-Caveat Lector-
Debating the ethics and treachery of parties and bystanders of a
conflict decided nearly a century and a half ago is fun but rather
pointless. The results of this and related conflicts are notable,
however. In Kevin Phillips new book, THE COUSINS' WARS: Religion,
Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America [Basic Books: 1999], he
looks at the links between three great Anglo-American fratricidal
conflicts: the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the
American Civil War. His analysis:
"On one side, in each war, were the constituencies of commerce,
industry, the maritime sector, the centers of immigration, the
principal cities, evangelical religion, and the proselytizing
middle class. On the other side was landed agriculture, with its
feudal remnants and servitude, its hierarchical and liturgical
religion, and its greater ratios of horsemen, soldiers and
cavaliers. At a certain point in each nation's history, it was
a necessity - perhaps it was also destiny - for the former to
push aside the latter."
For a less-than friendly review, with excerpts, see:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-01/17/034l-011799-idx.html
In discussions, Phillips also notes that impeachments tend to cluster
at these times, which hints that current events reflect a similar if
less bloody conflict. Anyway, the failed Confederacy, like the old
English monarchy, was profoundly anti-democratic, anti-entrepreneurial,
and non-competitive in a world of increasing complexity & commerce.
Flop. Like communism, if it was viable, it would have survived. It
didn't. Flop. Live with it, eh? Cheers --Ric
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