Busting the Myths
Most of what you were taught in school about the Civil War
or the War for Southern Independence was a lie.
History written by the North in order to justify their own actions, make
the South look bad and taught by teachers who brainwash instead of teaching the
true history.
‘The South Was Right’…in the introduction the book busts up
some of these myths. There is much more detail
and eye opening facts, supported by bibliography resources from which to do
research.
The South was a poor and backward place.
Wrong. “In 1860 if the South had been an independent country
it would have ranked as the third largest on the European and American
continents.” The South bought 23% more advanced farming implements than the
North. According to the 1860 census, the
South had a per capita income 10% higher than all states west of New York. The
South had 1/3 of all the rail lines in the US and more navigable river with
ports that didn’t freeze than the North.
The South exported more goods than the North. (This will be significant
and is a main part of the run up to the War.) (Pg 21)
Lincoln was a humanitarian and promoter of liberty.
Wrong. Lincoln was a
white supremacist. Here is a quote of a
debate that he did in 1858
“ I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been in
favor of bring about in anyway the social and political equality of the white
and black races—that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or
jurors of Negros, not of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with
white people….” There is more like
this.
In addition, the Great Emancipator….his proclamation only
freed the slaves who were in the States that were ‘in rebellion”. Not the slaves who were still in the Northern
States and not even the slaves that were in the conquered Southern
territory. The North had many slaves
before, during and AFTER the Civil war.
Lincoln didn’t free the slaves in the Southern States for humanitarian
reasons. He was hoping that they would
rise up against the white people and make the conquest by the North easier.
If he was truly a humanitarian, Lincoln, would have included
ALL slaves in the proclamation and would have stopped the slave trade in the
North. This trading went on all during
the War enriching the pockets of the Yankee traders.
Lincoln was not a nice man. In fact he was quite a despot
and ordered the deaths of his political opponents and authorized mass execution
of a tribe of Indians in Minnesota, even picking out some of the victims
himself. (Pg. 31)
The South Fought the War to Keep Slavery
Not so. It was a
small percentage of people in the South that owned slaves. The big plantations with many slaves were
not the norm. Most people were not slave
owners. It is estimated that only 6% of people
owned slaves and of that number about 1.4% of the 6% were large slave
owners.
Plus it wasn’t just whites who owned slaves. There were many instances of ‘Free men’ of
Color owning black slaves. Many of the
small slave owning farmers or families, had a few slaves who worked right
alongside the owners and were treated well.
Again, many, many slaves, once emancipated, returned to their former
owners and resumed working.
No, the southern fight wasn’t to preserve slavery, but
rather to preserve their rights, property and money. Why would the mass of the people who didn’t
own slaves or who were not wealthy fight for the rights of the small percentage
of the wealthy who did own slaves.
In looking at the letters that survived from the solders
sent home the majority of the sentiment is for Southern Independence. (Pg 35)
The REAL reason for the war.
Economics. Greed.
Taxation and Tariffs that the centralized government put upon the South. Follow
the money!!! (Pg 49-51)
In 1859 the export of cotton, alone, from the South was
valued as $161,434,923 (a staggering amount of money for that time) Compare to the total of ALL exports from the
North in the measly amount of $78,217,202.
The South was a money machine and the Northerners wanted a
piece of the action, so they put tariffs on the exports of goods. The money went into the central, federal
pot. The public treasury. Since the South exported more, had more ports
and access to the seaways, the lions share of the money came from Southern
Exports.
George Lunt notes in his book Origin of the Late War:
“In 1833 there was a surplus revenue of many millions in the
public treasury which by an act of legislation-- unparalleled in the history of
the nation—was distributed exclusively to the northern states to be used for
local public improvements.”
President Buchanan made a message to Congress:
“The South has not had her share of money from the treasury
and unjust discrimination had been made against her.”
In other words….the South pays and pays and then when the
money is given out…..they get stiffed.
When Lincoln was asked why not let the South secede, he
responded:
Let the South
go? Let the South go! Where then shall we get our revenues?
Yup … follow the money.
On March 30, 1861 the New York Times had a lengthy article (pg
52) that to summarize……Said that if the South were to be successful in seceding
and the tariffs were not imposed by the Confederate States then manufactures
from England and elsewhere “would be fools” to not avail themselves of this
advantage. New York would become a ghost
town while New Orleans would thrive.
They summarized that they “were divided and confused until our pockets
were touched”.
In other words the North was afraid that if the South were
to secede all trade coming into the West and from the West (recall at this time
the west meant Ohio and possibly Texas) would go duty free through the rivers,
and rails of the South. The Mississippi
would become the artery of trade for the South and the North would not only
lose their source of revenues, they would also lose the trade that they had.
They could NOT let the South be independent. As Lincoln said…where would they get their money?
Follow the money.
Much, much more.
Get the book. Read it
and get educated.
Forget the indoctrination, the lies the public schools have
told you.
The SOUTH was Right……and so are we in Northern California who are now in the position that the South was before the War. Our water is being taken without compensation and we are being forbidden to use our own resources and assets. We have minimal, neutered representation in the legislatures of the State of California and in Oregon. The urban areas (like the North in the pre War days) make the decisions for us. We live under the rules made by those who have no interest in our lives or livelihoods.
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