On Nov 29, 2009, at 7:26 AM, SA wrote:
> And in the civil war era, these areas were strongly Republican, I
> believe, which was the party of centralizing government...
But at that time, and for generations before then, their "centralizing government" was in Richmond. When Richmond seceded from the USA they took the opportunity to secede from Richmond.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos