Posted on 03/23/2012 2:22:38 PM PDT by NYer
Father Abram J. Ryan (1839-1886), a native of Maryland, is sometimes called the Poet Laureate of the Confederacy. His best-known poem is perhaps "The Conquered Banner." There is a high school named for him in Nashville, TN.
There is a town called Erin, TN, which I think reflects pre-Civil War Irish immigration.
There was a good deal of antebellum German immigration in Southern states--Missouri, Arkansas, Texas. Probably some of them were Catholics.
I remember reading about some Italians, maybe 5 in number, who were lynched in Louisiana in the late 19th century for being too friendly to the local black people. Or at least that is how it was reported.
Conservative Catholics like the late Bill Buckley of National Review and Father Neuhaus of First Things provided a lot of the intellectual firepower for the modern conservative and pro-life movements.
I meant that Lincoln and Grant, as well as Johnson, were Republican defenders of Catholics, Republicans and Negroes in the Reconstruction South.
——Catholics, on the other hand, had been integrating the concept of human rights into their theology since the 1890s.——
Or Francisco Suarez, give or take 300 years.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Su%C3%A1rez
See the section on “Philosophy of Law.”
I KNOW what the explanation said, in the law books, (very old edition) that I used.
In my particular case, where I represented MYSELF, I did receive help from Jay Sekulow and other Operation Rescue attorneys, as to some points I should make.
I was not really a member of Operation Rescue, directly, so it made sense to handle my case separately. I was TOLD by attorneys in related cases, all of which were handled by the 10th Circuit at the time, to look up a particular reference to “Republicans, Catholics and Negroes” in a legal reference book.
I studied the “Force Acts” the “Civil Rights Acts” and the “KKK Act” extensively.
I know what I saw, I know what I read.
Perhaps this particular point was overstated, in the legal reference books I used, but I was pointed in that direction since I am a Catholic Republican.
You are a bit too sure of yourself, to the point of obsession.
I would remind you that I WON my case, on several different grounds.
I would suggest to you that I AM THE EXPERT as I represented myself, in the 10th Circuit, using the references I cited here, as well as other very valid legal and historical points.
There exists a legal reference book which CLEARLY mentions the “Republicans, Catholics and Negroes” phrase, in regards to the KKK act.
Your issue is with that legal reference book, not with me.
And? I last read this stuff shortly after the “Summer of Mercy” in Wichita, and I have to dig through my huge box of Court paperwork to locate the name of the reference book I cited.
It’s true in terms of intellectual firepower. See the SCOTUS, the presidential candidates, and Buckley/National Review.
The reason is the 400+ year natural law tradition. Sadly, as the beneficial effects of Catholic higher ed are being felt, Catholic universities have almost completely collapsed.
This does not bode well for the future.
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