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To: TonyRo76
...and bold defiance against authoritarian government.

Authoritarian government? Until they walked out the South pretty much ran the government. If it was authoriarian then weren't they responsible?

51 posted on 05/24/2007 6:37:37 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Non-Sequitur; TonyRo76; LS
Authoritarian government? Until they walked out the South pretty much ran the government. If it was authoriarian then weren't they responsible?

Everyone interested in the Civil war should also check out the section on Southern Big Government in LS's "A Patriot's History of the United States." A real eye-opener...the Confederate government was pretty much running the entire economy down to the smallest detail.

175 posted on 05/24/2007 7:32:09 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (A pacifist sees no distinction between the arsonist and the fireman--Freeper ccmay)
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