tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668712602334003954.post5521484555801952226..comments2024-01-12T15:32:22.236-08:00Comments on The Episconixonian: War And African-American EqualityFr. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974142521713230215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668712602334003954.post-55274593848698883222011-03-29T07:55:33.243-07:002011-03-29T07:55:33.243-07:00Was there ever another war fought by one side for ...Was there ever another war fought by one side for independence and slavery? <br /><br />The Southern cause only gains legitimacy if the slaves were accepted as a separate sub-human species. <br /><br />Lincoln is accused today of not having been anti-slavery enough at the beginning of the war. This book suggests, it seems, that he was too bellicose at the outset in not compromising on the territorial expansion of slavery. <br /><br />I can see how a powerful case can be made that WWI (to paraphase Seinfeld) was a war about nothing. But the tragic Civil War was a necessary as WWII. <br /><br />Andrew Johnson, unfortunately, made a perfect mess of the outcome. He should have been impeached and convicted of undercutting the 13th Amendment, not the silly bit about firing a cabinet officer without congressional approval.J.C. Marreronoreply@blogger.com