Comments on: David John Marotta on The Cause of The War http://www.confederatecolonel.com/2013/06/david-john-marotta-on-the-cause-of-the-war/ The New Life of The Old South Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott Hill http://www.confederatecolonel.com/2013/06/david-john-marotta-on-the-cause-of-the-war/comment-page-1/#comment-16054 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:25:26 +0000 http://www.confederatecolonel.com/?p=2947#comment-16054 Glad you said what you did about d Confederates .
I had looked at the site but couldn’t figure out if he was pro southern or not . Seemed the latter .
It’s interesting that someone would spend so much time and energy to put down Dixie .
Think it all boils down to him being jealous .
Everyone wishes their ancestors had been Confederates if not the next best thing seems to be making the Causes’ grapes sour .

]]> By: Stephen Clay McGehee http://www.confederatecolonel.com/2013/06/david-john-marotta-on-the-cause-of-the-war/comment-page-1/#comment-15812 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:24:55 +0000 http://www.confederatecolonel.com/?p=2947#comment-15812 In the interest of letting folks read opposing views and making up their own mind, I went ahead and approved the above post, including the link. Dead Confederates is a site, published by Andy Hall, with the sole agenda of “proving” that the Southern Cause was nothing other than the wicked self-interest of evil slave-beating thugs while the Union was the knight in shining armor whose only interest was spreading freedom throughout the continent under the kind leadership of Saint Abraham Lincoln (my description – not his). It is a site with a very clear agenda – just as Confederate Colonel has a very clear agenda. The difference is that I make no pretense of being objective. I bear no ill will toward Mr. Hall personally, but we clearly are on opposite sides.

If the reader decides to believe Mr. Hall’s post as being the final authority on the issue (as opposed to our post here about Mr. Marotta’s writing), then I would strongly urge you to dig deeper than just accepting what he has written. Find out exactly where those numbers came from, what they really signify, and how they fit into the context of the discussion on tariffs. Then make your own decision.

]]> By: boxty http://www.confederatecolonel.com/2013/06/david-john-marotta-on-the-cause-of-the-war/comment-page-1/#comment-15810 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:10:08 +0000 http://www.confederatecolonel.com/?p=2947#comment-15810 Hi,

There is a discussion at the link below that seems to refute this theory on the cause of the Civil War. Their counter argument sounds convincing enough (see the comments to the post as well):

http://deadconfederates.com/?s=tariff

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