Since historically, Democrats supported slavery, it's no wonder they refuse to acknowledge that legalizing massive numbers of uneducated, low-skilled workers is a form of indentured servitude!

An interesting article...

Should the Democratic Party Apologize for Supporting Slavery?

Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., of Illinois said: "before the Civil War, the Democratic slave masters used to hold anti-black conventions." Hence, there were no Republican slave masters at all. Why? The Republican Party was formed in the 1850's for the purpose of abolishing slavery and polygamy. The Republican National Committee website (www.rnc.com) says: "The Republican Party was born in the early 1850's by anti-slavery activists and individuals who believed that government should grant western lands to settlers free of charge."

Look at a portion of the 1860 platform: "That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that 'no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,' it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States….That we brand the recent re-opening of the African slave- trade, under the cover of our national flag, aided by perversions of judicial power, as a shame to (a) crime against humanity and a burning (for) our country and age; and we call upon Congress to take prompt and efficient measures for the total and final suppression of that execrable traffic." (To their credit, there were Northern Democrats who supported President Lincoln during the Civil War.)

I'm somewhat curious about some information on the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) website (www.democrats.org/about/history.html). The late Ron Brown, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee said: "The common thread of Democratic history, from Thomas Jefferson to Bill Clinton, has been an abiding faith in the judgment of hardworking American families, and a commitment to helping the excluded, the disenfranchised and the poor strengthen our nation by earning themselves a piece of the American Dream. We remember that this great land was sculpted by immigrants and slaves, their children and grandchildren…." Wait a minute! From Thomas Jefferson to Bill Clinton helping the excluded, the disenfranchised and the poor? All of the slave masters were Democrats. How many other Democratic presidents before the Civil War opposed slavery? The answer is none. The Democrats kept in bondage those who were excluded, those who were disenfranchised, and those who were poor--black slaves. Rest in peace, Ron Brown, but were you were ignorant of your own party's history or did you lie through your teeth?

According to the PBS's American Experience website (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/p ... _tree.html) it says of the Democratic Party platform in 1840: "They opposed the government's interference with the spread of slavery." It also said in 1852: "Democrats also supported the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 and united along pro-slavery lines." It also said in 1856: "Democrats again united along a pro-slavery platform, endorsing states' rights, the Fugitive Slave Law, and popular sovereignty in the territories.


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