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I have been called down a time or 2 on CD but I've learned to never call names and try to communicate in an adult manner. The moderator might call what I said offensive but I was trying to shoot straight with you and call it as I see it without insulting anyone.
Many of your posts have logic but you usually end up throwing out insults which takes away from your credibility.
I am very impressed that you have picked the Marines, I'm not sure I could go that tough of a path in my younger days. We all wish you the best and thanks for serving this great nation.
I see some of your posts about the Confederacy and the south on some of the other threads. I hope no one ever trashes the great flag you are about to go fight for or your buddies who might have given their life for something they believe in.
I do believe once you've securely planted in the Marine Corp, they will help shape your ideas about fighting for a just reason.
Where do you come by this nonesense? This is so crazy as to be -- as the old cliche' goes -- the rantings of a madman. Or just a plain babbling nut!
Are you saying that Lee tracked down runaway slaves and had them flogged and abused? Then, "sold south"? Can you cite your source for this lunatic allegation? I sincerely await...
The sworn statement of the slave himself sweety?
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Originally Posted by Wesley Norris, Louisiana State University Press, 467-468
My name is Wesley Norris; I was born a slave on the plantation of George Parke Custis; after the death of Mr. Custis, Gen. Lee, who had been made executor of the estate, assumed control of the slaves, in number about seventy; it was the general impression among the slaves of Mr. Custis that on his death they should be forever free; in fact this statement had been made to them by Mr. C. years before; at his death we were informed by Gen. Lee that by the conditions of the will we must remain slaves for five years...we were immediately taken before Gen. Lee, who demanded the reason why we ran away; we frankly told him that we considered ourselves free; he then told us he would teach us a lesson we never would forget...we were tied firmly to posts by a Mr. Gwin, our overseer, who was ordered by Gen. Lee to strip us to the waist and give us fifty lashes each, excepting my sister, who received but twenty...[Mr. Gwin] had sufficient humanity to decline whipping us; accordingly Dick Williams, a county constable, was called in, who gave us the number of lashes ordered; Gen. Lee, in the meantime, stood by, and frequently enjoined Williams to ""lay it on well,"" an injunction which he did not fail to heed; not satisfied with simply lacerating our naked flesh, Gen. Lee then ordered the overseer to thoroughly wash our backs with brine, which was done...After this my cousin and myself were sent to Hanover Court-House jail, my sister being sent to Richmond to an agent to be hired; we remained in jail about a week...what I have stated is true in every particular, and I can at any time bring at least a dozen witnesses, both white and black, to substantiate my statements.
Anyway, I gotta go eat supper and get ready to hit the sack. You have a good one now, ya hear?
Last edited by TexasReb; 12-13-2009 at 03:09 PM..
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You have some sharp debating skills..
