According to Douglas Southall Freeman's classic 1934 biography, Lee's reaction to Virginia's secession was negative:
"I must say," he remarked sadly, "that I am one of those dull creatures that cannot see the good of secession."
Too bad there were not more Lees and less secessionists because Abraham Lincoln would have then peacefully served out his term to the benefit of most Americans, North and South.
Yep, and if wishes were horses than rides would be free.
The ACW was going to happen, because the perceived self interests of two sections of one country had reached a point where men in power, with the support of the population, had decided that a political solution short of seperation was impossible.
The South need to leave to survive as it was, and the US government could not allow that, and exist as a viable nation.
Lee regreted secession, and then fought like a lion in defense of his state. His distaste for for “secesh”, while genuine, did not trump his sense of duty to what he held most important. Had the whole of the South been filled with men of a like mind, the war would have come.
“Too bad there were not more Lees and less secessionists because Abraham Lincoln would have then peacefully served out his term to the benefit of most Americans, North and South.”
And from the rest of your “conclusion” it’s pretty obvious you have no clue as to why Lee said what he said.
By the time Lincoln had been elected, things had come to a head as far as the Southern states, their rights and the monopoly the North had on their shipping. Try digging alittle deeper before ascribing conclusions to Lee and Lincoln that don’t exist.