Holy Mackeral.... Was the Outcry?!?!?!  I'll let my more scholarly
counterparts handle the nitty gritty.  As for my family, they were against
secession and I think Mayo Cabell voiced it.  But it is difficult for us who
are removed a century and a half to evaluate whether it was an 'outcry 'or
not.  I think that once started, it took on a life of its own and many
Southerners arrived at the same conclusion (probably with equal anguish) as
Robert E. Lee -- he simply could not take up arms against his people.

That having been said, having spent some time in Charleston SC a few winters
ago, I almost convinced myself that if it had not been for John C. Calhoun,
there would have been no war.  (Over-simplified version :))

Randy Cabell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Wiencek" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:38 PM
Subject: Southern loyalism?


> Not wishing to start another battle on the list over race, slavery, and
> the Civil War, I nevertheless pose a question that I have been wondering
> about, namely the apparent absence of significant grass-roots resistance
> among white southerners to secession.  During the Revolution loyalist
> Americans took up arms and joined the forces of the Crown in significant
> numbers.  During the Civil War only a few distinct sections of the
> South, notably north Alabama and East Tennessee, remained loyal in
> spirit and deed to the United States.  I am wondering if there was any
> significant public outcry across the South against secession.
> Henry Wiencek
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