> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> . . . and not by the justice of their cause, in case anyone wondered about
> > that . . . .
> >
>
> A transition between historical stages has nothing to do with abstract
> notions of "justice." If Marx was ever right about anything, such a
> progression will rather entail a shift between the moralities of different
> ruling classes.
>
>
Well, for what it's worth, my point was not that their cause was just (and
therefore they won). More that what underlay the whole proclamation was
precisely the justice of the confederate cause.
Or maybe I misread it. It happens.
j