The States-Rights Fetish a Plea for Real Nationalism (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The States-Rights Fetish a Plea for Real NationalismEvents, great or little, in history ar not the out come of conditions immediately preceding them, but of a long course of prior occurrences. Nor do those who take part in the events control the course or outcome of them entirely. The beginnings of the American Revolution can be traced back to the earliest period of English history. Those who pro moted it in its beginnings did not foresee the deep consequences of their work, no more than the people of the United States foresaw the outcome of the spanish-american war, which, promoted by the capitalistic class, resulted in giving us the Philippines which the capitalists did not want and releasing Cuba, which they intended to get.The colonies were forced into nominal union by the course of events between 1775 and 1781, and when peace, with independence, was obtained, it was evident that this independence was not as sured unless the union could be made more firm.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.