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[B]Confederate States of America[/B][/CENTER]

[B]Comments on the Warmongering Words of the United States of America,[/B]

I have chosen to serve the Confederate States of America because I must not go against my home in the State of Virginia. [b]I urge all Southern men who have served faithfully in the Army of the United States of America to look inside themselves and decide who they shall serve: a tyrannical federal government or the state they have chosen to live in, and I hope they choose the latter.[/b] If you see that you are to serve the United States of America, then I ask that you leave the Confederate States of America quickly and peacefully. It is well within your rights to abandon your home in favor of a faraway leader. But if you look into your soul and see that you are in favor of liberty instead of tyranny, in favor of states' rights instead of centralized government, and in favor of tradition instead of destroying the way of life that millions depend on, including women and children, then I ask you to stand up in service of the Confederate States of America. The words said from those in the United States of America indicate they would see a supposed "Divine Retribution" brought on us, even if they must do it themselves. Those are the words of an unholy, warmongering nation. I believe that the Almighty is on the side of the liberty. The side of those who want to peaceably secede. May God bless the Confederate States of America and have mercy on the United States of America.

I have asked to head the Army of North Virginia, but [b]I shall not draw my sword against anyone except in the defense of the Confederate States of America or in the defense of Virginia.[/b] I do not seek war like some of those in the United States of America, but I will go to war if I must defend my home, my family, and my way of life. I urge those in the United States to take caution before they make war, for it is indeed a horrid thing. And it might be said that God made it so if only to deter his children from waging it. [b]I urge the United States of America to seek out Peace and not War.[/b]

I have spoken with President Jefferson Davis when he asked to lead the Army of North Virginia about how we might avoid War in favor of Peace. He has told me that Brazil has called for a Peace Conference and that Confederate Diplomats shall be in Brazil for the entire month of August. [b]I truly hope that, in Brazil, Confederate Diplomats will meet with Union Diplomats to discuss Peace before we go down the road of War.[/b]

[B]- Robert E. Lee, Army General in the Confederate States of America[/B] [I](on June 12th, 1861)[/I]