… You Are Arguing The Confederate Position

Charley Reese:

Many people today… argue the Confederate positions without realizing it.

For example, if you argue for strict construction of the Constitution, you are arguing the Confederate position; when you oppose pork-barrel spending, you are arguing the Confederate position; and when you oppose protective tariffs, you are arguing the Confederate position. But that’s not all.

When you argue for the Bill of Rights, you are arguing the Confederate position, and when you argue that the Constitution limits the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, you are arguing the Confederate position.

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10 thoughts on “… You Are Arguing The Confederate Position”

    1. The man is right, Fred. With few exceptions, the Confederate position was constitutionally conservative. They got a whole lot right; and we would have been much better off if we had heeded their counsel on many issues.

    2. How does the author of this post reconcile the conservative views of the Confederacy with their “peculiar institution”? The post doesn’t go over it; I’m curious if it’s excluded in this analysis or if there’s an explanation for it.

      1. I don’t know how Mr. Reese reconciles them, Arb, given he is the author of the piece quoted. We should remain mindful that the Civil War took place 160 years ago– during an era when slavery was more prevalent and had been taking place since time immemorial. We should also remain mindful that slavery still exists today in various parts of the world. Some would argue it takes place in the United States given the child trafficking for labor that had taken place at the southern border for decades.

        1. Well, how do you reconcile it, as the person quoting Mr. Reese? Connecting the Confederacy to slavery isn’t a matter of trivia tidbits, it’s a huge part of their existence.

  2. Well said. And critically (in terms of Lincoln’s resolve to invade the South), Confederates were for free trade–no tariffs. Not only would the US lose tremendous revenue from Southern ports, but smuggling into the North from the tariff-free South would have been very easy. The Morrill Act raised tariff, the average tariff in the US was 26%, extremely harmful to the agricultural South (importers of finished good & exporters of commodities).

    1. It is amazing to me, J. Sobran, that so many are ignorant of the real history. The Confederate Constitution was superior to the US Constitution in some important respects also. It is the height of political incorrectness to discuss the Confederacy favorably– and there are “penalties” associated with doing so.

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