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[@markwise9138]

Lincoln wasn't the only speaker that day in Gettysburg. The guy before Lincoln spoke for over 2 hours. Lincoln spoke for just over 2 minutes. No one remembers what the first guy said.

[@davidmarquardt9034]

I believe the 1st man who gave the 2 hour speech, (which at the time was a common thing to do) after hearing the president speak said he (Lincoln) said more and clearer in 2 minutes, than he had in 2 hours!

[@beachem1]

I wish more Americans would appreciate this speech as much as you do 😘

[@MGTOWPaladin]

Lincoln invaded the South for REVENUE TAX MONEY! Lincoln's Presidential Proclamation NO. 81, April 19 1861, just five days after the evacuation of Ft Sumter. (Edited Version) "Whereas an insurrection against the Government of the United States has broken out -in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and the laws of the United States- for the *COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE (TAX MONEY)* can not be effectually executed therein comformably to that provision of the Constitution which requires *DUTIES (REVENUE TAX MONEY)* to be uniform throughout the United States:... *NOTE:* President Abraham Lincoln blames the "insurrection" on the collection of REVENUE TAX MONEY. Not on States Rights, politics, slavery or any other reason. In none of these documents does the Union Executive or Legislature refer to the secession of States as unconstitutional or illegal! Lincoln KNOWS that secession IS A RIGHT but because of REVENUE TAX MONEY, he refuses to allow the South to secede peacefully. Lincoln's Presidential Proclamation NO. 82, April 27 1861, a week after the previous Proclamation as more States seceded from the Union. "Whereas for the reasons assigned in my Proclamation of the 19th instance., a blockade of the ports of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, was ordered to be established, and whereas, since that date, public property of the United States has been seized, *THE COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE (TAX MONEY) OBSTRUCTED,* and duly commissioned officers of the United States, while engaged in executing the orders of their superiors have been arrested and held in custody as prisoners, or have been impeded in the discharge of their official duties, without due legal process, by persons claiming to act under authority of the States of Virginia and North Carolina. An efficient blockade of the ports of those States will therefore also be established. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 27th day of April, A.D. 1861, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-fifth." ABRAHAM LINCOLN, By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Crittenden-Johnson Resolution issued by the US House of Representatives, 25 July, 1861 four days after the defeat of the invading US Army at Manassas, VA (Bull Run). "Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, That the present deplorable _civil war_ has been _forced_ upon the country by the _disunionists_ of the Southern States now _in revolt_ against the constitutional Government and in arms around the capital; that in this _national emergency_ Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, *WILL RECOLLECT **_ONLY_** ITS DUTY (REVENUE TAX MONEY) TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY;* that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established _INSTITUTIONS_ of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to *PRESERVE THE UNION (TREASURY),* with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; *and that as soon as these **_objects are accomplished_** the war ought to cease.* *LINCOLN ON SLAVERY!* Lincoln's Presidential Proclamation NO. 95, also called the Emancipation Proclamation. "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free;......" Lincoln illegally declared emancipation in the following locations in his Proclamation: "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, *(EXCEPT* the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, *(EXCEPT* the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which *EXCEPTED* parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this0 proclamation were not issued." *NOTE:* Does Lincoln release any of the estimated 1 million slaves still held in the Union States? *NO!* Does he release any slaves in the Union Territories? *NO!* Does he release any slaves held in Indian reservations or territories? *NO!* Did he release any slaves in the Southern Border States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri? *NO!* Does he release any slaves in West Virginia? *NO!* Does he release any slaves in the Confederate State of Tennessee? *NO!* Does he release slaves in select counties/parishes of the Confederate States of Virginia and Louisiana? *NO!* Abraham Lincoln sends General John Charles Frèmont to head up the Western Department and control the western edge of the Union. "Lincoln, with whom he had met in February, 1861 in New York, assigned General John Charles Frèmont to Missouri and allegedly gave him “carte blanche” to do *what he thought appropriate to keep that state in the Union.* Since Missouri had been (was) a slave state, with many active, and armed, slave supporters this was a difficult assignment. General John Charles Frèmont was assigned to the newly-created Western Department in St Louis, MO on 3 July, 1861. He issued his slave emancipation edict on 30 August 1861. Lincoln removed Frèmont from his position on 2 November 1861 and charged him with *INSUBORDINATION* for doing so.

