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chained_bear commented on the word booty and beauty
From the Staunton (Va.) Spectator, May 14, 1861:
"How anyone after reading the editorials of many of the leading papers published at the North, can vote against secession, or even not vote at all, I cannot imagine. Is it not the threatened policy of the North to invade our State and take from us by brute force, our lands, our houses, and all that we possess, and divide it among themselves? Their cry is "booty and beauty," which means, in plain English, as I understand it, to steal our lands from us, and ravish our females. Any one that doubts can get the newspapers and read for themselves."
July 30, 2008
jennarenn commented on the word booty and beauty
aka booty and booty
July 30, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word booty and beauty
The naive conservative felt he needed to sound urban as well as patriarchal.
July 30, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word booty and beauty
Calling a secessionist in Virginia in 1861 "conservative," "naive," or "urban" is a pretty spectacular misnomer. :)
July 30, 2008