By Margi Hawks: "If
we are intent on removing all symbols of the Southern plague perhaps we should
get rid of the Democrat Party. My great,
great grandmother, supposedly, was a second cousin of Andrew Jackson. That gave me a sense of pride until I visited
his home, the Hermitage in Nashville, where I saw in back of the palatial
southern mansion the row of shacks where he housed his slave laborers.
"My
family and their entire church congregation left large plantations which they
pioneered in the beautiful blue grass area of Kentucky after it’s admission to
the Union as a slave state. As founders
of Xenia, Ohio they began all over again clearing woods and building homes with
places to hide those travelling the Underground Railroad. Just five miles away stands Wilberforce
College now a University, the first black owned college in the nation.
"Andrew Jackson was the first President elected on the
newly created pro-slavery Democrat Party ticket in 1828. You can read online about Jackson’s anger
because he thought John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay conspired against him
causing him to lose the 1824 election.
Adams lost the next election to Jackson but returned as a United States
congressman for 17 years where his was a “thorn in the side” of Democrats for
his constant petition to emancipate slaves.
David Barton of Wallbuilders.com has collected a sizeable library of
primary and secondary sources printed before 1800. I was able to see some of these original
writings of this Bible believing statesman while on a cruise featuring David
Barton (I suggest you search his website).
Search “John Quincy Adams” and scroll to the documents on Adams--- the
Abolitionist to see what a remarkable man of faith he was and the passion he
had for his cause.
"We
might bring the case against the Democrat party into the 20th
century with ardent pro-slavery Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, who introduced
segregation and the “separate” and (anything but) “equal accommodations” of the
Jim Crow laws; I experienced them living up close and personal in the Deep
South for five years in the early 1950's.
Those laws would bear investigation online (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws). I could not believe the inhumanity to man by
the Democratic controlled South.
"I
witnessed the turbulent period between the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education
decision and 1964 when finally, after much upheaval, Democrats agreed to
passage of a Civil Rights Act after spurning several previous attempts. Almost immediately Democrat President,
Lyndon B. Johnson, introduced the War on Poverty which has destroyed the inner
city family, plaguing the streets with gang violence and drugs. Now still--- after over 50 years and
trillions of dollars--- little has been done to relieve poverty in urban
areas. Verbal lynchings by Democrats
have replaced the former physical ones on people of color who have escaped the
"Government Plantation" and become respected contributing members of
society. Men and women aiming for
political positions on the Right are called Oreos, Uncle Tom, Sambo, Uncle
Remus, and traitors who are not "down for the cause." And just what is the Democrat cause?
"It
seems to me Democrats have inflicted and are continuing to inflict people of
color with far more damage than the Confederate flag! What good have their promises done for these
they claim to care about?
"It
would be difficult to abolish the Democrat Party but perhaps we could demand
that Democrat Andrew Jackson’s visage be removed from the $20 bill instead of
Alexander Hamilton from his bill. For
replacement I vote for Harriet Tubman or Frederick Douglass who both escaped
the clutches of Democrat slave owners."
By Margi Hawks; Liberty, Missouri
By Margi Hawks; Liberty, Missouri
Mrs. Hawks adds Links here:
Newly created pro-slavery Democrat Party ticket in
1828: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/03/the-origin-of-the-american-democratic-party/
Jim Crow laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws
