[rockrr]

It depends on whether you want them to behave as a conquered nation with generations of resentment or as an ally and equal partner. I MUCH prefer the later.

I would too, but it's a faulty premise. There would never be two self-sustaining nations. The south simply could not stand on its own. It lacked the infrastructure and the resolve to build the infrastructure necessary to provide for itself.

Besides - how much faith can one have in a confederacy built on the notion that when the times get rough the rough get going? If you base your culture on secession, why wouldn't you expect secession to be a permanency in your life?

[central_va]

I would too, but it's a faulty premise. There would never be two self-sustaining nations. The south simply could not stand on its own. It lacked the infrastructure and the resolve to build the infrastructure necessary to provide for itself.

I am sure you feel the same way about the south in 2010. Arrogant SOB you are.

[gogogodzilla]

If you base your culture on secession, why wouldn't you expect secession to be a permanency in your life?

Yes, *HOW* could America have succeeded having based it's culture on it's succession from Britain?

[beckysueb]

The south simply could not stand on its own. It lacked the infrastructure and the resolve to build the infrastructure necessary to provide for itself.

Oh my, how you underestimate the will and toughness of the southern people. Of course we probably couldn't now because we have been invaded by illegal aliens and yankees but back than, they definitely could have done it.