Post by SFX on Mar 15, 2011 17:22:10 GMT -4
All... As we enter into the coming years commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the ACW, these days more than ever information from both sides will be discovered. The following has a side-by-side comparison of North and South in it's discussion and links. Enjoy! -Mistress Rose-3/11/2011 5:47 pm
To my fellow Civil War reenactors,
As Confederate reenactors, especially during this 150th anniversary period, we should be familiar with what the Confederacy stood for and hence what they fought to keep. We certainly can discuss and differ what the individual soldier fought for, but the Confederate government directed their actions.
Below is a link to the CSA Constitution, but it is a nice side-by-side comparison [with comments] between the CSA and USA versions.
[KEY POINT from the Summary of this article]
As far as slave-owning rights go, however, the document is much more effective. Indeed, CSA constitution seems to barely stop short of making owning slaves mandatory. Four different clauses entrench the legality of slavery in a number of different ways, and together they virtually guarantee that any sort of future anti-slave law or policy will be unconstitutional. People can claim the Civil War was "not about slavery" until the cows come home, but the fact remains that anyone who fought for the Confederacy was fighting for a country in which a universal right to own slaves was one of the most entrenched laws of the land.
www.filibustercartoons.com/CSA.htm
Here are two additional articles you might find interesting.
New York Times article – “The Rebel Constitution” >opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/the-rebel-constitution<[/color]
Washington Post article – “Don't spin the Civil War” >www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/26/AR2010122601696.html?wpisrc=nl_pmopinions<[/color]
enjoy
Captain Wayne
1st Co. Richmond Howitzers
To my fellow Civil War reenactors,
As Confederate reenactors, especially during this 150th anniversary period, we should be familiar with what the Confederacy stood for and hence what they fought to keep. We certainly can discuss and differ what the individual soldier fought for, but the Confederate government directed their actions.
Below is a link to the CSA Constitution, but it is a nice side-by-side comparison [with comments] between the CSA and USA versions.
[KEY POINT from the Summary of this article]
As far as slave-owning rights go, however, the document is much more effective. Indeed, CSA constitution seems to barely stop short of making owning slaves mandatory. Four different clauses entrench the legality of slavery in a number of different ways, and together they virtually guarantee that any sort of future anti-slave law or policy will be unconstitutional. People can claim the Civil War was "not about slavery" until the cows come home, but the fact remains that anyone who fought for the Confederacy was fighting for a country in which a universal right to own slaves was one of the most entrenched laws of the land.
www.filibustercartoons.com/CSA.htm
Here are two additional articles you might find interesting.
New York Times article – “The Rebel Constitution” >opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/the-rebel-constitution<[/color]
Washington Post article – “Don't spin the Civil War” >www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/26/AR2010122601696.html?wpisrc=nl_pmopinions<[/color]
enjoy
Captain Wayne
1st Co. Richmond Howitzers