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Because he sees no validity in the Southern cause(:
Because he disapproved of secession.
Because he disapproved of secession, but he was passionately concerned with the fortunes of his home-state of Virginia.
The Confederacy (South) He did not approve of secession, but felt he ought to go with his state (Virginia) when it eventually voted Confederate.
he said that the british were coming
Because he sees no validity in the Southern cause(:
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.
In the context of a complete revolution, which is 360 degrees, 2/9 of a revolution would equate to 80 degrees.
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.
When a state left the Union it was called secession.
Robert E. Lee
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.