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The rhetoric that Frederick Douglass uses in his Decoration Day speech is similar to the rhetoric of the Lost Cause- especially when speaking about how the future generations would "study the deeds of fathers.." Are their motivations similar? -MK | The rhetoric that Frederick Douglass uses in his Decoration Day speech is similar to the rhetoric of the Lost Cause- especially when speaking about how the future generations would "study the deeds of fathers.." Are their motivations similar? -MK | ||
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| + | MK, I wondered the same thing regarding the motivations of Douglass and the Lost Causers. I would be tempted to say yes, if only because I have to imagine both sides saw themselves as oppressed and wanting to raise national (or at least regional) awareness towards what each side viewed as their plight, regardless of the legitimacy or illegitimacy of their claims. I read this quote as very similar to the idea of "he who forgets will be destined to remember." And, if anyone else now has Pearl Jam's "Betterman" stuck in their head like I do, I apologize. --Cash | ||
On page 214, Blight discusses that the Lost Cause was born at Appomattox in the dignified manner of Robert E. Lee's surrender and in his attribution of defeat to "superior numbers of resources," surely the spirit of reunion was, in part, born there as well. Do you agree with this statement that the Lost cause was created when the Civil War ended due to Grant's lenient terms to Robert E. Lee? Nick | On page 214, Blight discusses that the Lost Cause was born at Appomattox in the dignified manner of Robert E. Lee's surrender and in his attribution of defeat to "superior numbers of resources," surely the spirit of reunion was, in part, born there as well. Do you agree with this statement that the Lost cause was created when the Civil War ended due to Grant's lenient terms to Robert E. Lee? Nick | ||
