Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Alexandria to take up its Confederate memorials tonight

Via Billy


The symbols of the Confederacy in Alexandria extend far beyond the memorial statue to the Southern war dead that greets northbound travelers on Washington Street in Old Town.

There’s the matter of the city flying the Confederate flag twice a year in the public right of way. There’s the name of U.S. 1, otherwise known as Jefferson Davis Highway. More than 33 streets and a public elementary school are named after Confederate military leaders. A plaque at a prominent Old Town corner presents a skewed version of a shooting at the start of the Civil War. In the council chambers itself, a portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee silently watches the civic discourse, across the room from a portrait of George Washington.

The council on Tuesday night will consider what to do about all these markers of its Southern heritage and whether the time has come to excise reverence for the losing side of a divisive war over whether half of the nation could continue to enslave African Americans. (Straight out of the commie playbook.)

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  1. Why do people perpetuate the myth that Mr. Lincoln's war was about slavery?

    They ignore Mr. Lincoln's own words from his first inaugural address: "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

    Are they not aware that Mr. Lincoln supported the Corwin Amendment that read, "no amendment shall be made to the Constitution, which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish, or interfere within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State." In other words, the amendment would forever guarantee the right of the Southern people to own slaves forever. With much debate, the amendment passed both houses of Congress on March 2, 1861, two days before Lincoln took office. The South was unimpressed and ignored it because slavery was not the issue.

    Are they so ignorant that they cannot do simple arithmetic? In 1860 there were 15 slave states and 18 free states. It takes 3/4 of the state legislatures to pass any amendment, a ban on slavery. Thus, there would have to be 60 states to ratify an anti-slavery amendment. The surest way to insure the continuation of slavery would be to stay in the Union.

    However, 29% of the people were paying 87% of the taxes in the form of tariffs on imports. We separated from England for less cause.

    Slavery was an issue only because the northern states ignored the Fugitive Slave Law found in the Constitution.



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    1. Commies aren't interested in inconvenient facts and continue to spout the party line. None of the Lincoln "scholars" will agree to debate as they know they will fail badly.

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