Please post the clause of the Constitution containing the words "perpetual union".
Please post the clause of the Constitution containing the words "perpetual union".
Not germane.
Lee clearly was referring in this letter to the Constitution, not the Articles of Confederation. Your obfuscation is easily exposed.
If Lee thought the Constitution involved a perpetual Union, he wasn't alone. Chief Justice Chase said essentially the same thing. What is more enduring than a perpetual Union made more perfect?
Walt