he hates white xian goyim he even thinks that border control and immigration laws are unconstitutional
On Nov 21, 7:35 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you have some point in posting shit like this? > > On Nov 21, 12:11 am, "M. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Grand Ole Tyrantsby Thomas J. DiLorenzoI am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have > > been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the legislature. > > My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman’s dance. I am in favor > > of a national bank . . . in favor of the internal improvements system and a > > high protective tariff. -- Abraham Lincoln, 1832Lincoln and the Republicans > > “intended to enact a high protective tariff that mothered monopoly, to pass > > a homestead law that invited speculators to loot the public domain, and to > > subsidize a transcontinental railroad that afforded infinite opportunities > > for jobbery.-- David Donald,Lincoln Reconsidered > > [T]he Thirty-seventh Congress [1861-63] ushered in four decades of > > neo-Hamiltonianism: government for the benefit of the privileged few. > > -- Leondard Curry,Blueprint for Modern America: Nonmilitary Legislation of > > the First Civil War Congress > > The very first public statement that Abraham Lincoln made after being > > inaugurated as the sixteenth president was an ironclad defense of slavery: > > “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.” He then quoted > > the Republican Party platform of 1860 that said essentially the same thing; > > pledged his support for the Fugitive Slave Clause of the Constitution “with > > no mental reservations”; and supported a proposed constitutional amendment > > (the “Corwin Amendment”) that would have prohibited the federal government > > fromeverinterfering with slavery. In fact, it was Lincoln who instructed > > William Seward to see that the Corwin Amendment made it through the U.S. > > Senate, which it did (and the House of Representatives as well). > > In the same speech, Lincoln promised a military invasion and “bloodshed” in > > any state that refused to collect the federal tariff on imports, which had > > just been more than doubled two days before his inauguration. “[T]here > > needs to be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be > > forced upon the national authority,” he continued. Thus, mere minutes after > > taking an oath to protect the constitutional liberties of American > > citizens, Abraham Lincoln threatened to orchestrate the murder of many of > > those same citizens. > > What on earth was he talking about? What would cause a president to wage > > war on his own citizens whose liberties he had just pledged to protect? > > Lincoln explained in the very next sentence: “The power confided to me will > > be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to > > the Government andto collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be > > necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using force > > against or among the people anywhere” (emphasis added). He promised to > > murder American citizens over tax collection. > > This was necessary, in the mind of Lincoln, if he was to deliver on what > > his party elected him to do, as stated in the quotations at the beginning > > of this article: to enact a high protective tariff, give away public lands > > mostly to mining, railroad, and timber corporations, and lavish the > > railroad corporations, among others, with corporate welfare. This was the > > old “American System” of Alexander Hamilton, which was endorsed for decades > > by Lincoln’s Whig Party, and finally the Republicans. The overwhelming > > majority of Southern congressmen had for decades been ardently opposed to > > all of these things. But now, they must be forced into it, or so Lincoln > > thought, for the sake of revenue collection. (At the time, the tariff on > > imports accounted for more than 90 percent of all federal tax revenues.) > > Southerners (as well as Northerners) needed to be forced to pay for the > > empire of corporate welfare that the Republican Party hoped would keep it > > in power for decades. (It did: the Republican Party essentially monopolized > > national politics for the next half century.) That is why there had to be a > > war, in the minds of Lincoln and the Republican Party. They were perfectly > > willing to enshrine slavery explicitly in the Constitution, but there would > > be no compromise over collecting the newly doubled tariff. > > This is also why opposition to war in the North had to be brutally > > repressed, as it was, and a myth of “national unity” invented. Much of the > > story of how the Republican Party engaged in a Stalinist spasm of political > > repression is told by historian William Marvel in his book,Lincoln’s > > Darkest