Subject: Re: Genr'l Lee From: Gene Karl I'm not saying I'm any better a man than Robert E. Lee. I'm sure Mr. Lee didn't have the advantage of an internet and all the conveniences of modern technology to collect knowledge that we have today. I do believe he was a man of high moral character, and that is the reason he was caught up in the battle that he fought. However, I believe that there is ample evidence to conclude that there were times in his life (similar to my own) where he revered the U.S.CONstitution and all the trappings of a government the claims that all crimes are against the state. This is hard to deny. And that is not being governed by God. As you quote: "Those people who are not governed by GOD will be ruled by tyrants" William Penn sincerely, gene karl "robert mcnabb" horselo-@usit.net wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/anti-federalist/?start=29 52 > > > Printed by the Roanoke slime, > > note Lee was not a Fed. He resigned when the Feds were to overstep their bounds. > > > > Genr'l Lee's Character Attacked This letter is written in response to your recent attack on General Robert E. Lee. > > In Mr. Fishwick's editorial on Wednesday, January 19th. He states, > > "The time has come to exorcise that Lee and exalt Lee, the forward-looking reconciler." > > He would have us forget the man of character and see only the "forward-looking reconciler". He inundates us with this premise throughout his article. It is clear, Mr. Fishwick does not fathom the character of Robert E. Lee. > > Fishwick stated that "He (General Lee) simply did not have a conceptualizing mind." General Lee was a man of the highest moral character who exhibited undying devotion to his country, Virginia. A man of General Lee's character should be exalted and studied by all who would aspire to live a godly, honorable life. To those who would desire to lead in this age of godless leaders General Lee should serve as a lighthouse beacon to straighten the course when they are lead astray by the course of current moral decay. Fishwick states, General Lee's life was an "unspectacular and unsuccessful life." Young Lee graduated 2nd in his class at West Point with no demerits, Officer Lee served for thirty years in the U.S. army, resigned his U.S. commission as a matter of honor and duty to his Virginia, and General Lee had no equal on the field of Battle. Mr. Fishwick misses the character of General Lee because he is of this godless age which cannot "conceptualize" a man of the highest moral character. > > Was General Lee a "forward-looking reconciler"? After the War while the south lay prostrate at the feet of the great northern empire General Lee knew that he must not provoke in any way the great and 'generous' North. Therefore he quietly influenced young men as President of Washington College. His actual preference was "if I had foreseen the use those people designed to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox Courthouse; no, sir, not by me. Had I foreseen these results of subjugation, I would have preferred to die at Appomatox, with my brave men, my sword in this right hand." Why would he say this? His country had been subjugated by conquest and the north was continuing it's rape of the South. There was a move afoot in the radical congress to annihilate all southerners. Surely any slight provocation by General Lee would have given reason to the despotic lunatics that inhabited the walls of congress. General Lee was a pragmatist and saw that at that time he must not cause any southerners to rise up against the empire now firmly entrenched in the hallowed walls of congress. Their end would have surely been close to utter annihilation by the godless north. Virginians have always greatly admired him for this fidelity and understanding. Conceptualize that Mr. Fishwick. > > Robert McNabb > > Check, VA. > > "Those people who are not governed by GOD will be ruled by tyrants" > William Penn >