[WhiskeyPapa]

Can the latter be reconciled with an honest account of what Lee was saying in 1861?

Absolutely.

That must be a typo. You mean "absolutely not."

If the government of the framers had been followed, as Lee indicated was the goal in 1866, it would not have been legal or moral to overthrow it, as it was meant by the framers to be "perpetual."

You don't like me, fine.

But don't spit on the plain record just because it doesn't suit your prejudices.

Walt

[agrandis]

Hey, I DO like you, man! I didn't used to, but I do now. A LOT!