The Democratic Tribes at War
Interesting, though somewhat muddled observation on Anglo-Celtics today from, of all sources, Michael Barone. For one thing, he refers to us as "Jacksonians," supposedly because Andrew Jackson is one of our heroes. And he overlooks huge swaths of Dixie -- namely, North and South Carolina -- that are heavily Anglo-Celtic. I mean, if he actually read Albion's Seed, he'd know that North Carolina's Scot-Irish constitute the majority.
But I quibble. At least this political analysis provides yet another recognition of Anglo-Celtics as an ethnic group, the group that made the South the distinctive region that it is:
These are lands that were settled by the colonial-era immigrants from northern England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and their descendants, who thronged down the Appalachian chain and then, like their heroes Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston, kept going southwest.
Clinton’s strong performance among Jacksonians may reflect her positive appeal (it certainly does in Arkansas), but it also seems to reflect a distaste for Obama. Buchanan County, Va., which borders the yet-to-vote states of West Virginia and Kentucky, voted 90 percent for Clinton and 9 percent for Obama.
What’s behind these sharp divisions? You could sum it up by saying that Jacksonians are fighters and academics (and public employees) are not. Jacksonians fought fierce battles against Indians as they moved southwest; they have always made up a disproportionate share of the American military (and were on both sides in the Civil War).
As historian David Hackett Fischer writes in Albion’s Seed, they believe in natural liberty — I’ll leave you alone if you’ll leave me alone, but if you attack my family or my country, I’ll kill you. Academics are, to say the least, lightly represented in the American military, and in economic terms they tend to compete with the military for public dollars. They seek honor for the work of peace as fiercely as Jacksonians seek honor for the feats of war.
Not so sure about that last line, but he's right about our belief in natural liberty, which is why we do not believe in big government. Sadly, the present system does not allow us to select policies or candidates reflecting those cultural values.
posted by Michael Tuggle @ Monday, April 07, 2008
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8 Comments:
Professor Bryan Sykes of Oxford has shown through DNA studies that all the people of the British Isles are predominately Celtic including the English. As some over there have put it,"we're all Celts under the skin". Maybe the term "Anglo-Celtic" has become redundant since even our ancestors from England are Celtic?
Check this out...
http://www.anglo-celtic.org.uk/index.htm
anonymous,
Yes, I saw that study. Interesting, though it's something of a mystery, seeing how the migration of Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Vikings was pretty clearly documented. Maybe the Celtic genome is more dominant than the Germanic? ;-)
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Interesting article.
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The use of "natural liberty" brings up the idea that there are other types.
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American historian, David Hackett Fischer, speaks to the two types.
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What other type of liberty do you see?
Thanks to freebird for the site.
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My Celtic ancestor landed in what is now Coneticutt is 1710.
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What's interesting is the fact that more "big media" political writers are using the phrase "Scot-Irish" or "Jacksonians" to describe such voters and populations. These are terms that have come right out of Albion's Seed and The Cousins' Wars and through recurring usage by the League of the South. The fact that such writers are willing to distinguish these people rather than just referring to them as plain old "white" is important in developing their identity and later on, their independence from a nation that sees them as nothing more than cannon fodder.
Sop pat yourself on the back LOS, you do have influence.
sean scallon,
"...willing to distinguish these people rather than just referring to them as plain old "white" is important in developing their identity and later on, their independence..."
Thank you for these encouraging words.
Supposedly the Celts came to the British Isles in pre-historic times (6000 years ago)from what is now Spain. They are related to people still living there including the mysterious Basque people. Fischer defined our people as primarily of two groups,those who came from the South and West of England,and those originally from the borders and Ulster. Perhaps this definition may change since those who came later to the British Isles are but pimples on the Celtic arse.
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