To: WhiskeyPapa
The United States was constitutionally created as a confederation of states, with a weak central government. That it has evolved into something different since the conclusion of the Civil War is irrelevant to the historical analysis. Lee, along with the rest of the South, believed that states reserved the right of secession. The conflict that Lee fought settled the matter of state versus national primacy. It is not fair to condemn him for his actions before the matter was settled.
114 posted on
05/13/2003 7:49:19 AM PDT by
LouD
To: LouD
The United States was constitutionally created as a confederation of states, with a weak central government. It was that way under the Articles of Confederation.
Under the Constitution, the power shifted from the states to the people -- because it had to. The Articles were a failure. The Constitution has been a success.
Walt
123 posted on
05/13/2003 7:54:51 AM PDT by
WhiskeyPapa
(Be copy now to men of grosser blood and teach them how to war!)
To: LouD
The matter of the UNITED States of America was settled by the Constutional Convention of 1787, despite all the Democrat revisionism to the contrary.
136 posted on
05/13/2003 8:04:38 AM PDT by
Grand Old Partisan
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