Saturday, June 03, 2006

This Day in Republican History 6/04/06

June 4, 1860 Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) delivers his classic address,

The Barbarism of Slavery

Barbarous in origin, barbarous in law, barbarous in all its pretensions, barbarous in the instruments it employs, barbarous in consequences,barbarous in spirit, barbarous wherever it shows itself, Slavery must breed Barbarians, while it develops everywhere, alike in the individual and the society to which he belongs, the essential elements of Barbarism. In this character it is conspicuous before the world.
In ending slavery, we made a mistake by not also ending the political party of the slave masters. Substitute the word "abortion" for the word "slavery" and you'll see that the "progressive" Democratic party hasn't progressed so much as one iota in the last 146 years.

1 comment:

Trader Rick said...

Brilliant! Bravo!!