Saturday, January 4, 2014
WAS AMERICAS FOUNDING IMMORAL? (PART 1)
PEOPLE LIKE OBAMA SAY THAT SHE WAS. AS A CLEAR THINKING INDIVIDUAL I
WOULD SAY THAT SHE WAS. LET US LOOK AT WHO THE CULPRITS WERE. THE
FOUNDERS WERE A GROUP OF EDUCATED AND WEALTHY MEN. SOME WERE
SLAVE OWNERS. THESE MEN GAINED THEIR WEALTH THROUGH SLAVE LABOR
MOSTLY ON THE SOUTHERN PLANTATIONS. YES, THESE MEN WERE IMMORAL.
THESE INDIVIDUALS, THAT IS.
DURING THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE CONSTITUTION, SLAVERY CAME UP. THE
NON SLAVE OWNERS WANTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY; THE SLAVE OWNERS REFUSED.
THE REASONABLE FOUNDERS PUT LANGUAGE IN THE DOCUMENT CONDEMNING
THE EVIL OF SLAVERY AND THEY PROVIDED LANGUAGE THAT LIMITED THE SPREAD
OF SLAVERY.
THE REASONING WAS ON THIS WISE; AFTER 8 YEARS OF WAR, JUST BARELY
DEFEATING THE BRITISH, THE WORLDS ONLY SUPER POWER (AT THE TIME),
AMERICA COULD NOT RISK A CIVIL WAR OVER SLAVERY. A CIVIL WAR WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BRITISH TO COME BACK; AND NOT ONLY THE BRITS BUT FRANCE AND SPAIN ALSO. THERE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN A UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
(SEE PART 2)
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