-Caveat Lector-
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. 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.
Remember, General Grant, who probably more than anyone, knew and respected
his southern counterparts (hell...he had served with almost all of them
during the Mexican-American war), was not sentimental about it.
If you take up arms against your government, you are guilty of treason.
If my son or daughter is wearing a uniform of the United States
government, and he encounters some treasonous, murderous son of a bitch
who believes that he is serving God or Dixie or the Devil-himself by
pointing a gun at him or her....I would advise my son or daughter to blow
that son of a bitch away without a moment's hesitation.
Now, personally, I'm not against the idea of a state removing itself from
the Union (if it could be done peacefully and without
bloodshed...property rights and civil liberties respected, etc. Go for
it).
But the last time I checked, more people are trying to get into the
country than are trying to get out.
I love America--New England, the Midwest,the West--hell yes, Dixie, too.
Personally, I don't give a damn whether you are white, black,brown,
southern, northern, Christian, Jew or atheist...whether you are male or
female..rich or poor...if you live in a trailer or a million dollar
house.. if you've only lived in this country for a year...or if you can
boast of Revolutionary War ancestors...you are an American; and you are my
brother or sister. We are a people, a nation, a society, a country.
And if you get into trouble in some damned forsaken corner of the globe,
you can count on me or someone like me ( Americans come in a variety of
different colors, sizes and shapes) to help you out. And I don't care
about the size of your bank account, whether you are right or not right
with the Creator, your political party, your ethnicity, your color or
however you want to define yourself. When you are overseas and you are in
a tight spot..these differences aren't so important.
Best wishes,
William
On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, MY HEART'S IN DIXIE! wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Howard R. Davis III wrote:
>
> > -Caveat Lector-
> >
> > William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > When the southern military commanders took up arms against their
> > > government...that was a TREASONOUS act in my book.
> > ***
> > Jefferson Davis spent several years in prison after the war begging
> > to be released or put on trial for treason. I think it was seven years
> > before he was released without a trial. Why was he never tried? It is
> > believed that it was well known that the Supreme Court would have thrown
> > out a conviction. This would have been untenable in the North since then
> > there would have had to be an acknowledgemnt that the southern states
> > had had the right to end their ties to the union.
>
> You are absolutely correct, Mr. Davis. God bless you, Sir! President Jeff Davis,
> nor any of our Confederates committed the act of treason by forming the
> Confederate States of America, and even U.S. of A. Chief Justice Chase had this to
> say about it:
>
> "If you bring these leaders to trial, it will condemn the North, for by the
> Constitution secession is not rebellion..."
>
> Linda
>
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