[@Christobanistan]

Ya'll need to react to the movie "Lincoln." It's absolutely amazing. It's about ending days of the Civil War, in which Lincoln pushed desperately to pass the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery forever. During the war, he made the "Emancipation Proclamation," which ended slavery rhetorically and as a war measure, but was probably not fully legal, and was going to end as soon as the war ended.

[@robertahrendt67]

Lincoln was a great speaker. He wrote letters and kept a journal in the same style. There's a couple documentaries about it.

[@Darth_Lunas]

I'm from Pennsylvania. Not too far from Gettysburg. It's haunting. Beautiful, but haunting.

[@janfrye3156]

I live about 40 minutes away from Gettysburg as well

[@jackjacobson3893]

Thank as someone from Minnesota love you guys 🧡🧡🧡

[@qwazse4]

A friend of mine, a historian and masterful narrator, did ghost tours of Gettysburg for bus travelers from Pittsburgh.

[@Yawnzee_]

I live right here in Gettysburg PA! It's very beautiful but as some have said there's an eerie nature to it It's all true I highly recommend paying us a visit.

[@coryh8888]

wish we could have presidents like this in 2022

[@Gutslinger]

We do. The current one.

[@bp_jlfan2020]

@@Gutslinger That’s funny lol. Good Joke 🤣

[@Gutslinger]

@@bp_jlfan2020 It's true. They're both authoritarians.

[@DeusSalis]

45 and 47

[@TheDirtysouth276]

a dictator? no thank you.

[@johnalden5821]

It's also important to consider the global context. At that point, in 1863, the United States was only 87 years old. Elected governments and republics were new, and experimental, and all of the so-called Great Powers (Britain, France, etc.) were monarchies. Had the U.S. broken up and its government failed, it would have cast doubt on representative government everywhere in the world.

[@starrynight1657]

Representative governments were already appearing, not all monarchies were all powerful some were constitutional (contrary to American myth). The propertied classes had a voting right, there were just more in the US as you took land off the natives. Also there had even been republics in the past, not a totally new thing.

[@johnalden5821]

@@starrynight1657The number of republics in either Europe or Asia in 1863 was vanishingly small. Africa was rapidly coming under European domination, as was a lot of Asia -- and even the surviving natural states there were autocratic, crumbling monarchies undercut by European imperialism. Only in North America and South America were there appreciable numbers of republics (and to my point, these were very recent and fragile). Yes, the UK and a few of its dominions (mostly Canada) were evolving into constitutional monarchies in 1863 with representative parliaments. But they had decades to go before they completely adopted electoral reforms that would enfranchise all their citizens. Meanwhile, France was under the Second Empire, Germany was a Prussian plutocracy, Russia was a retrograde autocracy. Had the U.S., which had staked its entire existence on the absence of a monarchy, failed and fell apart, it would have further called into question the viability of republics, which in the years since have proved to be the most viable and most-often chosen forms of self-government around the world. Even most countries with parliaments now also have presidents, not kings.

[@starrynight1657]

@@johnalden5821 And there were loads of dictatorships in the 1970s what does that tell us? The United States even supported some dictatorships. The United States history has been dominated by slavery and taking lands off natives while at the same time saying they started true democracy. American imperialism has been about weakening rivals, using allies when they can (largely by financial penalties/dependence) but not strengthening them too much. More than anything they've been helped by two disastrous leaders, Stalin and Mao. Whether a unipolar world has been better than a multipolar can be argued, but the US has only been interested in a global world to its own service. Many places don't feel the benefit of supporting them, and just like throughout their history they just take people from elsewhere. It used to be by giving out free land they had taken now it's just by the frustration of an imbalanced world. Enlightenment philosophy (and its origins before that) did not start in the USA, and the power of monarchs faced many challenges including ideologies like communism and new classes emerging. The US in some ways became as indoctrinated to an insular 'patriotic' view of themselves as other now defunct ideals. To say that had the US failed there would have been no progress really is speculation. Technological progress started from the industrial revolution anyway, urbanisation laid the groundwork before that. We don't even know what the future holds either. History could easily just be swinging between different ideologies.

