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ParticipantThe KKK was originally anti-black and anti-Republican. When resuscitated in the 20th century, it added anti-Catholic to its attributes.
In general, the Democratic Party became the white party by the end of Reconstruction, and so the KKK tended to support it. This should not be understood as meaning that all Democrats supported the KKK; they did not.
The 1910s/’20s KKK was extremely powerful, taking control of state governments in the Deep South, but also having having widespread influence–up to electing governors–in Indiana, Oregon, and elsewhere. Upstate New York was a center of KKK strength too. I’m not aware of any Republican officials who were KKK-affiliated ever.
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If you have any other questions, just ask.
ParticipantThis isn’t exactly on the topic, but Thucydides’ Greek is very difficult. I have to admire anyone who has mastered it so well as to be able to translate the book.
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ParticipantThe best way to get to know his personality is by reading the record of the Richmond Ratification Convention of 1788, which is in volumes VIII-X of The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution.
Avoid Wirt’s biography. I don’t much like Beeman’s either. William Wirt Henry’s is pretty good, and it includes several letters, etc. Far the best is A Son of Thunder by Mayer. It gives you all the important details of his life and a clear impression of his personality. It also captures his principles.
If you want more after reading those, let me know.
ParticipantI know it’s not precisely what you had in mind, but these are my favorite ancient/medieval pieces. First, in Greek:
Then, in Slavonic:
That Greek one, in particular, is very well done. Note the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in the Biblical and the Nicene Creed in the original language.
ParticipantThe organizing principle of the Orthodox Church is “autocephaly,” which is a Greek word meaning, essentially, self-rule. St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote in the first century that where there are a bishop, a priest, and the people, there is the Church, and so the Orthodox believe.
The patriarchate of Jerusalem, the patriarchate of Antioch, the patriarchate of Rumania, the patriarchate of Bulgaria, the patriarchate of Russia, etc., are all self-sufficient. What they have in common is that they share the same faith and the same worship. There are of course linguistic differences, which have led to some musical differences, there are different local saints–though of course a common recognition of saints across the whole Orthodox Church–different iconographical traditions–though the basics are essentially the same–different architecture–as a Greek dome wouldn’t hold up under Russian snow, etc.
(Note that the “Assyrian Orthodox” aren’t actually Orthodox, but are Nestorians. The Patriarchate of Antioch–the city where the Acts of the Apostles tells us people were first called “Christian”–is the Orthodox patriarchate in Syria, Lebanon, etc.)
The way into the Orthodox Church is through the worship services. What town are you in? Is there an Orthodox Church in America parish in your town? If so, the services will be entirely in English. Go, and participate. If you read Sherrard’s book and want to know more, feel free to e-mail me at gutzmank@wcsu.edu.
ParticipantUnless you know Greek geography, the Landmark Thucydides–with its excellent maps–must be preferred.
ParticipantLincoln himself said for nearly two years after the war started that his sole war aim was restoring Washington’s authority in the seceded states. Why not believe him? If he hadn’t fought, there’d have been no war.
ParticipantA government can be national while delegating considerable authority to local officials. Such is the government of France since the Revolution. In general, the issues are where ultimate authority lies and how much is in the center. In a federal system, the center has only the delegated powers.
ParticipantThe South had that complaint in the 1830s because it was true: tariffs fell mainly on the exporting section: the South. Between 2/3 and 90% of tariff revenue was connected at southern ports, chiefly Charleston and New Orleans.
John Taylor of Caroline (R-VA) said he was approached by very prominent northern senators (one a Boston-born New Yorker, one from Connecticut) about breaking up the Union. The idea remained alive in the mind of at least one of them, Massachusetts’ Timothy Pickering, well into the 19th century. Eventually Gouverneur Morris, the man who actually wrote the Constitution, supported a partition of the country too. Jeffersonians’ electoral success, helped by the poor timing of the Hartford Convention, seems to have doomed the cause to failure.
ParticipantI recommend Fleming’s The Duel on these questions.
In general, however, Burr had no role in the Jefferson Administration because he omitted to make a public statement as the House considered the resolution of the presidential election of 1800 that Jefferson should be preferred over him. Although the two of them knew each other from their days as attorneys, and in fact had argued cases on the same side–and, if memory serves, even shared hotel rooms–Hamilton bad-mouthed Burr from early on in their relationship. The first time this led Burr to demand satisfaction (clarification or a retraction), Hamilton complied. When he didn’t the second time, Burr demanded a duel. I have Facebook friends in two different time zones who have told me, unbidden and without knowing each other, that they are Burr relatives and that their family tradition is that VP Burr should have shot Hamilton sooner.
He ran for NY governor because he was kicked off the Republican ticket in 1804.
Burr was charged with murder because dueling was murder under NJ law in 1804, as I recall. It seems that Hamilton did miss on purpose.
I think it was a sad, sorry, sordid affair. Under the code duello, Burr didn’t have a choice but to challenge Hamilton. Actually hitting him, however, was entirely discretionary.
Fleming’s really is a good book. The code duello is described in Joanne Freeman’s Affairs of Honor.
ParticipantLochner was a substantive due process case. The Court there claimed that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment had particular substantive meaning. This is not the same as Incorporation, which is reading the Due Process Clause as making some portion of one of the first eight amendments enforceable against the states.
ParticipantIf you read VAR carefully, you’ll find interesting material on Upshur and the 1829-30 convention that has never been mentioned anywhere else.
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