My Cause is more Moral than Your Cause

Hello, sports-fans, and any other readers; Today's topic is the Civil War. First off, allow me to comment on the fact that this issue seems a little over/ ill used in what I have seen in my southern state, Texas. Most assume that, me being a Texan, I despise the illusory "Yankee" and quote the unattractive phrase, "the south shall rise again." However, I do not. Then they assume that I am unpatriotic. That I am a "traitor" to the south and a northern sympathizer.

Now, no one actually uses these terms, nor do they think by them (I hope), yet the accusations and arguments against me by many fellow Texans are clear of their meaning.
That being said, I shall tell you a little history lesson on what the Civil War truthfully was and what it did to us, Northern and Southern.

First off, why was the war fought? Two reasons, at least for the layman, for the politicians always have their own reasons; one, because the Southerners wanted freedom to do what they wanted; two, because the Northerners wanted to be a whole United States without any differences. Both had the best intentions in the world, but chose bloodshed in order to fulfill those intentions. "What about the slavery issue, huh? Does the Imansa-somthin' Proclamation mean anything?" NO! (gasp) Attention all people, slavery was in both the North and the South pre-Civil War. Slavery, under the guise of "indentured workers," was still being practices, willfully on the sides of both the slaves and the masters, by most of the same people after the Civil War. During the First World War, racism was still rampant.
But enough of that. Next point, who was fighting it? America on one side and... America on the other. Who lost? Who won? America lost, and... America won... at a dear price? So, that was bad, yes? So why would we, as the south, want to rise again if we are America? Leave America alone and fight someone else, get your frustration out on evil people like Russia or Iraq or somewhere.

Next on the list, what was the outcome, and what would have been the outcome if the South won? The North won, right? What happened? We turned from separate states to a super country of semi-imaginary states. Their is differences in the states, but now we are all controlled by big government. That is bad! Very bad. It is what free men fight against. So what would have happened if the South won? Not much better. It's not exactly clear since it did not happen, but imagine being Texas now with a separate country above us that hates us and is trying to kill us. "That won't happen because there won't be a North. We'll just..." Just what? Kill them all? Force them to join our super country of big government? Or worse, set a precedent of annexation and war that would continue for the rest of our history?

This is what would have been better; we should have never had it. "What about the slaves?" Make laws about the slaves. Don't allow them to be mistreated. I'm talking about the ideal now; this is not even possible nowadays because we can't change the past. All I am saying to do now is, for those Republic of Texas weirdos, stop telling me to be Northernist!

-Caleb