"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 09:18 AM 3/7/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
> >Among the states Texas' history is unique. If you had read any of it
> >you would not be making that argument. Its quite silly for you to do
> >so.
> >
> >There is *no* "lost cause" to discuss in regards to the former
> >nationhood of Texas. When Texas became a state, the population
> >*overwhelmingly* voted for statehood. How do you equate that with a
> >lost cause?
>
> And those same people then deposed Sam Houston when he opposed secession.
Yes, but ages later, folks are dwelling more on what Houston did for
Texas than what the secessionists did. Texas got over the Civil War
sooner than a lot of other southern states. (It helped that things
hadn't been devastated here as badly as they had been in some other
places.)
> JDG - But Obviously I Haven't Read Any of Texas' History, Maru....
You have, seems like. :) But you seem to not quite get what of the
history is important to Texans now, what they emphasize.
Julia
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