[@johnalden5821]

@@starrynight1657 So, to boil down what I think you are saying: (1) The United States cannot claim credit for inventing democracy, (2) U.S. influence on the rest of the world has often been malign, and (3) (I think) there is no guarantee in the future that any particular type of government will predominate. Complex issues, but I don't entirely disagree with any of these points (as I understand them). The same things could be said with respect to any country, of course, including any of the European ones. For myself, I will continue advocating for pluralism and representative government -- including in the U.S. (my own country), where it seems to be much weaker than it should be. I can tell you that the world seems to be indulging in a wallow in authoritarian governance. I will never agree to a world run by fascists, and I hope I am not alone.

[@starrynight1657]

@@johnalden5821 I don't want the world with dictatorships. The only way around that would likely be a global and equal world, than one defined by country cliques and the idea of superpower control. I just don't see that being anywhere near close.

[@susansharp985]

I live in Pennsylvania, and we have visited Gettysburg several times. When standing in the spot where Abraham Lincoln made that speech you can just feel his words resonate with all visitors as they understand the importance of " all men are created equal". If we don't learn the importance of that we will surely fall.

[@IbrahimservantofAllah]

Even as a Brit Lincoln is one of my favourite historical figures ever, truly a man of honour who gave everything for his country and beleifs.

[@haraldisdead]

God bless India. Love from America.

[@xirknight]

When He passed one of his cabinet members standing around his bedside said, ‘now he belongs to the ages’.

[@DanielFrost21]

Edward Everett spoke before Lincoln at Gettysburg, and his speech lasted two hours. After Lincoln had finished, Everett said to him that Lincoln had captured the moment better in two minutes than he had in two hours.

[@stinkbug4321]

He should have replied back to him, "That's why I'm President and you're not."

[@DanielFrost21]

@@stinkbug4321 After Everett just complimented him? Lincoln had too much class for that.

[@stinkbug4321]

@@DanielFrost21 It's not an insult

[@DanielFrost21]

@@stinkbug4321 It would be a stupid, classless comment, which is why Lincoln never would've said it.

[@jhrapsky2255]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Wonderful reaction. Love you guys, whether you're Loud or not. 😊

[@PerthTowne]

This is an important speech in American history. If you are interested in other speeches that were milestones, I suggest this video called "Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008)." It's here on YT. Many of them are very inspirational, from people like Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and so on. The video is about 20 min, but worth it.

[@starrynight1657]

Why just American speeches?

[@PerthTowne]

@@starrynight1657 That's a strange question. There's a video on KZbin, "Top Ten Places to Visit in Germany." You could ask, why just Germany, and it would make just as much sense. Videos are about different subjects, and since The Loud Guys were focused on an important speech in American history, I suggested a video with some other important speeches in American history. If they're not interested in that video, they can choose not to watch it.

[@Tijuanabill]

When I was a kid, we all had to memorize this speech and be able to repeat it for our grade. I suspect they have stopped doing that by now.

[@smokeyverton7981]

Same. We also had to memorize The Declaration of Independence

[@Etereys]

What is taught in grade schools now is purely anti-American, to be honest.

[@mikehart5619]

Lincoln's speech was in contrast to one of the other speakers who preceded him. That speech lasted almost 2 hours. The listeners were shocked by the brevity, directness, and simplicity of The President's speech. Newspapers of the time were critical of the speech and Lincoln himself felt that his speech was a failure. Time has proven that they were wrong. It is likely the greatest speech in American history.

[@michaelsvedlund6017]

This speech, and that conflict changed the U.S.. Before the war, it was said the United States are. When the war ended, and was reunited, is when we were able to say The United States is.

[@elbruces]

... or aspires to be.

[@fannybuster]

You might want to review the movie "Lincoln " 2012 Daniel Day Lewis stars in it Nominated for 12 Acadeny Awards

[@LarryHatch]

Just imagine if all countries in world had a "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" how much better our lives would be. Sadly, even in the US, it's more like "of the politicians, by the lobbyists, and for the corporations" but we labor on to produce a more perfect union.

[@BadassVideos]

it is inspiring to watch your reaction to our country's history given how much we as US citizens have forgotten it. So many of our people think America is evil and that's so very sad. Thanks for the reminder of our beloved constitution. May we ever not lose our god given rights.

[@rg20322]

Great reactions as always! Love this channel.

[@jmweed1861]

Also read his 2nd Inauguration Speach and his Speech at Cooper Union on February 27, 1860....

