Draggingtree Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Sunday, February 7, 2016 The Transformation of American Citizenship via the Crucible of War General Lee and his Confederate officers in their first meeting since Appomattox, taken at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in August 1869, where they met to discuss "the orphaned children of the Lost Cause". This is the only from life photograph of Lee with his Generals in existence, during the war or after. Left to right standing: General James Conner, General Martin Witherspoon Gary, General John B. Magruder, General Robert D. Lilley, General P. G. T. Beauregard, General Alexander Lawton, General Henry A. Wise, General Joseph Lancaster Brent Left to right seated: Blacque Bey (Turkish Minister to the United States), General Robert E. Lee, Philanthropist George Peabody, Philanthropist William Wilson Corcoran, James Lyons (Virginia) Citizenship in these United States has consistently been in a transformative mode. From early American settlers, through the colonial period to Statehood and nationhood, and through transition from territorial to Statehood status, citizenship was a phenomenon appreciated but not necessarily understood. It was loosely defined, but yet highly valued. This was tolerable within the framework of limited government and widely accepted comity among the States and the U.S. Government. But comity among the States and the U.S. Government and limited government have been displaced by something radically different. http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-transformation-of-american.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 @Draggingtree General Lee: That was my view; that the act of Virginia, in withdrawing herself from the United States, carried me along as a citizen of Virginia, and that her laws and her acts were binding on me. Senator Howard: And that you felt that to be your justification in taking the course you did? General Lee: Yes, sir Related Whole Thing Is Good But forward to 7:20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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