[SES1066]

Talk about making a mountain out of a mole-hill! A watchmaker has the pocket watch of the new President and the obvious start of a Civil War. He uses his tools to scribe his feelings inside the watch and returns it to its owner. In later years he mis-remembers his exact words (Bill & Hillary?) so that they come jumbled down in family history.

For this, a Virginia Partisan makes it into a point of Northern unjustified adoration of Lincoln. The logic trail fails me. I sympathize that all the participants of that dread time were human and not gods but this was a very thin reed to criticize.

[Davy Buck]

To those familiar with the debate, the point will be obvious. Yes, the example is anecdotal, but it is but one example among hundreds that could be cited. Those who see Lincoln as our saviour, love to look down their noses at Southerners who find admirable character traits in men like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and accuse Southerners of embellishing and distorting the truth - all the while they do this very thing with Lincoln.

This watchmaker, at the time of his inscription, made no mention of slavery - it was all about “the government”. But, after the war and Lincoln’s assassination, he made the focus slavery. Just a bad memory. Right.

[Davy Buck]

A “Virginia Partisan”? Thank you for the compliment. That’s the nicest thing I’ve been called all day.

“When I speak of my country, I mean the Commonwealth of Virginia.” ~ John Randolph