Dear editor: True motivation for war

Dear editor:

James Thomason's recent commentary on the origin of the various Confederate flags, their designs and use, is basically correct, but he, like far too many Americans today, fails to understand what the Civil War was truly about and what the Confederate flag truly represents.

Anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of American history should know that the mission of Massachusetts people has always been to dominate our country politically, economically, socially and morally.

The Founding Fathers of each former colony handed down as a legacy the Constitution and Bill of Rights exactly as they desired them to be, not only for themselves, but also for future generations. That Constitution guaranteed slavery, enumerated in more than one place in the articles. The Southern states have always faithfully abided by that Constitution. The New England states, inspired by Massachusetts politicians and Harvard College, have never done so.

The Civil War was not fought because of slavery. It was fought because Massachusetts, exerting its political power, shoved Abraham Lincoln into the White House for the purpose of launching a military invasion into Virginia, the state of states and the state of statesmen. Wealth and political domination were the motives.

Mr. Thomason declares that Lincoln disagreed with the South concerning the matter of secession. It is not the prerogative of the president of the United States to order a military action simply because he disagrees with a certain circumstance. He is obliged to act according to constitutional law! Secession was a legal action.

Concerning the Confederate battle flag, Mr. Thomason is standing in the dark. A battle flag would have been far easier to recognize at any distance if totally red, but the Scottish heritage and influence were strong in the South, therefore, Beauregard and Col. William Porcher Miles decided to utilize the Cross of Saint Andrew, the Patron Saint of Scotland, as the basic design. This Christian symbol, with stars representing the Confederate States, outraged the people of New England, because at that time the institutions of the northeast, including the colleges, were rapidly becoming secularized, along with the churches becoming Unitarian.

It is interesting to see that Mr. Thomason presented a quiz for low information and/or ignorant readers. I am highly amused by question No. 9.

I have a question for Mr. Thomason. When did Abraham Lincoln obtain authority to hold a state or states in the so-called Union by military action when the office of the president is not given that authority by the Constitution?

The sales of Confederate battle flags across our entire country are at an all-time high. Keep the Confederate battle flag flying high in the wind! Very soon our country, again, will need desperately what it really stands for.

Robert Freeman

Hot Springs

Editorial on 10/07/2015

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