This is kinda funny:
On the subject of erecting statues to Confederate "war heroes", none other than Robert E. Lee wrote, "As regards the erection of such a monument as is contemplated, my conviction is, that however grateful it would be to the feelings of the South, the attempt ... would have the effect of ... continuing, if not adding to, the difficulties under which the Southern people labour."
First, it's interesting to know that Lee may have been Canadian, given his inclusion of the extraneous and totally unnecessary letter "u" in "labor".
Second, it's funny to think that all the uproar today is about statues that one of the people in question didn't even want, and thought would eventually be a bad idea.