[@derrickcox7761]

Excellent comments. Thank you.

[@manpreet911]

You guys will probably like this as well: "The Great Dictator Speech - Charlie Chaplin" It's fictional but still true. Love the channel guys, keep it up!

[@nickzumberge2861]

Liberty is in your souls.

[@lindamowday2492]

I live an hour away from Gdttysburg. My great grand father fought there for the Union. At McPherson barn

[@jeremystevens6640]

I am writing this to help out the loud guys and this video and this channel with the algorithm ✌️❤️😚☺️

[@miscellaneousetc.4280]

Listen to Lincoln's 2nd inaugural speech. Tears will come.

[@jkgannon1049]

Yes! The 2nd inaugural speech is stunning in sentiment and in the written word.

[@miscellaneousetc.4280]

@@jkgannon1049 yeah for sure. Ive tried to share it with others but no one cares. I'm glad someone does. Here's to you.

[@arkadybron1994]

Every single American knows the text of the Gettysburg address. They have recited in school, they have performed it in celebrations of the event. And yet; so very few of them, really understands what it really means, or properly subscribes to meaning that it encompasses.

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

They don't teach much of that anymore. I'm 34 and I got to witness much of the transition in my last high school years. You don't want to know what they have replaced it with.

[@charlier711]

Thanks friends. Let's hope that a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people will never perish from the earth.

[@donaldsmith283]

Hi, I'm always glad to see your videos. Thank you😊😊😊😊

[@lindickison3055]

It still makes me cry. What has happened to our country?? So many only concerned with their own selfishness....My father flew WWII. We have participated in over 5 major needless wars....all because someone is greedy for personal power and taking resources, instead of sustaining humanity to the best of our ability by working for common good (And no, I do not mean communism!) God bless the peacemakers.❤

[@mikeg.4211]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@randieandjodistrom854]

I so appreciate this video. I'm an American, but I've lived in many places all over the world. "Democracy" is a very vague idea, and can take many forms. The United States of America has a particular form of democracy, but it is by no means the only effective form of democracy. Democracy, in it's simplest form, simply means that the governed have sone say and influence over those who govern them, that those who govern are accountable to those they govern. This can take many different forms. IT IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THOSE WHO GOVERN TO THOSE THEY GOVERN THAT MATTERS. Let all peoples and nations determine for themselves how this may work within the construct of their culture and history, and let no one else decide what is appropriate for them.

[@hengineer]

You may not know, score is old english for 20. So 87 years. Makes you think how young the nation was at the time, and how Abraham realized how fragile the union truly was

[@tenngirl4trump]

As the G.G Granddaughter of a fallen Union Army soldier. I thank you for sharing his story! He was so against slavery, he left my G.G Grandmother and their children to fight for their fellow Americans freedom. Sadly he didn't come home. . . But he died honorably and for a great and noble cause!

[@tomarsandbeyond]

Glad to hear of his motivation, though not his loss. While slavery caused the war, many in the North did not fight for that reason. I would like to think my Union ancestors fought for the reason your gg grandfather did, with noble purpose. Your comment gives me hope that was true.

[@il.nathan9437]

FYI speakers usually spoke for 1-2 hours as a normal thing

[@dennisfarris5960]

The majesty of a humble man speaking the truth.

[@JopiniStJopy]

Very intense. The man was ahead of his time. Great reaction.

[@firedoc5]

Known as the "Great Orator", he wrote this speech on the back of an envelope. He was a true back-woods lawyer and could give trial testimonies not many could. One of his greatest virtues was good old fashion common sense. He had been a frontier soldier, so he knew how it was on battle fields and even visited the battlefield as president. At the time political speeches usually dragged on for hours, but The Gettysburg Address was so short the people didn't know how to take it.