Year: The War in 1862, which I highly recommend. (Marvel is a > > renowned Lincoln scholar, winner of the Lincoln Prize and the Douglas > > Southall Freeman Award.) > > The Republican Party’s first act of political chicanery was to begin > > kicking out of the U.S. Senate men like Democratic Senator Jesse Bright of > > Indiana, who “lacked enthusiasm for Abraham Lincoln’s war against the > > South,” writes Marvel. Using the excuse that, in the years before the war, > > Senator Bright “had known and admired [fellow Senator] Jefferson Davis of > > Mississippi, the Republican Party accused Senator Bright, one of the most > > senior members of the Senate, of “retroactive treason” and expelled him > > with a bare two-thirds majority vote. > > TheCongressional Globepropagandized that “only a traitor would advocate > > peace,” and newspapers all over the North that were openly affiliated with > > the Republican Party (as was common during that period of time) quoted this > > statement. As for Northern newspapers that did not support the waging of > > war on their fellow Americans, the government had already begun to “squelch > > the most effective . . . criticism by stopping distribution, seizing > > equipment, and arresting publishers. Unionist mobs had collaborated in that > > suppression of free speech during the summer of 1861, destroying the > > offices of antiwar journals and attacking the editors.” > > Even “Francis Scott Key’s own grandson understood how dangerous it had > > become to utter an unpopular opinion in the Land of the Free,” Marvel > > sarcastically writes. The grandson of the author of “The Star Spangled > > Banner” was a Baltimore newspaper editor who had been thrown into “the > > bowels of a coastal fort” without any due process for editorializing > > against the Lincoln administration’s suppression of free speech. > > “The party that dominated the United States Senate intended to formalize > > the concept that meaningful dissent [to the political agenda of the > > Republican Party] amounted to treason.” After kicking Senator Bright out of > > office the leaders of the “Grand Ole Party” then “wished to end their day > > early in order to prepare for a grand party that had occupied Mary > > Lincoln’s attention for some weeks.” Marvel writes that White House > > employees quickly began calling Mrs. Lincoln “the American Queen” who, > > according to one senator, appeared at the party “looking like she was > > wearing a flower pot on her head.” Many of the generals, admirals, Supreme > > Court justices, and foreign counsels who attended the party, writes Marvel, > > considered Lincoln to be “a vulgar provincial lacking in either sincerity > > or statesmanlike qualities.” > > Without bothering to amend the Constitution, the Republican Party in 1861 > > invented a brand new definition of “treason.” Treason, to Lincoln and the > > Republican Party, meant oppositionto them.This was very different from the > > actual definition of treason in Article I, Section 3 of the U.S. > > Constitution: “Treason against the United States shall consist only in > > levying War againstthem, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid > > and Comfort” (emphasis added). As with all of the founding documents, > > “United States” is in the plural, signifying that the free and independent > > states (as they are called in the Declaration of Independence) are united > > in forming a compact of states for their own mutual benefit. The central > > government was to betheir agent. > > Treason under the Constitution consists of levying war against “them,” the > > states. This of course is exactly what Lincoln and the Republican Party > > did. Their war on the South was the very definition of treason under the > > U.S. Constitution. Long before George Orwell’s time, they distorted the > > meaning of the word to mean exactly the opposite of what the founding > > fathers intended it to mean. As the perpetrators of treason as defined by > > the Constitution, they accusedtheir political opponents– those who opposed > > the levying of war” on the states – of treason. > > Marvel writes that on his very first day in office as Lincoln’s Secretary > > of War Edwin Stanton “would exercise a cool, dictatorial demeanor” as he > > commenced to enforce the new definition of treason. The U.S. government was > > failing to recruit enough soldiers for its war despite the fact that it was > > offering enlistment “bounties” of as much as $415. Despite the totalitarian > > crackdown on Northern antiwar newspapers, there was still pervasive verbal > > opposition to the war in Northern cities. Consequently, Stanton > > “unilaterally abolished” that freedom of speech on August 8, 1862, writes > > ... > > > read more » -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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