-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
>
> -Caveat Lector-
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> Davis and the other southern commanders had taken oaths as soldiers and as
> politicians to serve and uphold the Constitution of the United States.
> They were bound by that oath not to work against the best interests of the
> nation.
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Yes, and they understood that the Constitution allowed states to seceed
from the union. They had also taken an oath to their state govenments
which governments preceeded the forming of the union. Lee, for instance,
would have been working against the best interests of his country
(Virginia) if he had taken command of the federal forces as had been
offered.
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By taking up arms against their country, they were committing an
> act of treason.. Sorry if that offends some of you but that is a fact.
****
Why should it offend me? I had no ancestor in the war except perhaps in
the federal army. I have lived in the south for many years, but people
still say I don't have an accent. I don't even like football. I just
have studied the history and have tried to understand the situation at
the time on the basis of law. I don't believe that you have. You are
just argueing from an emotional basis and not on any basis of law. My
understanding of law has lead me to believe that the southern states had
the legal right to leave the union and that they did so lawfully. As I
stated, the Supreme Court of the time was probably in agreement with
this position. It was Lincoln and others in the northern states who
ignored their oathes to the Constitution. That is my opinion from
studying the facts. If you have a rational arguement to disprove my
opinion, I am open to being corrected, but what you have provided so far
has not dealt with the issue in anything but a purely emotional manner.
best wishes, Howard Davis
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