Stephen Douglas Statue TO Be Removed ?

[David Lockmiller]

(09-21-2020 06:46 AM)Gene C Wrote:  Not surprised, hope they leave the one in Springfield's Old Capitol Building

http://westkentuckystar.com/News/State/I...pitol.aspx

The author of the referenced Associated Press (AP) article appears to be a "Nikole Hannah-Jones wannabe." He or she writes in the second paragraph: "Just inside the Statehouse hangs another revered depiction of an Illinois legend — and longtime Douglas rival — who expressed white supremacist views: Abraham Lincoln."

I would suggest to this "Nikole Hannah-Jones wannabe" that he or she read Abraham Lincoln's words in the Lincoln-Douglas debates (occurring before the Civil War), the Emancipation Proclamation (occurring during the Civil War), and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution (occurring near the end of the Civil War, passage secured primarily by President Lincoln's efforts and shortly before President Lincoln's death).

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution reads as follows:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or nay place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

In other words, there would have been no freedom from slavery for black Americans without the accomplishments in that regard by President Abraham Lincoln before and during the American Civil War. . . no matter what Nikole Hannah-Jones and her "wannabe's" say to the contrary.