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“ . . . From the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 until 1861, slaveholders from states that joined the Confederacy had served as Presidents of the United States during 49 of the 72 years—more than two-thirds of the time. Twenty-three of the 36 Speakers of the House and 24 of the presidents pro tem of the Senate had been southerners. The Supreme Court always had a southern majority before the Civil War; 20 of the 35 justices down to 1861 had been appointed from slave states. . . ”
Out of War, a New Nation
Spring 2010, Vol. 42, No. 1 By James M. McPherson Enlarge An 1870 engraving of the Battle of Gettysburg, possibly Pickett s charge. (Library of Congress) The Civil War had a greater impact on American society and the polity than any other event in the country’s history. It was also the most...
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So, the South couldn’t envision a future other than its dominant position?
Any cataclysmic day of reckoning is decades and decades away. And as far as continuing to justify slavery within the south itself, even as it goes the route of a growing and modernizing economy— well, the sad truth is, is that otherwise smart persons are quite good at coming up with reasons and justifications for the status quo. I mean, South Africa had apartheid until the 1990s for crying out loud!
By ‘clunk’ move, I mean an abrupt, all-at-once move before you need to. The poker equivalent is ‘donk’-ing off your chips (playing like a donkey).
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