[@jmweed1861]

Abraham Lincoln did Not write this Speach on the back of an envelope. ( the Greatest Speach in the history of the English Language). Lincoln wrote the first draft of it the week before the dedication at the Whitehouse in Washington DC. Contrary to popular belief , he also did not write it on the train ride to Gettysburg! Once at Gettysburg, Lincoln, staying at the House of David Wells, continued to revise this speech, late into the evening, even talking to Secretary of State William Seward, On November 19, after Lincoln and Seward visited the site of the first days fighting, to see the Spot where his friend Major General John Reynolds, commander of the 1st Army Corps and Right Wing of The Army of the Potomac was killed while directing The Iron Brigade into McPherson Woods about 10:20 am the morning of July 1. This influenced Lincoln to continue torevise the speech righ up to the Parade to the Cemetery. Thus giving him no chance to memorize it. The speech held on the Speakers Platform page one was written on White House Stationary while the revised second part was on Fools Scrap. No one actually knows EXACTLY what Lincoln said, as the reporters from the various newspapers copies, differ from the paper Lincoln was holding and each reporter's copy differs from each other. So while giving it, Lincoln even adlibed from the written copy he was holding. There are 5 known copies of it in existence. One, the copy Lincoln was holding ended up in the papers of one of his private Secretaries, John Nicolay abd us now in the Illinois State Library in Springfield. He then wrote 4 more copies, one copy to his other Private Secretary John Hay, found in Hay's papers after his death in 1908.one requested from the Main Speaker Edward Everett and two to Historian George Bancroff for a book on Great Speachs. Bancroff got two as the first was written on both sides of the paper thus unusable, so Lincoln had to write a second copy. The final copy, Known as the Bliss Copy was written to be sold for soldiers relief. This copy is now in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House and is Considered the Final Copy. But, all differ from each other...so what Lincoln actually said at Gettysburg is unknown. But Certainly Not written on a back of an envelope, although evidence points to Lincoln caring the speech in an envelope when he went to see Seward around 11 pm the night of November 18. JMW Master's Degree in Civil War History abd PhD in American History

[@golfr-kg9ss]

If you'd like to learn more about the American Civil War I'd suggest you look the Ken Burn's mini series "The Civil War". No video from that time but lots of pictures, letters and diaries.

[@jackjacobson3893]

As someone from Minnesota I recommend what we went throught during the American civil war

[@kschneyer]

I would like to see the two of you react to the film Lincoln (2012), which is a great film about American history and politics.

[@elizabeth_777]

This is one of my favorite speeches. ❤️

[@jimreilly917]

In 2 minutes, President Lincoln did 2 things that echo through time in US history. Enshrining LIBERTY as a key USA value, nationally….and tying the Battle of Gettysburg and Union victory….that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. In 1863, representative republican democracy was extremely rare in the world. Colonial empires and monarchical absolutism in various degrees were the common forms of government in the world. Many of them wanted the USA experiment to fail. Those who fell at Gettysburg didn’t die in vain. But the USA is collectively estranged from that sacrifice. Sadly.

[@paulrouth5997]

The best of who we are.

[@jilljarrett7442]

I just found you guys, I live Indian people and their spirituality. Visited India in 1995. I’ll be listening 👍

[@peppermoon7485]

I had to lol at the thumbnail 😂

[@gazoontight]

A famous orator gave a speech that same day at the same place. The newspapers reported, "The President also spoke."

[@josephlozano6485]

I love your videos the woman is very beautiful from the Lord guys you guys make me laugh but thank you for loving my country the United States of America you should come and visit I'm also try to become citizens of my country

[@cfernandez-verges9379]

Between George Washington (who willingly stepped down after his second presidential term and refused to be declared a monarch) and Abraham Lincoln (who personified the principles of freedom and the equality of all people and cost him his life), it’s hard to choose the greatest USA president. But these two are far and away, the best of them all!

[@Sunset553]

I appreciate your interest and respect for America

[@starrynight1657]

Makes money

[@abducteeofearth1703]

Check out “The Great Dictator Speech” please.

[@Pugiron]

The best version of this speech is still Sam Waterson from the Civil War documentary Miniseries from Ken Burns

[@insaneo8860]

The first republic president.

[@lurking0death]

There is more to this speech than you are understanding. There were only 35 million people in the entire country when the Civil War was fought. 600,000 soldiers would die in this war. Almost every family was touched. Blood flowed in buckets. People were stunned by the destruction, the loss. Lincoln gave the people reasons to carry on. He framed what sacrifice is, he spelled out in poetic words what the reason for the struggle was. The words are poetry in the English language. Men cry when they hear this. Here is a better reading. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4WmfnuMorOWa9k

[@8967Logan]

If you would be interested in Lincoln's life leading up to the American Civil War there is an old black and white movie called "Abe Lincoln in Illionois" that does a great job. Very good reaction :).

