Posted on 08/31/2006 9:07:31 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
"How did the North exploit all these subsistence farmers any more than they would have exploited the similar farmers in the Midwest? What's the difference between a yeoman in Michigan and one in Georgia?"
The nation was one people, North and South, except for the narrow self-interest of the slaveowners who were willing to break up the unity of the one nation to further their own well-being.
The true allies of the majority of Southerners were their fellow Americans in the North, not the leaders of the degenerate slave society. It's a shame that the Southern people were deluded into fighting their natural friends to support their natural enemies who ran the CSA.
Concurring bump.
Lincoln, with his log cabin upbringing, had more in common with the average Southerner than Jefferson Davis and his slavehound cohorts ever did.
You summed up a lot very well in one sentance.
You trotting that line out again? You somehow manage to cram that in on every thread about Lincoln.
Clinton was brought up in a modest environment but he doesn't have any more in common with the average Southerner than Rudy Giuliani, so, nice try but no subway token.
On the other hand, according to you yanks, all Southerners are just a bunch of low life, bottom dwelling, inbred, uneducated, lazy, worthless, shiftless pond scum, so, from your point of view, Lincoln would have a lot in common with the 'average Southerner'.
Summed up a lot of bull manure.
"As commander in chief of the army and navy, in time of war, I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy."
Abram Lincoln
Now, that sums up 'a lot very well in one sentence'. Take special note of the 'any measure' part.
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