Re: CHAT: Yorkshire/Texas (was: dl)
| From: | Andrew Chaney <adchaney@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 24, 2001, 20:53 |
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On Saturday, April 21, 2001, at 08:50 , Padraic Brown wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, And Rosta wrote:
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>> Isn't there also a trait whereby Texans consider themselves first and
>> foremost Texans,
>
> It was apparantly a common sentiment in most parts of the US
> for folks to consider themselves citizens of their state first
> and Americans second. Largely pre-civil war, I believe.
>
>> and only secondarily Americans? Yorkshiremen are like
>> that too. (Also the Cornish.)
>
Indeed, if memory serves, pre-civil war (1860-ish) the US was much more
a loose conglomerate of states rather than the unified entity it is today.
Interestingly, the Civil War was (IMS) totally un-Constitutional
since there is nothing in the Constitution to prevent states from leaving
if they want to. I believe Texas's state constitution even has a clause
specifically reserving the right to secede from the US.
Andy
adchaney@louisiana.edu
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~adc7593/
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