tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post2257513877667468197..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the NorthJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-58712413950599666802009-06-30T21:21:34.599+03:002009-06-30T21:21:34.599+03:00Another broken record post -- sorry -- but that...Another broken record post -- sorry -- but that's why I'm always questioning the national and republican party commitment to emancipation and freedom generally when it comes to the war.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-80519492652088967882009-06-30T18:21:07.999+03:002009-06-30T18:21:07.999+03:00The amazing thing is how quickly it took to restor...The amazing thing is how quickly it took to restore pretty much everything back to its pre-Civil War order, although it wasn't called "slavery" anymore. In 12 short years, Reconstruction was buried, thanks to the 1876 election, and the Redeemers began what took about 25 additional years to virtually rub out any vestigial remains of Reconstructionin the South. Of course, Andrew James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-37424537912459250562009-06-30T17:32:50.611+03:002009-06-30T17:32:50.611+03:00One of the more interesting very brief asides Vowe...One of the more interesting very brief asides Vowell tells is about the appointment of RB Hayes, in exchange for ending reconstruction. <br /><br />She sees the compromise of 1877 as one of the origins of the modern Republican party, as the party began to compromise over race after Lincoln. <br /><br />She also says of Hayes in an aside: "Hard to believe that the candidate who lost the avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-89967848163346763902009-06-30T15:37:16.249+03:002009-06-30T15:37:16.249+03:00I noticed that in the reviews of Dred Scott's ...I noticed that in the reviews of Dred Scott's Revenge, Judge Napolitano was citing many of the Copperhead arguments against Lincoln, which kind of makes one wonder where the Republicans stand today on racial issues, since the Copperheads were notoriously racist, railing against the Emancipation Proclamation and a Constitutional Amendment banning slavery. <br /><br />But, Napolitano is not James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.com