In our hearts, unconquered still

To correct the record, the Confederates did not commit treason – they did not seek to overthrow or defeat the US initially but rather organized a new sovereignty, all the while seeking a resolution to the differences between the CSA and the USA. The birth of that movement was rooted in the very evil that supported the economy of both factions, a problem that was boiling since the early 1800s and saw no simple solution on the horizon.

Without the slave-produced raw materials (King Cotton) the mills of the north would go wanting. The material costs would skyrocket ruining the market for their products; the New England and New York mill owners were as much at fault as anyone. This is a flawed and too simplistic explanation but serves to reveal that the South’s production was not for it’s own use as is popularly believed (the plantations did not grow peas and carrots as cash crops), but sent as raw material to Britain and New England, heavily tarriffed if I remember correctly, and it was those tariffs that Lincoln sought to protect by opposing the Confederate secession, not protection of the enslaved Africans.

I have not included all the elements of error in this quick post, so forgive my incomplete assessment. The blindness of current society to history is appalling and will contribute to the coming social disaster; the rush to blame today’s ills on an inanimate and mute talisman is not only juvenile and misdirected, but siphons the energy from other fruitful efforts. I can see how a stunted mind could focus on convenient targets to create an enemy for their ire (think of the Salem witch hunts and the Monty Python send-up to illustrate that point), but an adult with a fully formed mind should be willing and able to search for the truth rather than cling to myth and superstition, but recent trends defy that theory.

The Good Boy Mayor stated the removal was “…for public safety” among other tripe. What? Isn’t that why we have the police department and sheriff’s office? No? Well, Good Boy Mayor what the hell else is for public safety? My firearms, bumper stickers, refrigerator magnets?

We are living under mob rule. Don’t believe it? Try going against the prevailing group-think in a public place.

Someone, maybe on this site, said “We are an embarrassment to our ancestors” and they are correct.

–Dan Patterson