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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4259 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
Yeah, we never should have outlawed slavery. (13th) And the country certainly went downhill when we gave dem darkies da vote. (15th) STRAWMAN I have no interest whatsoever in exploring your dislike for the 13th and 15th Amendments.
I figured you would take me out of context. I said "the worst passed". As in the unconstitutional means by which they were ratified. The 13th was part of the treaty, and when southern states refused to ratify it, then the military instituted its own puppet government and ratified it. All there big government fears in 1861, were exactly correct, and thus why the constitution died in 1865. I know its easier for you and subbie to strawman this and assume something about the context of the amendments, but that has nothing to do with my point.
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Article VI
quote: And your point was? Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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subbie Member (Idle past 1285 days) Posts: 3509 Joined: |
No, not a strawman, but a misunderstanding that could have been easily avoided if you knew the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate ...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9202 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.4
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The 13th was part of the treaty, and when southern states refused to ratify it, then the military instituted its own puppet government and ratified it. Would you mind showing that puppet governments were set up by the military in order to ratify the 13th amendment? Please some sort of evidence, not just more of these assertions. You very well could be correct, but unless you provide some semblance of evidence I have no reason to believe anything you say about the civil war or any historical period. Was the New Jersey government, that did not ratify it, replaced by puppet government too? Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9202 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.4
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Lee was a very complicated man. He was deeply conflicted on slavery and secession. He felt that slavery was a necessary evil. it was the "white man's burden". There is very compelling evidence has shown earlier and in your own post, that he could be a brutal slave master.
There has been nothing shown that he had a belief that the war had nothing to do with slavery. The apologists can word it any way they want, but the war was about slavery. It was about states rights. The states rights issue was the continuation and spread of slavery. Artie blows smoke and builds strawmen that the southern states were reacting to the unconstitutional actions of the Lincoln government, but the facts show this is untrue. Seven states passed secession ordinances before Lincoln was inaugurated. It was about preservation of the southern culture. This culture was based on slavery and an aristocratic slave owning class. This was a culture that kept the lower class whites subjugated as well as blacks. Why would a farmer or factory owner want to pay a white laborer a decent wage, when he can use a slave. All of Artie's arguments that slavery was not the reason for secession have been shown to be lacking in evidence or not addressing the full picture. If he wants to claim states rights he needs to show a states rights issue that does not have a basis in the slavery issue. Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
quote: Then you did not say what you meant. What you actually said translates to the 13-15th Amendments being the worst of the Amendments that were actually passed. Quite frankly, even your intended meaning is simply wrong. The thirteenth amendment could never have even gotten out of Congress if the southern states had not bolted the union, taking their congressmen with them. A 2/3 majority in both houses was required before the amendment was presented to the states for ratification and the amendment narrowly passed in the House of Representatives. What was proven here is that secession is a pretty ineffective method for getting your way in Congress. Further, your take on the ratification process of the thirteenth amendment is completely bogus. You might have an argument if you were discussing ratification of the fourteenth amendment. But that process didn't happen until 1868.
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Plus, treaties are one of the three Supreme Laws of the Land anyway.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
There are a couple of things wrong with the treaty explanation.
First the US never recognized the CSA as a foreign county and cetainly the 13th amendment was no treaty. Secondly, if it were a treaty, Artie is complaining that the south's signature on the treaty was forged.
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Agreed.
My point was that even if it had been a Treaty it would still be the Supreme Law of the Land. Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4259 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
this post is a perfect example of your dishonesty, if you know the history as you claim you do then you know the answer about a recontructionist puppet government.
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9202 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.4
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Would you mind showing that puppet governments were set up by the military in order to ratify the 13th amendment?
Your claim is this.
Artie writes: The 13th was part of the treaty, and when southern states refused to ratify it, then the military instituted its own puppet government and ratified it. I know all about reconstruction. You are asserting that the reconstruction era governments in the south were set up in order to ratify the 13th amendment. I am asking for evidence that this is the reason they were set up. As I said before, maybe you have evidence for this. I know of none but am more than willing to be enlightened. BTW, do you have any more to add to your defense of your assertions about Robert E. Lee? You have repeatedly insulted me and accused me of dishonesty and practically plagiarizing Dr. A, but you have done little or nothing to defend your assertions about Lee. Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9202 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.4
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I guess it is time to wrap up this thread. The purpose of this topic was to give artie a chance to back up his wild assertions. He has done very little to defend them and the arguments he did use were soundly rebutted by numerous posters. Even though Catholic Scientist will jump all over me, I think it is fair to say that Artie has decide not to participate in this thread anymore. If he wants to make more comments I look forward to them, but I feel that before the thread is forgotten in the dustbins of EVC, I would like to make a final post.
He provided no evidence for the validity of the Lee quote. He did not even provide his source. That makes me wonder how reputable the source was. Even if Artie could defend his assertions he went about it the wrong way. Instead of finding evidence that showed Lee felt the cause of the civil war was not slavery, all Artie did was present evidence that Lee was conflicted about slavery. That is it. Artie distorted facts about Lee's ownership and selling of slaves. Maybe not intentionally but the facts are distorted in his accounts. Confederacy revisionist websites are like fundie and creationist websites. They lie. His defense for his statements about states seceding for reasons other than slavery have also been shown to be outright revisionism. States rights is just a code word for slavery. What is the states right they were trying to protect through secession? Slavery. Preserving the southern culture is another code word for slavery. What part of the southern culture were they trying to protect through secession? Slavery. Slavery was a huge millstone around the neck of all the people of the south. George Washington was well aware of it, but even he could not break out of the socioeconomic system that relied on slavery. Artie and his like revisionists can make all the arguments they want. They can serve up all the southern apologetics they want. The bare facts show that slavery was a very fundamental part of the causes of the Civil War. I am still waiting for valid, well reasoned, sourced arguments showing that slavery was not a fundamental reason for the secession of the southern states. Instead I get stuff like this.
Re: Another call for evidence. this post is a perfect example of your dishonesty, if you know the history as you claim you do then you know the answer about a recontructionist puppet government If there is something about the reconstructionist governments that I do not know and would support his argument, would it not have been a good idea to include that info in the post. Alas, assertions are easy, finding evidence for assertions is a bit more difficult Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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REL Junior Member (Idle past 4308 days) Posts: 1 Joined: |
It is good you used the word "questionable" in connection with Wesley Norris and his story. Though his story was published, after the war, and though it is often repeated to prove Lee actually had someone whipped, it really does not.
Norris made an accusation or an allegation that Lee had him and two others whipped. However, this is not proof that Lee was ever involved in a whipping. I hope that the readers will keep that in mind when they read the Norris story. Thanks,REL
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9202 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.4 |
Iblis does not state that the Wesley Norris account is questionable. He is referring to something else.
Though his story was published, after the war, and though it is often repeated to prove Lee actually had someone whipped, it really does not. Norris made an accusation or an allegation that Lee had him and two others whipped. However, this is not proof that Lee was ever involved in a whipping. Do you have any sources showing that the Norris account is false? Is it proof? No. Few things are. The account certainly squares with the Lee that did not honor the terms of is father in laws will.Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts "God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
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ruby01  Suspended Junior Member (Idle past 4293 days) Posts: 5 Joined: |
thank you all for sharing such nice and informative posts regarding civil war......
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