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Dr. Hendricks has said it all very well.  And at the same time there is =
much of what Mr. Darby said with which I can find agreement.  But this =
dialogue is straying ... and running very close to political =
announcments which are afoul of the ground rules:
NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, =
political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal =
messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will =
be grounds for removal and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam =
crashes our servers and we have to take a stand.
   
    The Reconstruction Era is a period of great fascination.  The =
literature is voluminous.  For a good read, try The Angry Scar, written =
by Hodding Carter, Pulitzer Prize winning editor of the Greenville, =
Mississippi newspaper and father of White House aide Hodding Carter =
during the Jimmy Carter Administration. 

Charles L. Dibble
Dibble Law Offices
Post Office Drawer 1240
Columbia, South Carolina 29202-1240
FAX: 803/ 254-1528
email: [email protected]


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
To: [email protected] 
Cc: [email protected] 
Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 04:44 PM
Subject: Re: The War


In a message dated 98-02-12 04:11:57 EST, you write:
>
><< it is also realistic to speak of The Holocaust inflicted by the =
Central
> Government upon its' own people folowing The Civil War. In many ways, =
a far
> worse scenario that ever occured in World War II. A peace begun so =
gallantly
> by Generals Grant and Lee was devastated so thoroughly by a vengeful =
Congress
> with The "Reconstruction" Act.  >>
>
>I'm sorry. I realize this is off the genealogy subject, but I must =
protest. To
>equate Reconstruction, in spite of it's vengeful aspects, with The =
Holocaust
>which was the systematic murder of some 6 million people because of =
their
>religious faith lacks a sense of proportion. It might be slightly more =
apt to
>equate the holocaust with the Jim Crow policies of the late =
1800's-mid-1960's,
>but even that is not accurate. There is no "worse scenario" than what =
occurred
>in eastern Europe during WWII. I will say, though that I agree with the =
last
>sentence. One of the great tragedies and ironies of the Civil War was =
that
>Abraham Lincoln's policy of "malice toward none and charity towards =
all" was
>overthrown by the Radical Republicans in Congress after his =
assassination by a
>misguided and demented Southern sympathizer, in spite of the efforts of
>President Andrew Johnson to continue those policies (and he was =
impeached and
>nearly convicted for his troubles). Obviously the worst abuses of
>Reconstruction occurred during the corrupt Grant administration so =
either he
>was too weak or too complicit to stop them.
>
>I write this as a native Southerner, descended from Southern families =
back
>multiple generations (except one family who wised up and left New =
Jersey back
>in the 18th century :) ) including slave-owners and non-slave-owners . =
I am
>also a descendant of Confederate veterans and a member of the Sons of
>Confederate Veterans. To ignore the past is to be condemned to repeat =
it. We
>must always be rigorous in our pursuit of the truth, even when it =
conflicts
>with our own philosophies. I will be happy to discuss this issue =
personally,
>but will no longer post to the list on this subject and strongly urge =
anyone
>needing to discuss this to move it elsewhere, also.
>
>Paul M. Hendricks, MD
>
>

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Dr. Hendricks has said it all =
very
well.  And at the same time there is much of what Mr. Darby said =
with which
I can find agreement.  But this dialogue is straying ... and =
running very
close to political announcments which are afoul of the ground
rules:
NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain
    letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, =
personal
    messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and =
will be
    grounds for removal and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam =
crashes our
    servers and we have to take a stand. 
 
The Reconstruction Era is a =
period of great
fascination.  The literature is voluminous.  For a good read, =
try
The Angry Scar, written by Hodding Carter, Pulitzer Prize winning =
editor
of the Greenville, Mississippi newspaper and father of White House aide =
Hodding
Carter during the Jimmy Carter Administration.  
 
Charles L. =
Dibble
Dibble
Law Offices
Post Office Drawer 1240
Columbia, South Carolina
29202-1240
FAX: 803/ 254-1528
email: [email protected]
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [email protected]
To: [email protected] [email protected]
Cc: [email protected] [email protected]
=
Date:
Friday, February 13, 1998 04:44 PM
Subject: Re: The
War

 In a message dated 98-02-12 04:11:57 =
EST, you
write:

 it is also realistic to speak of The =
Holocaust
inflicted by the Central
 Government upon its' own people =
folowing The
Civil War. In many ways, a far
 worse scenario that ever occured =
in World
War II. A peace begun so gallantly
 by Generals Grant and Lee was =

devastated so thoroughly by a vengeful Congress
 with The
"Reconstruction" Act.  

I'm sorry. =
I
realize this is off the genealogy subject, but I must protest. =
To
equate
Reconstruction, in spite of it's vengeful aspects, with The
Holocaust
which was the systematic murder of some 6 million =
people
because of their
religious faith lacks a sense of proportion. It =
might be
slightly more apt to
equate the holocaust with the Jim Crow =
policies of
the late 1800's-mid-1960's,
but even that is not accurate. There =
is no
"worse scenario" than what occurred
in eastern Europe =
during
WWII. I will say, though that I agree with the last
sentence. One =
of the
great tragedies and ironies of the Civil War was that
Abraham =
Lincoln's
policy of "malice toward none and charity towards all"
was
overthrown by the Radical Republicans in Congress after his
assassination by a
misguided and demented Southern sympathizer, =
in spite
of the efforts of
President Andrew Johnson to continue those =
policies
(and he was impeached and
nearly convicted for his troubles). =
Obviously
the worst abuses of
Reconstruction occurred during the corrupt =
Grant
administration so either he
was too weak or too complicit to stop =
them.


I write this as a native Southerner, descended from =
Southern
families back
multiple generations (except one family who wised =
up and
left New Jersey back
in the 18th century :) ) including =
slave-owners and
non-slave-owners . I am
also a descendant of Confederate veterans =
and a
member of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans. To ignore the past is =
to be
condemned to repeat it. We
must always be rigorous in our pursuit =
of the
truth, even when it conflicts
with our own philosophies. I will =
be happy
to discuss this issue personally,
but will no longer post to the =
list on
this subject and strongly urge anyone
needing to discuss this to =
move it
elsewhere, also.

Paul M. Hendricks,
MD


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