Now, here we go with question #5 posed by Benjamin J. Stein back in October 2003 in “The American Spectator”. “Preserving the Civil War” was the title of his three page essay that asked ten questions about the beginning of the conflict, ramifications of this and that decision, and the 'what might have beens' of it all. I want to continue sharing it here:
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How would America have been different if the South had won?
Does anyone really think slavery would still be a stain on humanity in 2003? What would have happened if Lincoln had just said, “Erring sisters, go in peace”? Would the North and South not have reconciled and been one nation again? There were mystic chords of memory, after all, to coin a phrase. Would they not have pulled the Union together eventually without bloodshed?
To me, Ben's questions beg others. How 'bout, as two separate nations how would the USA and the CSA have handled the war with Spain over Pacific islands? Or, what about WWI &II ?
You can go on and on...
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