As I've posted some remarks on this topic earlier on the blog, I recently came across this video from Dick Morris, who has a regular "Lunch Alert" subscription, in which he comments on the issues of the day and how he understands the situation he's speaking to. Morris was personal advisor to both Clintons from the time they were in the Governor's mansion in Arkansas and into the White House. So, he does have some knowledge and understanding that many do not. Apparently, he's also an historian of some type, as he provides some interesting insights into the background of many national topics.
My earlier post spoke to the fact that Robert E. Lee was first and foremost a state's rights oriented general when it came to the question of where his loyalties lay at the secession of the south and commanding the southern army in the Civil War. During that period of the country's mindset regarding the federal government and the states, most viewed the relationship between them from a perspective of state loyalty primarily, and federal government as playing a role of protector of all states from foreign threats secondarily.
His remarks explain the conditions which existed in the south during what we call Reconstruction and how all the southern general statues ended up being placed where they are today. In this video, Morris blames Lee's continuation of the war after Lincoln's re-election for the unnecessary death of thousands of soldiers on both sides of the battles which ensued beyond the outcome of the election in November of 1864.
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