The point is that when tested, it was indeed proven illegal. The south
chose the instrument of testing it.
Anne
At 05:11 AM 3/11/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Anne,
>
>It wasn't a 'teacher', but the course approved by the government (or
>whoever then approved course materials) for West Point, and one of the
>main sources was a text by a gentleman by the name of Rawls, a gentleman I
>understand to be an academic and legal leader of his time; however, I must
>admit, I'm not that much up on Rawls, as I'm sure most students today
>aren't up on the authors of their text books either.
>
>I still stand by my belief that secession was legal, only proven otherwise
>by the point of a bayonet.
>
>Maitland
>
>--- Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Maitland,
> >
> > Lee should have stayed with his feeling that secession was wrong. His
> > teacher at West Point was not correct that it was legal.
> >
> > Anne
> >
> > At 01:54 AM 3/11/03 -0800, you wrote:
> > >Anne,
> > >
> > >Lee felt strongly that secession was the wrong [incorrect], thing to do
> > >and that the sections should continue to work out their differences.
> > He
> > >felt it was legal for the South to seceed, and stated so. He had
> > stated
> > >that if he had not been taught that secession was legal at West Point
> > (via
> > >Rawls, etc), he would not have resigned his commission.
> > >
> > >He thought it [secession] was not the right thing to do, but, it was
> > >legal.
> > >
> > >Maitland Westbrook
> > >
> > >--- Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > Maitland, I'm confused. You say Lee say secession was wrong. Are
> > you
> > > > making a distinction between "wrong" and illegal? Anne
> > > >
> > > > Virginia did not wish to secede; R.E. Lee even voiced his opinion
> > that
> > > > it
> > > > >was the wrong thing to do. Only after Lincoln called for troops to
> > > > invade
> > > > >the South, did the high South vote to withdraw, and even then,
> > there
> > > > were
> > > > >wishes that the situation could be settled peacefully, as witness
> > by
> > > > the
> > > > >Southern delegation that went to Washington, but were refused to be
> > > > seen.
> > > > >Yes, negoations could have helped, if the North would have sat down
> > at
> > > > the
> > > > >table and talked.
> > > > >
> > > > >I'm sorry to see PC and accepted 'victors' writings being accepted
> > as
> > > > >fact. Many leaders of the South would not have sided with the
> > > > >Confederacy, including R.E. Lee, if secession had not been legal,
> > and
> > > > they
> > > > >said so. Virginia reserved the right to withdraw from the union in
> > > > it's
> > > > >approving document of the constitution, and was accepted by the
> > union
> > > > as
> > > > >such. Action on one's reserved rights in an legal document
> > accepted by
> > > > >all concerned, can hardly be called illegal.
> > > >
> > > > Anne Pemberton
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