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Entry: Confederates and Catholics, Unite! Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/down_in_dixie#2574 Post contents: "Isamu" shows his cards as to how truly conservative he really is, in his comment, "Oh and LOL @ Southern apologism. Losing that war was the best thing to ever happen to the South. Walk it off, Cletus." That kind of derision toward the true America and the South is a telltale sign of someone who's real interest is in one of the many latest things to come down the pike from our beloved Republican Party leaders. To "isamu", I ask, what is that makes you conservative? Are you a paleo? What are your defining principles by which all else is judged? It sounds to me like they do not run very deep, historically. My apologies if the existence of a few remnants of Southern civilization upset the routine of your day. The same goes for Mr. John Ball. Why would you suppose that a descendant of a Confederate veteran would welcome "reconciliation". We played this game for 50 or so years, but you all broke the truce irreparably in the 1960s. I call into play the allegedly idealistic intentions of your German ancestor who participated in the gruesome invasion of my state. Consider the following event... Richard Taylor, a Confederate general---one, in fact, who should be remembered for the same ferocity that animated Bedford Forrest and General Lee---recorded in his memoirs (aptly titled Destruction and Reconstruction) a striking incident that occurred at the end of the War. It was his painful duty to surrender the last Confederate forces in the Gulf area. Having made contact with the Union commander nearby, he crossed the lines at dawn under a white flag to complete the formalities and surrender his sword. This accomplished, Taylor gratefully accepted the invitation of federal officers to join them for breakfast. Most of the officers, in consideration for Taylor’s feelings, steered the conversation away from war and politics. But---and the rest of the story is in his own words: "There was, as ever, a skeleton at the feast, in the person of a general officer who had recently left Germany to become a citizen and soldier of the United States. This person, with the strong accent and idioms of the Fatherland, comforted me by assurances that we of the South would speedily recognize our ignorance and errors, especially about slavery and the rights of the States, and rejoice in the results of the war.... I apologized meekly for my ignorance, on the ground that my ancestors had come from England to Virginia in 1608, and in the short intervening period of two hundred and fifty-odd years, had found no time to transmit to me correct ideas of the duties of American citizenship. Moreover, my grandfather, commanding the 9th Virginia regiment in our Revolutionary army, had assisted in the defeat and capture of the Hessian mercenaries at Trenton, and I lamented that he had not, by association with these worthies, enlightened his understanding. My friend smiled blandly, and assured me of his willingness to instruct me." He didn't bother to mention that he was also the son of the U.S. President Zachory Taylor, who, as it happens, was also the father-in-law of the Confederate President Davis. As it happens, my ancestors came from to Virginia from England in 1608, also. One in particular: William Spencer, the planter. They participated in Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, and another was the famed John Paul Jones of the Revolution. When their states were invaded in the 1860s, many of their homes and farms were burned and left for destruction, children murdered in cold blood, and we're still unsure if and which women may have been violated. And that's just the beginning. The invasion of the 1860s is America's Great Enormity. Government was transformed from genuine to corrupt, and Lincoln was the disgusting trial lawyer who made the whole sham possible. Sent at: 2008 10 14