--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/1/05 12:53:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I guess you're referring to the Republican Right Wing of 1865 that > > eliminated slavery in the United States... > > That was a pretty radical thing to do at that time. Hardly a > conservative move on their part, IMHO. > > > > > > Actually a moral thing to do considering the declaration of Independence > says that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with > certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the > pursuit of Happiness. The same moral justification to protect the lives of the > unborn. While the founding fathers allowed the institution of slavery to > continue when writing the Constitution they also put the mechanism in place to > destroy that institution in the future. The abolitionists worked through the > Republican party, not the Democratic party.
Indeed. Right up into the 1960s, Democrats such as segregationist Al Gore, Sr. were still against equal rights for blacks. The Dixiecrats were all Democrats, weren't they? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
