"Major R. E. Wilson,
formerly of the 1st North Carolina Battalion of Sharpshooters, spoke the
southern mind when he said, “If I ever disown, repudiate, or apologize for the
cause for which Lee fought and Jackson died, let the lightnings of Heaven rend
me, and the scorn of all good men and true women be my portion. Sun, moon,
starts, all fall on me when I cease to love the Confederacy. ‘Tis the cause,
not the fate of the cause, that is glorious.”
Horace Smith
Hurry back, Horace. Our arms are open.
As election results increasingly looked poor for Mitt Romney, Daniels took to Twitter to offer a solution.
"All you good people just come on down South and we'll must secede from the Union," Daniels wrote.
"Losing a battle is not losing a war still millions of good soldiers out there," Daniels wrote on Wednesday morning. "Hang on America. The fat lady is not even in the building yet."
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Why not ? , this man's very presence in the Whitehouse most likely is illegal. 99.9% of what he has done in the last 4yrs.is in violation of the Constitution. The cabal of criminal's he surround`s himself with have commited act`s so egregious anyone else would have been crucified by now. Who the hell does he think he is ? Julius Cesar ?!. When he make`s his acceptance speech in January , those who care to listen to it will be hearing the death rattle of the U.S.A.This is Deja Vu 1860 all over again. The old north state cries out to the spirit of Gov .Vance!. Is our new Gov. man enough to fill his shoe`s ?. We are going to find out shortly. I for one cannot see us enduring 4 more year`s of this !.
ReplyDeleteI'll go out on a limb and say 100%:) Other than that I agree with your every word.
DeleteMajor R. E. Wilson, couldn't have stated it any better than he did.....
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. I imagine my great uncle knew him as he was in charge of the sharpshooters on the retreat to Appomattox.
ReplyDeleteLee's Surrender, By My Great Grandfather, April 9, 1865, 146 Years Ago
http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2011/04/lees-surrender-by-my-great-grandfather.html
Before reaching Appomattox on the memorable retreat of our army from Petersburg, the half starved division of General Bryan Grimes, of which I belonged, was halted after dark for a short rest, and some of the *sharpshooters in the skirmish line, commanded by my brother, Lieutenant George T. Leach, also of Company C in the 53rd NC Regiment, collected and drove to our bivouac two or three cows with the intent of butchering them, believing, as they certainly had reason to believe, that the poor cattle would soon fall into the merciless hands of our pursuers.
Reaching our stopping place, for we had no encampment there, Lieutenant Leach sent to headquarters to get permission to butcher the cows for his Corps of Sharpshooters, stating that his men were suffering from food. They had been constantly on the flanks and in the rear of the retreating army since the evacuation, marching, counter marching, retreating and fighting without food or rest. General Grimes peremptorily refused to allow the cattle to be killed, because to allow it would violate one of Lee's well-established rules prohibiting plundering at any cost.
He ordered the cows to be returned to the field from which they were driven, a mile or two back. The order was instantly executed as far as possible - the cattle were driven within range of the federal pickets and turned over to our pursuers. We marched on with empty stomachs and continued to hold the front line in an attempt to open the way for the retreat of the Army.
The contrast between General Grimes and Sherman, the butcher and burner, could not be more stark. And I think it explains the divide that now is as great as ever. But we are better armed than the Southeast states were in 1865.
ReplyDeletePetraeus is just a better man than his bosses. He resigned.
I have learned more about the War of Northern Aggression reading this blog than I ever learned in NC public schools or colleges.
The contrast between General Grimes and Sherman, the butcher and burner, could not be more stark.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think of that, but will be sure to use this whenever able. Thanks.