Miss Howard's evidence, unimportant as it was, had been given in such a downright straightforward manner that it had never occurred to me to doubt her sincerity.
I never once doubted Miss Howard's testimony for an instant. She just seemed to honest and sincere.
But when neo-Confederate ideology went national with the presidential candidacy of Pat Buchanan, who passionately defended displaying the rebel battle flag over the South Carolina statehouse, most Americans--indeed, most South Carolinians--found his retro-rebel views too extreme.