[@drewdurbin4968]

The funny thing is that Lincoln thought he had failed with this speech.

[@ronaldvantine4488]

Over 700,000 died during this war.

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

Please do a reaction to Kilrain's speech to Chamberlain when he's asked what he thinks on negros. (Not being racist, that's just part of the actual dialog and please keep in mind that was part of the norm for the time)

[@jmweed1861]

The Gettysburg Adreess is considered the Greatest use of the English Language in History. In the speach, Lincoln defines why the Civil War was being fought for. To see the actual writing of it, see my reply to a Comment below. JMW Master's Degree in Civil War History and PhD in American History

[@rachelolson5488]

His acceptance speech next please 8

[@danielgrigg9501]

Sat Sri Akal my friends.

[@adamlopez7947]

Love your videos, just wish she wouldn't start talking while the video is still playing, I just think she misses the full impact of the speaker, thank you for watching these videos, it's very important to hear often

[@user-jr8dy3qz3k]

him, washington, kennedy and reagan were the greatest presidents. note, 2 were killed and another had an attempt on him.

[@timfeeley714-25]

Abraham Lincoln had a dream about his own death three days before he was assassinated

[@kevinbrady6075]

Salute with the right hand.If non millitart,hand(irght( over the heart

[@ng3k1]

Please react to American Civil War oversimplified

[@DeusSalis]

There were many black slave owners

[@sirdano2642]

Abraham Lincoln. Republican President.

[@Martin.Wilson]

Interesting to note that at that time, the local Democrat run newspapers mocked and derided this iconic speech: CHICAGO TIMES (1863) “It was to uphold this Constitution, and the Union created by it, that our officers and soldiers gave their lives at Gettysburg. How dared he, then, standing on their graves, misstate the cause for which they died, and libel the statesmen who founded the government? They were men possessing too much self-respect to declare that negroes were their equals, or were entitled to equal privileges,”

[@johnoneill7947]

Read the Book of Mormon, America's greatest work.

[@philmullineaux5405]

The civil war was about a lot of things. Mostly unreal taxes, taxation without representation, slavery, equal trade with other nations, etc. I can't remember the name of the tax act the North tried to impose on the South, but it was punishment and excessive. The Republican party was formed in the 1850s, after white guy John Wilberforce, a hunchback and dwarf, had it abolished in England. Lincoln was the primary mover, to abolish slavery, even though free blacks in the South, owned slaves. He couldn't stand it. At the end of the Civil War, the first new elected congressman, were black. Also the first pro black federal laws were written, guaranteeing that immigrants, particularly black and former slave and free, even if they fought for the South, could own guns. Then, the first civil rights organization was founded in 1866, particularly to protect the Rights of blacks....that first civil rights organization was the NRA! Which the Left demonizes every day for the past 70 years. That is why the Declaration of Independence, ( which all our laws flow-from 2 sentences!) and The Constitution, doesn't mention group identity, group politics, race, religion, or gender. Those and the Bill of Rights, talk about the individual citizen who is American, and no other description is used!

[@liegelord135]

