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Revision as of 16:08, June 18, 2007
, 16:08, June 18, 2007Guns for Cotton
This article is far too sympathetic toward the Confederacy for my tastes. This was a group who were acting '''in rebellion''' against the government of the United States. They were exemplifying the definition of treason as found in the U.S. Constitution, namely "...waging war against [the United States]" I feel like the article should make more mention of the whole "treason" and "rebellion" aspect of things but any such edits I make will most likely be removed.--[[User:Patthew|Patthew]] 22:32, 12 June 2007 (EDT)
This article is far too sympathetic toward the Confederacy for my tastes. This was a group who were acting '''in rebellion''' against the government of the United States. They were exemplifying the definition of treason as found in the U.S. Constitution, namely "...waging war against [the United States]" I feel like the article should make more mention of the whole "treason" and "rebellion" aspect of things but any such edits I make will most likely be removed.--[[User:Patthew|Patthew]] 22:32, 12 June 2007 (EDT)
:No, I agree with you. The article does needs balance. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 00:31, 13 June 2007 (EDT)
:No, I agree with you. The article does needs balance. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 00:31, 13 June 2007 (EDT)
==Trade with Britain==
This line, "including British cotton", I removed. See [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/cw/17609.htm , Preventing Diplomatic Recognition of the Confederacy, 1861-1865], U.S. State Department,
*''Southerners began the war effort confident that the cotton their plantations provided European textile manufacturers would naturally ally their governments to the Confederacy, especially Great Britain. ''
This is an important line of investigation, as it can be shown the South never would have engaged in belligerency without the reasonable expectation or guarantee that Great Britain would trade Southern cotton for arms, as well as build the Confederate Navy. The gun running operation around the Northern blockade, that is to say, from Great Britain to British Honduras (incorporated into the British Empire in 1862), north through the Caribbean to Mobile Alabama was the supply line for Confederate weapons. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 12:08, 18 June 2007 (EDT)