[Pelham]

Lincoln’s administration took the position of George III during the Revolution. A claim of political independence is Rebellion needing to be crushed by force. This wasn’t lost on the British Prime Minister of the time, who corresponded with Lee after the War, and who sympathized with the Confederacy.

It’s interesting to note that during the Revolution the Crown offered freedom to slaves who would support Britain against the Rebels. If freeing slaves and putting down rebellion justifies Lincoln’s war on the South, then it also justifies the Crown’s war against the American rebels.

Let’s see if one of our yankee apologists can weave a consistent argument for defending the first rebellion while opposing the second.

[U S Army EOD]

Actually the first rebellion against the Federal Government was more than justified when the Government started to tax whiskey.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Lincoln’s administration took the position of George III during the Revolution.

And the secessionists took the position of Hitler during the Beer Hall Putsch.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Let’s see if one of our yankee apologists can weave a consistent argument for defending the first rebellion while opposing the second.

Erm... don't be to hard on "yankees". I am, myself, a "Yankee". (Iowa born and raised. I happen to live in Oklahoma; but I was born an Iowa Yankee, from a long line of German-immigrant Iowa Yankees).

The war was not "Yankees versus Rebs"; that implies a uniformity of allegiances which simply did not exist. Rather, it was a Federal Government invasion of an independent American nation. It was, as I have said, The War of Federal Aggression.

Sorry for the nit-pick... but I can't claim to be a Southron, because I ain't. By birth, breeding, and lineage, I'm a Yankee myself.

But it sure is nice down here. The winters in Iowa are practically cold enough to freeze steel.