Civilized Nations Quotes
Darwin believed at the time that large populations were critical to national success and development. The next 100 years would prove that large population was a handicap to progress and real growth of standard of living.
Many historians argue that at this point the Confederacy was beaten and had they then surrendered everyone would have been much better off. But Davis and other Southern leaders, with their ideological and twisted moral logic dragged the war on for two more years and much of the South was destroyed making things even harder for the Southerners during Reconstruction.
During the Seminole War, Ross, as a very respected Cherokee Chief and leader, had been asked to persuade some if the Seminole Chief’s to come to a conference to discuss and negotiate a settlement to the conflict. Ross was successful . Seminole Chief Micanopy, twelve other chieftains, and a number of Seminole warriors accompanied the Cherokee deputation to the headquarters of the United States Army at Fort Mellon, where they were to discuss the matter. When they arrived General Thomas Jesup arrested the Seminoles instead of negotiating. Ross, a very educated man who was literate in English, o the Secretary of War. Jesup in retrospect was one of the disgraces in the history of the U. S. Army was admired, not for his fighting or his lack of ethics, but for his management and logistics as the Quartermaster General. For more quotations showing Jesup’s character, see quotations 643611 and 643612.
This was the first day of WWII and Hitler’s armies seemed invincible. Kaplan was one of the few who at that time predicted allied victory. He was not even wrong about his own fate. He and the vast majority of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto never survived.
This was a 100 page pamphlet intended for the English audience. It extolled the new colonies which had gotten a bad reputation from some of the experiences of the Virginia colonists. The purpose was to persuade more English to become colonists. The initial response of the Indians to the Whites was helpful, peaceful and admirable. As there was more interaction there were incidents that triggered extreme military response by the Whites and relations deteriorated. Wood however, later in the pamphlet, makes a distinction that is lost on many who study the early colonies. The Indian tribes were as different from each other as European countries were. There were different languages, customs, values, and capabilities. Wood relates that there are other Indian tribes who would kill any outsider—white or Indian—for trivial reasons. In general, the Indians of New England and New York tended to be sophisticated by European standards and relatively peaceful and included the highly sophisticated Iroquois. While others tended to see the worst of the “savage heathens”, Wood looked at New England and the Indians with the positive attitude of a promoter.
Clinton was a founder of the society and considered an excellent historian. When giving this presentation he had documentation and academic references for each of the statements.