@Esau Davis Wow, what a deranged diatribe. Secure borders, lower taxes, law and order, less intrusive government and personal responsibility are what Republicans stand for. The modern Democratic Party is staunchly opposed to all these things. If stifling authoritarian government is your thing, then by all means, vote democrat.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Yes esau, in an instance, u are right. Ur statement also included black slave owners. The point being, as the first registered slave owner of the 1690 census said-who was black- said, this is how economics works within the South. In other words, all the docks ports shipping roads railroads channels and locks, manufacturing, etc , were in the North. Let's also understand that it was the Demoncats party that invented BLM err Antifa err Occupy Demoncats err Ecowarriors err Jane's Revenge err, the KKK , for the exact same purpose then, as now. U can try and rewrite history all u like, but the Republican party was invented for the sole purpose of abolishing slavery. And no, parties never switched people places positions. The Demoncats just got smarter about hiding their racism. MLK and his family now, are Republicans. Malcolm X stated, the most dangerous thing to a black person is, a white liberal. As LBJ stated, I get the civil rights bill passed, I'll have them ni. Ggers voting Demoncats the next 200 years. Ted Kennedy recognized the demise of the black family 60 years ago, which is why he gave all illegals amnesty in 66 and again in 86. Barbara Jordan came out and railed against illegals in 92. What's going on at the southern border since the Clintons, isn't about race replacement theology, it's black voter replacement theology, by the racist for 160 years, Demoncats. Why is it that Robert Byrd was the most powerful member of congress from the 60s to 2000, and yet was the Grand Kleagle, of the entire KKK, and always praised by the Clintons the Media white liberals, so called black leaders, never called out, and never switched parties? It's like u have been living in the Matrix ur whole life, lied to, but far too proud and comfortable, to get out of it now. All black slavery was invented , in Africa. All slaves brought to America were first conquered captured and sold to whites, by Africans. Not to mention 400 years of Scottish Irish slavery in North Africa and 400 years of dutch slavery in South Africa.if I remember right, About 5 percent of whites owned slaves, and of total slave owners in the south,10 percent were black. By the way, all the 8 million slaves that have come across our southern border...work /labor slaves, home and indentured servant slaves, sex slaves and child sex slaves; where do you think they're all going? To businesses corporations political organizations Hollywood media big tech big education and universities liberal politicians, money bundlers, etc., All Demoncats led or run or owned. Not to constitutional loving God fearing conservative Republicans. But I guess they don't matter to u, cuz they ain't black! The fact of the matter is, the Demoncats party has never done anything in the history of America, without looking through the prism of race, first. And is still that way today. As ur president has stated, black kids used to come up and rub my legs, in the pool ... integration of schools will lead to jungles, black kids are just as smart and talented as rich kids, to own a 7/11 in Delaware, u have to speak with an East Indian accent. Obama is the first black person to come along and run for office, that looks decent, smells clean, and is articulate. If u don't vote for me, u ain't black. Not only did u not speak out against any of his racist statements, or black leaders or black political groups or blacks in Congress, or any of the "big" tech media govt education Hollywood social media, but u-and they- voted for him. I'm wondering, since u were taught lies all ur life, party switching never occurred, and Demoncats have always been racist, will u ever swallow ur pride, open ur eyes, change parties, and admit ur whole life has been a lie? Probably not I would suggest u read as many books and quotes from Frederick Douglass from his later years, and Thomas Sowell, as u can. Plus watch Sowells videos, here on Utube. One more thing I'm not exactly whitey, I'm a dark skinned Cajun. Any idea how many races I might be mixed with? Quite actually, I don't care...lastly, the civil rights act would never have passed without majority Republican support- and yes, Al Gore senior voted against it. Jefferson got through Congress, 2 votes to completely abolish slavery. They missed by 1, then 2 votes, respectively. Guess who voted against it... Demoncats!

[@Etereys]

I highly recommend checking out the movie Hillary's America by Dinesh D'Souza for the key history points on the Republican & Democrat political parties.

[@richardnellson5257]

@Esau Davis they never switched platforms. The hypocrite b.s. that they're pulling in D.C., NYC, and Martha's Vineyard showcased that for all to see. So did the many laws and policies passed by Dem politicians which incarcerated Black people, and made them effectively slave labor for the penal system ( google Biden, and Harris on this subject!). Educate yourself!👌

[@Nomad-vv1gk]

Stop attempting to re--write history. The American Civil War was fought over slavery. The traitors in the southern states stated this in there deceleration of secession. The war was fought to preserve the Union and end slavery.

[@booksteer7057]

Our Declaration of Independence should have said "that all men and women are created equal IN THE EYES OF GOD". God may love his children equally and we may have all of the same god-given rights, but people are most definitely not created equal. Some have mounds of talent while others face severe handicaps. This misinterpretation is causing serious consequences now when young Americans keep pushing for equity instead of equality.

[@Nomad-vv1gk]

Women didn't even have the right to vote until 1920, so why would they have included women? The founding fathers were hypocrites, they kept slaves and allowed it to remain in the nation while claiming in print that "all men were created equal." Also, the USA is a secular nation, the Treaty of Tripoli states the USA was in no way founded as a Christian nation. This is not the "Christian Republic of America".

[@040119863842]

If you like movie to react to, you may like to react to the movie “Lincoln” Daniel Day Lewis did a great job playing him. Cheers from Bristol UK 🇬🇧