“Lee was the noblest American who had ever lived and one of the greatest commanders known to the annals of war.” --Sir Winston Churchill
Remember Churchill? 75 years ago, when freedom was being threatened by the evil of Nazism, it was Churchill who first led the lonely fight to save Europe. Churchill, at the time, and for decades after, was the most respected statesman in the free world. I suppose that now Churchill must be thought of as a racist, or an idiot, or a bigot--because his opinion of Lee was so awe-inspiring. But Churchill was not alone, back before the radicals changed our worldview and rewrote history.
After Lee's death, a Northern newspaper wrote of him: "We have long since ceased to look upon him as the Confederate leader, but have claimed him as one of ourselves; have cherished and felt proud of his military genius; have recounted and recorded his triumphs as our own; have extolled his virtue as reflecting upon us—for Robert Edward Lee was an American, and the great nation which gave him birth would be today unworthy of such a son if she regarded him lightly".
Robert E. Lee opposed Slavery, and had freed the slaves he inherited from his Wife's estate long before the war. One of them, William Mac Lee, chose to stand by Robert E. Lee's side throughout the war, serving as his cook and confidant. This former slave and friend described Lee with these words, "I was raised by one of the greatest men in the world. There was never one born of a woman greater than Gen. Robert E. Lee".
The following prayer by Robert E. Lee is contained in the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, MO. It was memorized by Truman as a young man and President Truman is said to have prayed it throughout his entire life:
"Help me to be, to think, to act what is right because it is right; make me truthful, honest, and honorable in all things; make me intellectually honest for the sake of right and honor and without thought of reward to me."
In the post-modern, progressive rush to condemn Lee (something traditional history never did) - the liberals have deserted all of the values that Lee held dear, and lived by. It is not one man, or even one ideology that they condemn--it is an entire value system, one which apparently belongs to the past but has no part of the present or future. Or so the liberals would wish.
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