random notion:
what if, during, say, the 1850's the British Parliament, buoyed up by popular opinion, decided that the "peculiar American Institution of Slavery" was wrong, evil, degrading & made a mockery & sham of our vaunted Democratic Principles, & told us to Cut It Out.
& we, of course, told them to mind their own beeswax, despite the growing Abolitionist movement, which felt pretty much the same thing.
& suppose it was further decided that nothing short of Military Intervention would Do (& would have the added benefit of bringing the former colonies, with their huge tracts of land & natural resources aplenty, back into the fold.)
we would have united together--Yankee Spunk & Southern Pride--& given Johnny Redcoat what-for, again.
& probably would've clung much longer to "the peculiar institution" (& all it entails) as a point of National Pride.
just a random notion. discuss amongst yerselves.
what if, during, say, the 1850's the British Parliament, buoyed up by popular opinion, decided that the "peculiar American Institution of Slavery" was wrong, evil, degrading & made a mockery & sham of our vaunted Democratic Principles, & told us to Cut It Out.
& we, of course, told them to mind their own beeswax, despite the growing Abolitionist movement, which felt pretty much the same thing.
& suppose it was further decided that nothing short of Military Intervention would Do (& would have the added benefit of bringing the former colonies, with their huge tracts of land & natural resources aplenty, back into the fold.)
we would have united together--Yankee Spunk & Southern Pride--& given Johnny Redcoat what-for, again.
& probably would've clung much longer to "the peculiar institution" (& all it entails) as a point of National Pride.
just a random notion. discuss amongst yerselves.
