From: Michael Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Actually earlier. Cue to Michael Hoover. Before the Civil War people
often spoke of
the alliance between the Lords of the Lash and the Lords of the Loom -- The
Boston
area textile industry and the slave owners.
Michael Perelman
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... slavocracy/manufacturing business matters fostered both socio-cultural
exchange and personal relationships among southern and northern elites...
michael hoover
This resulted in some significantly screwed-up personalities -- most
notably, Teddy Roosevelt, who combined his (Northern) father's do-good
instincts with his (Southern) uncles' bellicosity and seemed to lurch wildly
from humanitarian projects to warmongering. TR was one deeply conflicted
dude. The backstory in brief:
"The ... Civil War ... caused the Roosevelts much distress, because Mrs.
Roosevelts brothers fought for the Confederacy. To spare his wifes
feelings, the elder Roosevelt did not enlist in the armed forces, although
he was a staunch supporter of the Union. During the war he distinguished
himself as an adviser to Union troops on missions that took him to the front
lines. To his son the elder Roosevelt was 'the best man I ever knew,' but
the younger Roosevelt was ashamed all his life that his father had not
fought during the war. Although he was an uncompromising Unionist, Roosevelt
also took pride in the war exploits of his Southern relatives."
<http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558578_7/Theodore_Roosevelt.html>
Carl
