IN MY last article, “How the British Caused the American Civil War,” I revealed that Great Britain was the true instigator of the Southern rebellion. Following the American Revolution, the British managed to reestablish a colonial economy over the South, whereby Southern states sold 70 percent of their cotton exports to England, while purchasing British manufactured goods in return. The North sought to replace England as the South’s leading trade partner, by imposing tariffs on foreign trade, but the British fought back. British agents stirred up secession in the South, while British statesmen promised diplomatic and military support to rebel leaders. The British plan was to carve up the United States into spheres of influence, to be divided among European powers. Once widely known to Americans, these facts have been wiped from our history books. In this podcast, I discuss with Noor Bin Ladin the forgotten history of Britain’s unremitting efforts, throughout the first 90 years of our national existence, to destabilize the United States and undo our independence, all culminating in the Civil War. Taped January 19, livestreamed 10:20 AM, January 29, 2022. — RICHARD POE
Secret History of the Civil War: Noor Bin Ladin Interviews Richard Poe
| Source: | https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/01/richard-poe/secret-history-of-the-civil-war-noor-bin-ladin-interviews-richard-poe/ |
| Published: | Jan 31, 2022 |
| Author: | Richard Poe |
| Post Date: | 2022-01-31 10:02:10 by Ada |
| Views: | 567 |
#1: NeoconsNailed To: Ada, Straitgate (#0)
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Ah! realm of tombs! but let her bear
This blazon to the last of times;
No nation rose so white and fair,
Or fell so pure of crimes."
-- English poet P.S. Worsely, d. 1866
NeoconsNailed posted on 2022-01-31 10:54:27 Reply Private Reply
#2: StraitGate To: Ada (#0)
This is all so tiresome. That Great Britain wanted the South to secede is no secret. However, much of this and Poe's essay “How the British Caused the American Civil War” is sensationalist poppycock. I've highlighted a couple of examples of such below.
“I am the last president of the United States,” said James Buchanan on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina had just seceded from the Union. Ten more states would follow.
Had Buchanan remained in office, there is no question he would have let the South go. The United States would have ceased to exist 160 years ago. (StraitGate -- the United States was in no danger of ceasing to exist because the Southern states seceded. The CSA would undoubtedly have negotiated acceptable terms for the US to use the Ohio and Mississippi rivers all the way to the Gulf.)
“So what?” some readers may retort. “Buchanan was right. There’s nothing sacred about the Union. If states want to secede, let them.”
A recent poll by the University of Virginia Center for Politics claims that 41 percent of Biden supporters and 52 percent of Trump supporters now supposedly favor secession.
While these numbers might be exaggerated, the trend is clear.
As tensions rise between “red” and “blue” states, many Americans have come to believe that coexisting with our quarrelsome countrymen is no longer worth the trouble. Many hope that peaceful separation—“national divorce,” as they call it—might allow Americans to part ways amicably, without bloodshed.
But will it? History suggests otherwise.
Forgotten History
In 1861, secession did not bring peace. It led directly to civil war.
War came for the same reason it always does, because powerful men wanted it, and stood to gain by it.
An old saying holds that, when two dogs fight, a third dog gets the bone.
In 1861, the third dog was Great Britain.
Britain had a strong interest in breaking up the Union, which she saw as a competitor for global dominance. Britain’s plan was to carve up the United States into colonial spheres of influence, to be distributed among the great powers of Europe.
Had the British succeeded, North and South alike would have lost their independence. (StraitGate - not likely, and not supported by any proof. What is more likely is that the neither the CSA nor the USA would have sent millions to die later for Great Britain in two world wars.)
The fact that Great Britain did NOT significantly aid the South during the war puts the lie to all this foolishness. The South could have won with British help. But Great Britain remained officially neutral in the conflict.
StraitGate posted on 2022-01-31 11:18:57 Reply Private Reply