"It is to me simply incredible, that a people so shrewd and practical as those of the United States, should expect us to have discarded, through the logic of the sword merely, the convictions of a lifetime; or that they could be deceived by us, should we be base enough to assert it of ourselves. They know that the people of the South were conquered, and not convinced; and that the authority of the United States was accepted by us from necessity, and not from preference. [snip] The people of the South went to war, because they sincerely believed (what their political fathers had taught them, with one voice, for two generations) that the doctrine of State-sovereignty for which they fought, was absolutely essential as the bulwark of the liberties of the people."
--Pastor R. L.Dabney of Virginia
A descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
stepped down as pastor of a small North Carolina church this week after
his comments supporting racial justice on MTV sparked a backlash.
The general's distant nephew, the Rev. Robert W. Lee IV, issued a statement saying
he resigned from Bethany United Church of Christ in Winston-Salem after
the congregation decided to put his tenure to a vote.
More @ Fox
“We have made my ancestor an idol of white supremacy, racism, and hate,” he said on the music network. “As a pastor, it is my moral duty to speak out against racism, America's original sin.”
ReplyDeleteI guess he didn't know his ancestor, obviously. Southerners
want to preserve the South and Lee was a great man of the
South/Virginia. This imbecile just doesn't get it.
He's going where the money is.
DeleteThe guy likely wasn't a direct descendant, just a member of the same family, right? Bc Lee had no sons.
ReplyDeleteRidiculous behaviour, prancing around "Lee was this way".
I have a few unPC comments by Lee from a book. They aren't very bad. One was from a court trial of some sort I think.
He had three sons: George Washington Custis Lee,William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and Robert E. Lee Jr. The first two were general officers and the last a private.
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Did they have children though? My father and others I thought had told me only daughters were produced. Maybe Lee's grandchildren were female then?
DeleteI guess the guy could just be fourth generation then.
That's sad that KA went PC.
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee did have sons. Well I was wrong.
DeleteI can't find a picture of my chapter, but here is a generic one that shows our Old South weekend. Sad doesn't touch it. :(
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You know I sometimes wonder if it wasn't planned in advance
ReplyDeletefor the South to lose. Lee had an opportunity to go into
DC and the Civil War, as a consequence,could have been over, won by the South. There was explicit orders for the North not to
be plundered or destroyed - left virtually untouched.
"I cannot hope that heaven will prosper our cause when we are violating its laws,” declared Lee upon entering Pennsylvania. “I shall, therefore, carry on the war in Pennsylvania without offending the sanctions of high civilization and Christianity.”
Sherman, however, whined that “war is hell” and turned his troops loose on the people.
Unfortunately, the South was the only side with gentlemen.
DeleteCanton was always a small country town where Confederate flags
ReplyDeleteflew freely. Then, the outsiders, invaders came. I don't
know who they think they are but they need a Confederate flag
rammed up you know where.............
http://wlos.com/news/local/confederate-flags-in-canton-parade-spark-outrage
Canton was always a small country town where Confederate flags flew freely.
Delete& in North Dakota, no less. Thanks.