Posted on 04/25/2007 10:11:37 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
Lee freed the fmily slaves as soon as he inherited them. That is more than Grant did,a dn freeign all of them is more than Lincoln ever did.
General Lee was a great American from a family of great Americans. His uncle was the one who wrote the resolution on independence.
Lee freed the fmily slaves as soon as he inherited them. That is more than Grant did, and freeing all of them is more than Lincoln ever did or hoped to do.
General Lee was a great American from a family of great Americans. His uncle was the one who wrote the resolution on independence.
Yes, you are right upon reflection. And Lighthorse was Richard Henry Lee’s brother. The only team of brothers, I think, to sign the Declaration.
That’s a pretty proud family tree.
Still stung by the way he exposed lincoln, eh?
Another spot on post. Now get back to work! ;)
No, it’s actually his yard......yeah, I know, but the whole place, as an entity, is considered hallowed ground.........
Is that what you call it?
And also to impoverish him, by rendering valuless a lot of choice real estate. It was self-righteous Northern spite.
You mean the centralization of the Federal government. Federalism is what we had before.
One of the biggest centralizers of the time was Lincoln, and the GOP was the Big Government party.
Of course, their idea of Big Government woudl seem appealingly small to us today.
And Lincoln's ideas about Reconstruction were better htan those that Stevens and Sumner imposed.
You mean the centralization of the Federal government. Federalism is what we had before.
One of the biggest centralizers of the time was Lincoln, and the GOP was the Big Government party.
Of course, their idea of Big Government would seem appealingly small to us today.
And Lincoln's ideas about Reconstruction were better htan those that Stevens and Sumner imposed.
Lee went to Texas after John Browns raid, which was two full years before Virginia's secession.
George Washington Parke Custis died in October of 1857. Lee signed the manumission papers in late December of 1862. That appears to be 5 years and a bit over 2 months between inheritance and freedom, not 'as soon as he inherited them.' Actually had Lee waited a day or two more the Emancipation Proclamation would have taken the problem of emancipation right out of his hands.
Your comments on Grant and Lincoln are just nonsense.
Mine too, cousin!
BTW, Davis was the son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor.
Lincoln had to deal with disloyal Democrats back then too.
That party is nothing if not consistent.
Neither Robert E. Lee, nor the other Confederate officers were tried for treason. In a nation of laws that matters.
Do you note some irony in that sentence?
Yes. Lincoln was a centralizer who was interested in centralizing the Federal government. He started the era of Big Government.
Factually wrong on both charges.
Lincoln never cared about freeing the slaves and said so himself. He only freed those who were not under hsi control — i.e., those in the part of the Confederacy still under Confederate control.
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His desire for reasonable terms was met. He may have been kinder still, but the official policy was not one of demeaning the South. Although, there were those who pursued their own agendas and punished the South in any way they could.
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