making argumentative cyber hard tough guy. Think I got them all but please let me know if I missed any

[manc]

LOL so true, go to their strong holds in the north east and see what a dump it is and how racist and elitist it is there especially Boston

[manc]

not too mention the rapes, murders, non voting for whites ion LA for 10 years under the so called reconstruction,etc etc etc. it was never a win for the north but a lose lose for both. we down here lost at least one generation and some families totally wiped out, land taken ,/stolen etc etc. people killed for not respecting Lincolns death, people killed because they flew the southern battle flag which I might add still bleeding goes on with these liberals

[manc]

second that , though not all are .

My wife is down here and I have took her to places, met many people and she now knows how important for many this is.

As an Historian I would welcome confederate day and schools learning the real history

take care my friend from north east FL, land of the minorcans

[manc]

but the person is originally from IL living down in KS

[manc]

N.S is from IL anyway but lives now in KS

poster must like it down south more than right up there in IL

[manc]

the poster is actually from IL but yes I would not lose sleep if the posters Il and the north east just went away form us.
I would lose sleep though if I heard southern boys had to go north and force them to be with us.

maybe one day, one day maybe

[manc]

great post,

[manc]

I never bother to read his/her posts anymore as every time this topic comes up the poster shows their ignorance and just repeats the same usual crap .

Also I noticed that the poster must not have a busy life as they seem to always be on here looking for arguments and attention every day all day

[manc]

honestly I don’t know if you are just writing this crap as a wind up or you actually believe it.

You keep going on about slavery and yet it has been pointed out to you time and time again that even Lincoln said he was not going to war over the slaves and that he had no intention to free them nor did he believe he had the power to do so.

Now you keep saying it was a civil war but to be pedantic here it was not so I would suggest you go and look up what a civil war is.

thank you and happy researching

[rustbucket]

You need to read account of the heroes welcome that the liberating Union army received in many places in the South. My favorite account is the entrance of the blue forces in Red Clay, Georgia with the Stars and Stripes waving citizens lining the road complete with an ancient War of 1812 veteran beside himself with joy at the arrival of American soldiers of a new generation.

Big whoop-te-do. Here is the metropolis of Red Clay:

Red Clay, Georgia

[manc]

I’ll second that last line which is why I never bother with reading their crap anymore

[manc]

LOL

[central_va]

He fought on after Atlanta, to Franklin and beyond. So your claim that he had the fight taken out of him is a bit insulting to the man.

I guess you really didn't read the book. He said words to the effect. "After Atlanta, everything was a farce and joke."