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<blockquote data-quote="Ryder" data-source="post: 1451862" data-attributes="member: 663"><p>I was speaking in a general philosophical sense and did not mention General Lee.</p><p>But since you brought him up I readily admit to being an admirer of this great man.</p><p></p><p>In his time many or most people had a much stronger loyalty to their state than to their country.</p><p>This was certainly true of General Lee.</p><p>He was offered command of the Union Army but refused because he could not wage war against his friends, family and state.</p><p>In fact he did want his state of Virginia to remain as part of the union, but "not at the point of a bayonet".</p><p></p><p>I am not an authority on military protocol, but I think commissioned officers have the right to resign their commission if they so choose. Lee did.</p><p>It would seem that Lee did not take the easiest or best course of action for himself. But he did take the honorable course.</p><p>Any further remarks I could make I think have been adequately covered by Jogeephus and others.</p><p></p><p>As to slavery--it did exist. Lincoln tried to play both sides of the fence.</p><p>But no civil war was fought to free any slaves.</p><p>Both President Jefferson Davis and General Lee foresaw the demise of slavery and knew it's time was coming to an end.</p><p>If there had been no war slavery would have ended. No one knows how long it would have taken. But it could have ended more peacefully without that terrible war and era of so called reconstruction.</p><p></p><p>The issue of slavery was made into a political football by both sides. It still is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryder, post: 1451862, member: 663"] I was speaking in a general philosophical sense and did not mention General Lee. But since you brought him up I readily admit to being an admirer of this great man. In his time many or most people had a much stronger loyalty to their state than to their country. This was certainly true of General Lee. He was offered command of the Union Army but refused because he could not wage war against his friends, family and state. In fact he did want his state of Virginia to remain as part of the union, but "not at the point of a bayonet". I am not an authority on military protocol, but I think commissioned officers have the right to resign their commission if they so choose. Lee did. It would seem that Lee did not take the easiest or best course of action for himself. But he did take the honorable course. Any further remarks I could make I think have been adequately covered by Jogeephus and others. As to slavery--it did exist. Lincoln tried to play both sides of the fence. But no civil war was fought to free any slaves. Both President Jefferson Davis and General Lee foresaw the demise of slavery and knew it's time was coming to an end. If there had been no war slavery would have ended. No one knows how long it would have taken. But it could have ended more peacefully without that terrible war and era of so called reconstruction. The issue of slavery was made into a political football by both sides. It still is. [/QUOTE]
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