Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general during the American Civil War, defined secession as a right that was granted to states under the United States Constitution. He believed that states had the power to leave the Union if they felt their rights were being violated by the federal government. However, Lee also expressed his personal wish for the preservation of the Union and loyalty to his home state of Virginia.
That slavery was a bad thing, and secession was a bad thing.
Robert E. Lee
Many respected Virginians (including Lee) who disapproved of secession, but felt their first duty was to their state, not the USA.
They justified secession with the theory of states' rights.
Anti-secession means against a seperation of the country. Anti means against, and secession means a seperation of the country. For example, the Union was anti-secession during the Civil War.
he hated it
Lee and Lincoln both felt that secession would damage the country, and allthough there were many contrasting points of view in the nation at the time, they felt that it would be a bad idea to permit any secession.
Because he disapproved of secession.
That slavery was a bad thing, and secession was a bad thing.
A term used for people who opposed secession of the states were called conservatives. The people that supported secession were called secessionists.
Because he sees no validity in the Southern cause(:
Robert E. Lee
Define which plan "this plan" is.
Because he disapproved of secession, but he was passionately concerned with the fortunes of his home-state of Virginia.
After General Scott offered him command of the Union army, which he refused, Lee said he could never draw his sword against his home state, Virginia. Lee was opposed to secession.
Actually. it was Robert E Lee. Lincoln had no problem using force to hold the Union together. Her did see it as the last resort but he knew all along it would eventually come to force. Robert E. Lee did not want secession to happen but if it did felt is was wrong for force to be used to prevent it.
Robert E. Lee was appointed to be the major general of the military and naval forces of Virginia. When Virginia officially seceded, Lee became a general in the Confederate Army.