tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post3700995734524152550..comments2024-02-10T03:22:49.303-05:00Comments on Potpourri for $500: I Intend to Blog on This Line If It Takes All SummerDave S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-83044480350310391362011-04-16T18:57:52.206-04:002011-04-16T18:57:52.206-04:00The political cause of the war for the South was s...The political cause of the war for the South was slavery. However, over time all wars shift focus. Also, its pretty clear Robert E. Lee was not a big slavery fan but a Virginia fan. I think the fact the war was about slavery for its prime instigators was the fact that when Robert E. Lee suggested freeing the slaves and having them fight he was until the end shouted down with the retort "what are we fighting the war for then?" Lincoln was right. Had the North won in 1861 we would have kept the South and slavery. If it had won in 1862 this still might have been the case. It may be the Lord gave us the generals we got and the South the generals it got so that the contest would continue and sharpen so that it was about whether Slavery lived or died.jjvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223110296462634454noreply@blogger.com