tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post2092272835260714470..comments2024-03-27T20:28:38.015-04:00Comments on Reasonable Christian: Robert E. Lee: Prayer for an End to SlaveryCharlie J. Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-9835193902522470072011-12-03T14:58:23.962-05:002011-12-03T14:58:23.962-05:00Hudson, you need to go back and study your America...Hudson, you need to go back and study your American history. The issue of states rights versus a strong federal or central government goes all the way back to the Federalist Papers, well before the Civil War was fought. The same debate continues today between Republicans and Democrats over the issue of over-regulation, out of control spending by the Federal Government, etc. Even as far back Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-91414805066649606702011-12-03T14:20:54.288-05:002011-12-03T14:20:54.288-05:00It does not follow that the Civil War was not foug...It does not follow that the Civil War was not fought over slavery because Robert E. Lee prayed for it to end. In fact there is very little evidence that slavery would have ended without the war. The war itself, and its result, was the outworking of God's providence. Allen Guelzo has much to say on this subject.<br /><br />It seems to me that the property rights guaranteed by the Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511526445868840330noreply@blogger.com