tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1379547326281009317.post2037854867202063439..comments2023-05-27T07:47:16.921-07:00Comments on Atrueconfederate: Suppress Nothing !David Tatum Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558472066496171848noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1379547326281009317.post-58516339514241914162011-07-05T07:08:46.224-07:002011-07-05T07:08:46.224-07:00First, they aren't guilty in their own minds o...First, they aren't guilty in their own minds of anything. They only "doled out justice" on the evil South. That's what they believe but it isn't something that came AFTER the war. This idea existed BEFORE the war, indeed, even before the Declaration of Independence. The South - which was doing fine under the British - threw away their advantage to help the North whose only industry at the time was smuggling. The South carried the war, fought the war, supplied most of the troops (there are damned few Yankee graves in the South from the Revolution but a lot of Southern graves in the North) and most of the leaders. The North provided little except in a few cases. Actually, Benedict Arnold was RIGHT! The kudos from Ticonderoga, his victory, was stolen by Nathaniel Green and another key victory won by Arnold (in which he was seriously wounded) was claimed by Gen. Gates! So Arnold saved the nation TWICE and had his laurels bestowed upon another. It's no wonder that he "reconsidered" his loyalties. The South should have stuck with Great Britain. She would have been a valued colony (later member of the Commonwealth) instead of a despised economic colony under the "glories" of New England - whose values, by the way are now considered what America IS (gag!).Val Protohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277237062954716520noreply@blogger.com