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| The Southern Error |
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 The South, in my opinion, was right on all counts except slavery. Slavery was as evil in the United States and Confederate States as it was in Egypt. However, too many of the rich white folk in the South would rather die than give up slavery. That doomed the Confederacy from the beginning.
The attack on Fort Sumter was justified, Federal lies provoked the South and threatened the Sovereignty of the Southern States.
That all said, the South could have won. Let's look at the facts. The North had about 2.2 million troops with more set to be thrown into the meat grinder at Lincoln's pleasure. The South held up a strong- maybe superior given the numbers- effort with only about 800,000. The South had potential for allies from Europe, but there was one major obstacle. Slavery.
If the rich white folk would have treasured Nation above self-worth, they could have freed the slaves and given the freedmen a reason to fight for the Southern cause. If it happened before Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, it would have taken the wind out of Lincoln's sails and probably prevented his re-election.
If the South could have added even 200,000 former slaves to the military there is little doubt the war could have turned a bit more toward the South. With such a change, European nations would have had more reason to support the South and recognize the Confederate States as a Sovereign Nation, and not a bunch of rebels in a mere civil war.
The Southern Error was the mistreatment of human beings through the institution of slavery. It could have changed the result of the war.
The Southern Error is part of why racism is prevalent in the United States today. The Reconstruction Era led to the ravaging on the South by Carpetbaggers and other evil men. This raised hateful feelings between both blacks and whites. Such feelings have been exploited by such men as David Duke, the "Reverend" Jesse Jackson, the "Reverend" Bob Jones, the "Reverend" Jeremiah Wright, Robert Byrd (DemocRAT Senator), etc.- to promote hatred due to the color of one's skin.
The Southern Error, the one major error the South lived with, doomed the Confederacy and made things worse into the 21st Century.
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Pete, I agree with you on slavery, but it wasn't just the "rich whites" who supported slavery: it was many, many Christians, among them Thornton Stringfellow. His writings on this are not only literate but persuasive from a Scriptural standpoint (http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/christn/chestsat.html)
He states:
I propose, therefore, to examine the sacred volume briefly, and if I am not greatly mistaken, I shall be able to make it appear that the institution of slavery has received, in the first place,
1st. The sanction of the Almighty in the Patriarchal age.
2d. That it was incorporated into the only National Constitution which ever emanated from God.
3d. That its legality was recognized, and its relative duties regulated, by Jesus Christ in his kingdom; and
4th. That it is full of mercy.
Whatever one believes about the evils of slavery, the anti-abolitionists seem to have the upper hand when it comes to being able to support their view using Scripture.
What's your take on his exegesis?
- James
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Pete, I agree with you on slavery, but it wasn't just the "rich whites" who supported slavery: it was many, many Christians, among them Thornton Stringfellow. His writings on this are not only literate but persuasive from a Scriptural standpoint (http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/christn/chestsat.html)
He states:
I propose, therefore, to examine the sacred volume briefly, and if I am not greatly mistaken, I shall be able to make it appear that the institution of slavery has received, in the first place,
1st. The sanction of the Almighty in the Patriarchal age.
2d. That it was incorporated into the only National Constitution which ever emanated from God.
3d. That its legality was recognized, and its relative duties regulated, by Jesus Christ in his kingdom; and
4th. That it is full of mercy.
Whatever one believes about the evils of slavery, the anti-abolitionists seem to have the upper hand when it comes to being able to support their view using Scripture.
What's your take on his exegesis?
- James