Posted on 08/22/2018 9:53:43 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The North Carolina Historical Commission voted Wednesday to keep three Confederate monuments on the grounds of the state Capitol building amid controversy about the statues’ future in the state.
The commission voted 10-1 not to remove the statues, but to add context about slavery and civil rights, according to the Associated Press. The commission also called for a monument to be built honoring African-Americans’ contributions to North Carolina.
The state commission’s vote came in response to Gov. Roy Cooper (D), who called for the three monuments to be removed from the Capitol grounds and preserved at a Civil War battlefield.
Confederate statues in the U.S. have been at the center of debate following the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., which erupted around the city’s plans to take down a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The decision came just days after protesters toppled a Confederate statue on the campus of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The “Silent Sam” statue, which was erected in 1913, has been a source of contention on the campus.
According to North Carolina’s ABC11, there are more than 100 Confederate monuments, statues and memorials throughout the state. State law prohibits the removal of Confederate statues without the express permission of the state.
Beyond “Silent Sam,” a number of Confederate statues in North Carolina and other states have been vandalized, toppled or otherwise defaced in recent months.
"Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government, and the inalienable rights of the people of the States, will prevent any one from denying that each State is a Sovereign, and thus may reclaim the grants which it has made to any agent whomsoever."
President Davis
Be sure to kiss my ass why doncha moonbeam!
We should also mention that the reconstruction act is what caused the south to be run by carpetbaggers and scalawags for a decade or so.
The Long History of Southern Terror by Heather Cox Richardson, June 21, 2015.
She wrote about the Dylan Roof murders of black parishioners at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and said it "replayed a central theme in American history." She included the text I posted as a backdrop to her condemnation of America in the 21st century.
Just coincidentally, Newt Gingrich wrote an excellent article a few days ago that was posted on FR where he discusses the Jacobins and their extreme terrorism in the French Revolution. See Newt Gingrich: Democrats have no idea what demons they are unleashing (FR) and the original Newt Gingrich: Democrats have no idea what demons they are unleashing (Fox News).
Thank you so much. It is a pretty good essay. The old “even a stopped clock can be right twice a day” trick.
I’m sure he will be crushed to hear you feel that way and will stop making the top-grossing documentaries for the many American swing voters and misinformed people who need political education, since your tastes are what really matter.
You mean the War of Southern Treachery?
you misspelled treason
Just made time to read the Newt Gingrich piece you linked me to. Wow. As far as recent current events go, seems that Coulter and Gingrich are the only ones drawing parallels to the bloody French Revolution when they take note of the baying mobs in the streets and on social media, calling for socialism. Very good article; thanks.
Also very much appreciate the warnings about Jacobin magazine.
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