Nothing was arbitrary or based on feelings, it was all referenced to historical events as well as numbers.
Perhaps what I need to be asking you is how many times throught history, the "rules of logic" have won battles for freedom ? Stopped Democide ? How many lawyers overtook machine gun nests at Normandy Beach with superior debating skills ?
Let us also not forget, that our God is still God. The God who had his pick of all the Lawyers in the land, yet chose little David to slay Goliath.
The Confederate States of America were absolutely certain of that.