ing the founding principle and replacingnit with a new cornerstone: a doctrine ofnracial superiority ^^iiich led some to concoctnthe notion that slavery could be an”positive good.”nThe Northern victory in the Civil Warncannot be fiilly and properly understoodnas the result of a superior industrial basenand a larger population prevailing over anpeople who had remained true to a setnof agrarian, traditional values. A notablenbit of nostalgia that frequently passes fornconservatism today appeals to the enduringnelements of these agrarian sentiments.nAlthough it is obvious that thenpolicies of Reconstruction—administerednwith a vengeance by Radical Republicansnwho had resisted Abraham Lincoln’sntempered and prudent policies throughoutnthe war—^provided the seeds fornmany new discontents following thenNorth’s victory, any reconciliation ofnthe protracted antagonisms that maintainncurrent sectionaUst sentiments withinnAmerican society must ultimately dependnupon unreconciled Southernersnacknowledging that Northern victorynwas the only means of maintainingnAmerica’s true traditional principles. Innother words, before the South can laynany legitimate claim to the notion that itnis a region maintaining a tradition withinna country deviating toward the cosmopolitan,nit must transcend the legacy ofnthe first deviation from the Americanntradition, the one given impetus bynThomas Jefferson and fiill thrust by JohnnC. Calhoun.nAlthough we have elected three SouthemnPresidents during this century, (and,nsurely, the damage that Woodrow Wilson,nLyndon Johnson, and Jimmy Carternhave wreaked on our institutions constitutesnexcessive retribution for anythingndone during Reconstruction), abimdantnevidence indicates that the South remainsnless than fully assimilated intonAmerican society. Unfortunately, neithernof these books comes to grips with thenreasons for the South’s protracted insulationnwithin American society. They do,nhowever inadvertendy, provide abundantnevidence of the limitations of then”For intellectual and spiritual support andnreinforcement, parents will want to readnTHE FAMILY: AMERICA’S HOPE.n… it will lift your spirits and strengthen your determinationnto fulfill the role you and God have undertaken together: that ofnbeing the best parents you can possibly be in spite of the designs ofnthose who would destroy the foundationnof Western civilization.”n—The Barbara M. Morris Reportn ^ ..-,/lmericMn- •—-“^- f,f^ ‘.nI…: [<«”n1 .-(BSOUS* .: •n’m»- “-««« ._.nriSSm-^:::.?, :.;sr»««»jn• ;-*•• i::«r :n1,^-‘^^.nspeeches presented atna national conference by;nMichael Novak • James HitchcocknArchbishop Nicholas T. Elko • HaroldM. VothnMayer Eisenstein • Joe J. ChristensennHarold OJ. Brown • Leopold TyrmandnJohn A. HowardnTBe Q^AMILYnSend check payable to:nThe Rockford Instituten934 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103nAmericasnJ{openOrder THE FAMILY: AMERICA’S HOPE todaynand we’ll send you a bonus copy of Allan C,nCarlson’s “The Family in America, 1982.”nn Payment enclosed ($4.00 plus 50