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

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

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?

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