re: Statues in NOLA are coming down.

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You want to cut Lincoln off in 1862

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And you want cut off and ignore the good things many of the former Confedrates did after the war for blacks and whites both.

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The Brits abolished slavery in 1833.

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Slavery was the way of the world for 5,000-10,000 years but that thirty year gap between the Brits nominally abolishing slavery and the US following suit makes them some beacon of enlightenment.

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You want to cut Lincoln off in 1862


And you want cut off and ignore the good things many of the former Confedrates did after the war for blacks and whites both.

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I didn't even refer to any such thing. What is wrong with you?

Did Robert E. Lee advocate the vote for blacks?

Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia
January 11, 1865
Hon. Andrew Hunter
Richmond, Va.:

Dear Sir:

I have received your letter of the 7th instant, and without confining myself to the order of your interrogatories, will endeavor to answer them by a statement of my views on the subject. I shall be most happy if I can contribute to the solution of a question in which I feel an interest commensurate with my desire for the welfare and happiness of our people.

Considering the relation of master and slave, controlled by humane laws and influenced by Christianity and an enlightened public sentiment, as the best that can exist between the white and black races while intermingled as at present in this country, I would deprecate any sudden disturbance of that relation unless it be necessary to avert a greater calamity to both. I should therefore prefer to rely upon our white population to preserve the ratio between our forces and those of the enemy, which experience has shown to be safe. But in view of the preparations of our enemies, it is our duty to provide for continued war and not for a battle or a campaign, and I fear that we cannot accomplish this without overtaxing the capacity of our white population..."

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The only one dividing anything/anyone is Tigerdev. Good thing is he can not change history books & in none of them is General Lee considered a traitor. And he never has been throughout history. A valid point was made that back then, Southerners were more loyal to their states & if Tigerdev has ever read anything about General Lee, it was his loyalty to Virginia that made him take up arms. History cann't be changed, as much as liberals try.

The reason they cannot be considered traitors is because, up until then, loyalty to your state was paramount to the federal government. I like how Shelby Foote put it: "before the was people said 'the United States are...', after the war it became 'the United States is...".