Comments on: Bud Robertson and the Legacy of Union http://cwmemory.com/2010/07/16/bud-robertson-and-the-legacy-of-union/ Where History, Heritage, and Education Intersect Fri, 25 May 2012 00:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Al Mackey http://cwmemory.com/2010/07/16/bud-robertson-and-the-legacy-of-union/#comment-17565 Al Mackey Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:47:37 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=8854#comment-17565 Kevin, As I'm sure you know very well, no one who has been in Prof. Robertson's class would be surprised. : ) It will be a sad day when he retires. He's been a real treasure. Kevin,

As I’m sure you know very well, no one who has been in Prof. Robertson’s class would be surprised. : )

It will be a sad day when he retires. He’s been a real treasure.

]]> By: Marianne Davis http://cwmemory.com/2010/07/16/bud-robertson-and-the-legacy-of-union/#comment-17562 Marianne Davis Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:20:29 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=8854#comment-17562 Kevin, I have long wondered at what happened to the Unionist message and memory, I wish I had heard that address. You say Prof. Robinson has given it more than once, do you know if it was published or if there is a transcript? As for the secessionist voices rising now, there may be a simpler explanation than a persistent Civil War mentality. I am speaking as an amateur, certainly not a historian. It seems to me, though, that the discontent, for both good and ill, have always looked to the past for inspiration and justification. Think of all those letters from young Southerners evoking the spirit of Ivanhoe, or Wagner and his Norse gods, or Rousseau's natural man, or even American politicians calling for a return to a 50s American Eden that never existed. These half-informed people grumbling about the 10th Amendment may have only two things in common with the secessionists of 150 years ago They lost an election, and are being led by elite demagogues to act against their own interests. Kevin,
I have long wondered at what happened to the Unionist message and memory, I wish I had heard that address. You say Prof. Robinson has given it more than once, do you know if it was published or if there is a transcript?
As for the secessionist voices rising now, there may be a simpler explanation than a persistent Civil War mentality. I am speaking as an amateur, certainly not a historian. It seems to me, though, that the discontent, for both good and ill, have always looked to the past for inspiration and justification. Think of all those letters from young Southerners evoking the spirit of Ivanhoe, or Wagner and his Norse gods, or Rousseau’s natural man, or even American politicians calling for a return to a 50s American Eden that never existed.
These half-informed people grumbling about the 10th Amendment may have only two things in common with the secessionists of 150 years ago They lost an election, and are being led by elite demagogues to act against their own interests.

]]> By: James F. Epperson http://cwmemory.com/2010/07/16/bud-robertson-and-the-legacy-of-union/#comment-17559 James F. Epperson Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:44:01 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=8854#comment-17559 When I still lived in Madison, AL, Bud came to speak on behalf of the VPI Alumni Association---It was one of the best talks I ever attended. The man flat out knows his stuff, and has a good delivery born of years in the classroom. When I still lived in Madison, AL, Bud came to speak on behalf of the VPI Alumni Association—It was one of the best talks I ever attended. The man flat out knows his stuff, and has a good delivery born of years in the classroom.

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