Treason against
the United States shall consist only in levying war against
them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No
person shall be convicted of treason unless on
the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open
court. (Article III, Section 3)
THE WAR
OF SOUTHERN AGGRESSION began at Fort Sumter. Appomattox was not
the end. And 750,000 deaths were not enough.
So many self-styled “conservatives,” who
consider themselves “strict constructionists,” love to celebrate the
Confederacy. Yet the South’s so-called “heroes” committed the only
crime defined in the supreme law of the land, because it is a threat to the
life of the Republic. But, supposedly, they fought for “States’ rights.”
The Articles of Confederation were
replaced “in order to form a more perfect Union”—by continuous effort.
Therefore, whatever the difference of opinion on a particular issue, those of
us who take the oath to uphold the Constitution must condemn anyone or anything
that glorifies division.
The War of Southern Aggression is not a
noble cause. One cannot cling to those who attempted
constitutional murder. The statues, schools, roads, and
holidays must go. Patriots do not celebrate traitors.
George Washington’s endowment rescued
Liberty Hall Academy, and it was renamed in his honor. But after the War of Southern Aggression and Robert
E. Lee’s tenure as president of Washington College, the name was
changed to Washington and Lee University. A fitting
tribute to the Father of the Country would be to join his name to that of
Billy Lee, the man who rode up to New England with him to review
the troops of the North and South for the first time. He was by the
General’s side throughout the war, and the Commander in Chief of the
Continental Forces remembered him in his will. His skin was
dark. Thus, Washington and Lee University would indeed form a more
perfect Union.
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