04-16-2018, 08:38 AM
Long Tail of Three Cigars
In September, 1862
quite by accident some Federals
discovered Lee’s campaign plan wrapped
around a trio of cigars.
With this, a competent commander
should have beaten Lee
like a drum; McClellan managed
to produce a slaughter and a draw
(technical victory: more Rebs
than Federals were killed,
and Lee withdrew a bit).
Abe Lincoln used this win on points
as occasion to emancipate
slaves only in states which
were in rebellion - leaving owners
in Kentucky and in Maryland
undispossessed.
Such self-bargaining
three-quarter measures
lasted on through Reconstruction
and its ending, Jim Crow,
and its dribbling away,
laws and court cases, all dishonest,
then reversal into quotas
and “diversity” still lacking
candor, honor, and respect.
Three cigars, false victory—
false emancipation,
bitter history.
In September, 1862
quite by accident some Federals
discovered Lee’s campaign plan wrapped
around a trio of cigars.
With this, a competent commander
should have beaten Lee
like a drum; McClellan managed
to produce a slaughter and a draw
(technical victory: more Rebs
than Federals were killed,
and Lee withdrew a bit).
Abe Lincoln used this win on points
as occasion to emancipate
slaves only in states which
were in rebellion - leaving owners
in Kentucky and in Maryland
undispossessed.
Such self-bargaining
three-quarter measures
lasted on through Reconstruction
and its ending, Jim Crow,
and its dribbling away,
laws and court cases, all dishonest,
then reversal into quotas
and “diversity” still lacking
candor, honor, and respect.
Three cigars, false victory—
false emancipation,
bitter history.
Non-practicing atheist