Should people write Congress and ask them to condemn the Democrats for supporting slavery 150yrs ago?

Question

The Democrats, as a political party, made the choice to support slavery and oppose civil rights.

This continued well after the civil war with the party lobbying with the KKK to establish the House Un-American Activities Committee(HUAC, the "commie blacklisters") which was never abolished and only changed it's name to the House Judiciary Committee in the 70s.

In fact even as the party began shifting policies through the 40's and into the 60s the majority of Democrats still opposed the 1964 Civil Rights act.

Before anyone starts claiming "Southern Democrats" please remember that both New York State and California nearly seceded from the union to join the Confederacy and that Democrats in New York City protested the Civil War by lynching blacks from street lamps.

These are all well documented and you can read about this in the congressional record of the early 1800's.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcrlink.html

Here are some basic links for people too lazy to do their own research.

I have very little respect for people who cannot do their own research and need others to tell them what to read.

My suggestion is GO DO THE RESEARCH!

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhuac.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWdraft.htm

I suggest European education sites in regards American History since the US education system is often based on Democratic propaganda having nothing to do with reality. Look for thesis on by European Masters/Doctoral Students on American History and get their references. Then follow up.

Martin Dies (D-Texas) was a Democrat and the founder of HUAC, which did change it's name and charter, however, it was never disbanded.

Democratic Propaganda! GO DO THE RESEARCH!

Republicans have always supported Civil Rights. No Democrats became Republicans because of their civil rights stance. That is just more Democratic Propaganda.

GO DO THE RESEARCH!

I Already did Sally. My point is: If Democrats are going to hold Turkey, a nation that did not exist at the time, accountable for a genocide a hundred years ago then they should be held accountable for their past since they were actually the ones who did it, not some past government that they revolted against and over threw, Democrats did these things!

Democrats voted in the Civil Rights Act? Andrew Johnson, Democrat, Vetoed the original civil rights act.

The majority of Democrats voted against the Civil Rights act of 1964. Propaganda can't save you from the Congressional record.

Maybe Democrats can rewrite the Congressional Record the way they are trying to rewrite history?

Find and document one Democrat who left the party because of civil rights issues with a reliable source. You can't.

Yes, someone did post a link to a propaganda site as an informational resource. Some people cannot tell the difference between propaganda and information.

Pelosi should vote to condemn her own political party.

Answer 1

yes.

The dems hate this fact as it makes their " republicans are racist" rant look foolish and hypocritical

Answer 2

I would approve of National Service for our young, if it was clearly stipulated that it would not involve military service unless it was voluntary. But a Peace Corps type organization that helped so many back in Kennedy's day might not be a bad idea. Most Democrats do not approve of a draft. They don't even approve of the war. Once in a while, a Congressman will mention the word "draft" just to see the Republicans scatter. There is no quicker way to cause a Republican to run for the bushes...pun intended. I can't understand the Republican view. They approve of the War, but only if it is fought by Other People's Children. If you support a war, go fight it! The stock Republican answer is, "College first!," but there are almost 4,000 Americans whose college years have been permanently cancelled. If you want war? Go fight it! Put your action where your mouth is! If you want to invade countries and show your muscle, have an occupying force and go out in 130 degree heat to risk a bomb planted on the road just ahead....well, either shut up or put up! But don't cheer a conflict that you refuse to take part in. I can remember World War II, when the 17-year-olds lined up to join the military, permission slips in hand. What a difference! And what a fallacy it is to support a war one doesn't want to fight in!

Answer 3

Yes. BTW: The Dixiecrats were an actual political party, not a group of Southern Democrats. Do the research. Why are so many people afraid to read? ADDED Did some one just post a link to a liberal propaganda web site as an informational resource?

Answer 4

Well, a good Political Science book and a History book would be great reading for you. Most know that, yes, the Southern Democrat is now your Republican. Here's some very well known information that you forgot to add(I see many others are aware, however). Just like a Republican to only give HALF the truth!

