To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sorry, but the Confederacy was the greatest act of treason in the history of the United States. Taking up arms against the federal government is the very essence of treason, and there's nothing noble about it if you lose.
The United States would have been far better served by holding every surviving Confederate officer accountable in the federal courts or military tribunals in the states of the rebellion, with punishment imposed according to the standards of the time.
The mistake of Reconstruction was in giving “The Lost Cause” any seeds or fertile soil in which to sprout. We'd be a far different and better nation now if the traitors had been dealt with properly.
44 posted on
03/24/2012 1:19:50 AM PDT by
El Kabong1
(The Confederacy was nothing but treason writ large)
To: El Kabong1
El Kabong1
Since Feb 20, 2012 Up yours troll, start crap somewhere else jerk.
45 posted on
03/24/2012 2:04:19 AM PDT by
The Cajun
(Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
To: El Kabong1; mojitojoe
Could this be FR’s favorite retread? Anti-birther and hates the Confederacy... Made 3 comments so far only.
48 posted on
03/24/2012 10:00:13 AM PDT by
little jeremiah
(We will have to go through hell to get out of hell. Signed, a fanatic)
To: El Kabong1
We would be a far better nation if the Confederacy had kicked the ever loving sh*t out of the union. How’s this hopey changey thing working for you?
49 posted on
03/24/2012 10:21:26 AM PDT by
mojitojoe
(American by birth. Southern by the grace of God. Conservative by reason and logic.)
To: El Kabong1
FR will be a far better place when you are dealt with according to the standards of FR. I see lighting in your future.
51 posted on
03/24/2012 10:40:54 AM PDT by
beandog
(Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand)
To: El Kabong1
"The mistake of Reconstruction was in giving The Lost Cause any seeds or fertile soil in which to sprout. We'd be a far different and better nation now if the traitors had been dealt with properly."You mean like concentration camps and Zyclon B?
63 posted on
03/25/2012 8:57:23 AM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: El Kabong1
Hey NS back again. Same old NS.
To: El Kabong1
Sorry, but the Confederacy was the greatest act of treason in the history of the United States. What proves you point is all of the treason trials and executions there were post Civil War. Oh, wait there were no treason trials during reconstruction, never mind.
72 posted on
03/25/2012 9:46:05 AM PDT by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: El Kabong1
The United States would have been far better served by holding every surviving Confederate officer accountable in the federal courts or military tribunals in the states of the rebellion, with punishment imposed according to the standards of the time. The mistake of Reconstruction was in giving The Lost Cause any seeds or fertile soil in which to sprout. We'd be a far different and better nation now if the traitors had been dealt with properly.
Had that happened, Southern partisans may very well have turned to guerrilla warfare, and the fighting may have gone on for years afterwards.
78 posted on
03/25/2012 12:50:21 PM PDT by
Fiji Hill
(Deo Vindice!)
To: El Kabong1
do one, NS , you just cant help yourself , still no pals, sitting there looking for these kind of threads.
Stay up north and never come south as my battle flag will insult you.
Pathetic
90 posted on
03/26/2012 5:02:07 AM PDT by
manc
(Marriage is between one man and one woman,It's not a conservative view but a true American view)
To: El Kabong1
146 posted on
03/26/2012 6:29:47 PM PDT by
mojitojoe
(American by birth. Southern by the grace of God. Conservative by reason and logic.)
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