Our nativist tendency is not
more elaborate than a galant
reduction of feudalism's ideo-
logy hoisted as a middle class
fist, a way of play-acting the
part of the cavalier with the
indignation of the zealot and
the vengeance of the impotent.
We never had confidence in our
candy-cravated cosmopolitan
in Congress, and the other day
our 7th Virginian District de-
fenestrated him to loud huzzahs
and the mortified awe of aliens.
You've seen us; if it weren't
our sacred business, our mis-
sion to debauch ourselves in
aggravation since the crushing
of delight at Appomattox Court-
House, you'd believe our threat
to rise again. All we really
wish to do is party in our way.
Don't cry for us, Barcelona.
iii Xavier Miserachs
Gerald Brenan
The Spanish Labyrinth
An Account of the Social
and Political Background
of the Civil War
Cambridge University Press, 1943©
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