"As the New Deal began to liberalize Democrats as a whole, Southern Democrats largely stayed as conservative as they had always been, with some even breaking off to form farther right-wing splinters like the Dixiecrats. But after the civil rights movement successfully challenged Jim Crow and other forms of institutionalized racism, and Democrats as a whole became the symbol of the mainstream left of the United States, the form, if not the content, of Southern Democratic politics began to change. Most Southern Democrats defected to the Republican Party at that point and helped accelerate the latter's transformation into a much more conservative organization."

More importantly, and much more to date:

Let's ask the African-American population in New Orleans what they think of their Republican President and his burning desire to assist them in every way...

ADDED: In 1787 The House of Representives wrote into The Constitution
" No person held to Service or Labour in one state escaping into another shall be delivered up on Claim to the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due"
(Article 4, Section 2)(later revoked by the 13th Amendment)

It was written in that all slave trading must end by 1808. This allowed plenty of time for WEALTHY plantation owners to import the necessary slaves. In 1800 Thomas Jefferson became President. He was of the Democratic Republican party. In 1808 James Madison became President. He was of the Democratic Republican Party. In fact, he helped form the Republican party. Madison was a Plantation owner, and slavery was practiced on the Madison Plantation.

Oh, I almost forgot... James Monroe, Fifth President. Republican. Slave Owner.


Go do your research..

Answer 5

Seems to me that we fought a civil war that brought on the demise of slavery in the USA back around the 1860s. Now we need to turn our attention toward the slavery that goes on in the Muslim World.
I Cr 13;8a

Answer 6

Sure!
Why not?
Congress has nothing better to worry about do they.

As to the HUAC- A few Republicans seem to be here also.
Committee chairs and notable members
* Martin Dies Jr., chair 1938–1944
* John Parnell Thomas, chair 1947–1948
* John Stephens Wood, chair 1949–1953
* Harold Himmel Velde, chair 1953–1955
* Francis Walter, chair 1955–1965
* Edwin Edward Willis, chair 1965–1969
* Richard Howard Ichord Jr., chair 1969–1975
* Richard Nixon
* Gordon H. Scherer
* Karl Earl Mundt
* Felix Edward Hébert
* John Elliott Rankin
* Samuel Dickstein
* Richard B. Vail

Answer 7

Democrats passed The Civil Rights Act. It was introduced during the Kennedy administration and passed during Johnson's. Nixon's "southern strategy" won over most of the old Democrats who opposed civil rights to the Republican Party. The condemnation of slavery was ratified by Congress a over hundred forty years ago and was called The 13th Amendment.

Answer 8

This whole line of discussion is silly. None of us can do anything to change the past. All we can do is learn from it. Rather than dredging up past sins, here, in Turkey, or anywhere else. and trying to hold someone responsible for them, we would be better served by planning and implementing strategies to make sure that the brutality and excesses of the past are not repeated.
This is how we make the world a better place. All we do by finding something to blame on someone, anyone, is to make ourselves feel morally superior, and hurt other peoples feelings.

Answer 9

This sir, is a dishonest comparison.

The Dixicrats of 105 years ago would be REPUBLICANS today.

And Southern Conservatives at that.

Hell, if it were not for the Democratic Party of today the conservative crowd might have us stuck back there.

"GO DO THE REASEARCH"

Answer 10

Remember this! Wrongs in the past actions hurt Conservatives more than they do liberals. Currently an ex KKK member is serving in the House and it is ok since he is a Democrat while George Allen was branded as a racist because of something he said in college. It's called a double standard

Answer 11

Actually, HUAC and the Judiciary committee have very different charters and very different areas of authority.

And yes, 40 or 140 years ago, the Democratic part was very different than it was today, because very different people were members. Just as the Republican party was very different 40 or 140 years ago than it is today, because very different people control it.

Congress can pass a resolution condemn those who supported slavery -- and has -- but also don't forget that the Constitution EXPLICITLY allowed for slavery until it was amended.