Posted on 03/21/2009 5:15:25 AM PDT by Davy Buck
"With The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War, by H. W. Crocker III, we are presented with the same old Lost Cause rhetoric in a new bag, a Confederate catechism for the 21st century."
Here's the one quote Smeltzer pulls off the cover to criticize: "You think you know about the Civil War, but did you know: That the Emancipation Proclamation did not free a single slave?"
So, stating that the Emancipation Proclamation didn't free the slaves now automatically gets you labeled as a "Lost Causer." Really?
(Follow the link and read the rebuttal)
Here it comes.
Race riots which killed thousands in the North
Thousands? Really? When?
Blacks who fought for the Confederacy
Not legally, and seldom by choice.
The disbanding of the KKK because it became violent
When?
Draftees in the North who paid to get out of the service
Let us not forget the drafrees in the South who did likewise. Or the exemption for slave owners. Or the fact that the confederate army was far more dependent on draftees and those who's enlistments were involuntarily extended than the Union army was.
The dreadful condition of POW camps in both north and the south.
Except that conditions in the confederate camps was all the fault of the Union right? </sarcasm>
Thank you.
“Actually, if you read the Emancipation Proclamation, it explicitly excludes states not in rebellion”
True dat! Which would mean that Lincoln didn’t do anything.
It took law to free the slaves. New law originates in the House of Reps, it doesn’t originate with the President. Lincoln didn’t have the authority to make slavery illegal.
Not only that, but Lincoln wasn’t president of the Confederacy, therefore the Emancipation Proclamation didn’t mean anything. It would be like 0bama signing a proclamation that the speed limit in Canada is now 80 mph. It would mean nothing as 0bama has no authority to change laws in another country.
I just finished “1864: Lincoln At The Gates of History” by Charles Bracelen Flood. Good read.
“Neither men thought slavery would fade away naturally in their life time, or their children’s lifetime. Or their grandchildren’s lifetime.”
False.
Overall, I really enjoyed your post. I too like good comedy.
True. I would defy you to come up with a pre-rebellion quote from either man predicting an early end to slavery.
Overall, I really enjoyed your post. I too like good comedy.
I dare say not more than I enjoy a good Southron fairy tale. And that book is full of 'em.
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