And those who advocated building canals and roads in America to connect the interior of the country with the coast- instead of getting involved in foreign wars- were what? 'Neocons'?
Fascinatingly agile words 'paleocon' and 'neocon'. No wonder they attract simple-minded ideologues and their ignorant sheep like a flame does moths!
As an aside, if America had given up our claims to traffic on the Mississppi, as we almost did during the war, the plans to build canals from the Ohio River through Virginia would quite likely have succeeded.
That would have made quite a difference in the War Between the States.
Instead of siding with the Northern states they had developed commercial ties with because of the Erie Canal, the western states would have developed those ties with the South instead.
If you so choose to use that word, it fits better than conservative.
Fascinatingly agile words 'paleocon' and 'neocon'. No wonder they attract simple-minded ideologues and their ignorant sheep like a flame does moths
Compared to 'realists' who have no ideals other than remaining in control for as long as possible. Willing to sell anything, up to and including their political soul, for power
As an aside, if America had given up our claims to traffic on the Mississppi, as we almost did during the war, the plans to build canals from the Ohio River through Virginia would quite likely have succeeded.
Would be quite hard to do considering that many of the states had refuted Clay's 'American System' by passing laws contrary to the improvements called for by same scheme