Lee And King

This year Martin Luther King Jr. Day fell on January 19. This is the birthday of Robert E. Lee.

He was at leasst ONE of the greatest generals this Republic has had. This Republic and that other Republic which he served. No particular details re the War of Northern Aggression here. Maybe later. Suffice it to say, I believe the two Republics would have become one again by natural course. ALL were American.

He opposed slavery and worked to end it. It was ending at least as early as the first War of Independence. It was well on its way out by the time of the Second.

BTW, there may be a third one day. We should study well the first and second. One of the results of the second was the attempt by some to disarm blacks. That is worthy as well of a separate post. A warning of what is now happening.

He was tortured, a man of deep conscience, who loved his country. He saw how that Republic was so quickly veering from the Founder's intent. He believed that serving his state was the right path and the path to bring us all back to what was meant to be.

A man of honor, he was the antithesis of Grant, Sherman etal. Lee never spoke disparagingly of blacks, unlike Grant and Lincoln. He was a Christian gentleman who saw the humanity of all God's people.

He along with many Southerners, worked to dismantle slavery and called it moral and political evil. This is unlike the Northern politicos who maneuvered to keep it intact or at best did nothing to stop it.

Of course, Lee, Jackson and Pickett, all born in January, are still besmirched by revisionist leftist thieves of history.

While I wonder if Dr. King deserved a day to himself at least so soon, some of his words would find, I believe, agreement with the convictions of Lee etal. That all men are created equal, content of character not color of skin, blacks and whites joining hands as brothers and sisters etc.

History was hijacked by those mentioned revisionists. They attempt, to this day, to twist the intent of those who would draw us together. One of the worst offenders was Abraham lincoln. His actions exacerbated an enmity whipped to a fever pitch in order to keep people apart. We are thus more easily controlled and susceptible to Hegelian dialectic and the other tricks of the enemies of Freedom. I'll be writing of 'Honsest Abe' come near his birthday.

Lee and King, white and black are examples of a personal conscience that demands we look at ourselves and find what we have in common. We are all Americans. E Pluribus Unum-From Many One. Let us defend this truth together.