Re: What Happened to The 56 Men Who Signed the Declarationof Independence ?

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 7/7/07, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:14:43 CDT, Brian Loe said:
> >
> > > Next you'll tell me Lincoln didn't actually free all of the slaves!
> >
> > Let's look at the actual text, shall we?
> >
> > "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;
> >
> > So he didn't free any slaves in those areas that weren't in rebellion, and
> > in the Confederate area, the proclamation was worthless as anything except
> > toilet paper, since they were in rebellion and not following anything Lincoln
> > might have proclaimed.
> >
> > Now, as you were saying?
>
> Well, if you want worthless toilet paper, what about the thing that said
> "all men are created equal" and "life, liberty and the pursuit of
> happiness", but which was quite content to tolerate slavery?

BAM!!!

"all white male christan landowners are endowed//"
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