Premise: Thus, Spaniards would be happier if they still dressed in black and let narrow-minded priests run their lives, and residents of the American South would be happier if planters still sipped mint juleps, wore white suits, and accepted traditional deference from sharecroppers ...

Hypothesis: Spaniards and residents of the American South would be happier if things were back to the way they were because life was easier back then.
Relation: neutral