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Democrats Silent on Party Paying Reparations for Slavery
Ahhh, the curious silence.
Buckle in for some historical details.
Reparations for slavery are in the news, and yet again, there is a curious and very selective silence from those reparations supporters.
The news this week brings to light the views on race-based reparations that are being advocated by one Frederick Haynes III, the pastor of the much-hailed-by-leftists Rep. Jasmine Crockett. Haynes is now running to succeed Crockett in her Texas seat. (RELATED: The Incredibly, Unacceptably Weird James Talarico)
As headlined in this Fox News story: “Crockett’s potential successor has repeatedly railed against US in reparations push: ‘It’s been evil,’” with the subtitle, “Frederick Haynes III, previously praised notorious antisemite Louis Farrakhan as a ‘wonderful and great man.’”
The story reports:
In 2022, speaking at a “Solidarity for Reparations” event at a San Francisco church, Haynes advocated for reparations on the grounds that America owes it to the African American community ….. “America, you owe us. What you done to us has been immoral. It’s been evil. It’s been unjust. It’s been downright wrong and the only way to bring salvation to America — you gotta pay us what you owe us,” Haynes said. “I’ve come by to say San Francisco, California, Texas, United States of America, if you want salvation to come to this house, you’ve got to engage in reparations.”
Notice anything? Haynes mentions those he says owe reparations. What does he not mention? That would be the political party he depends on for its political support.
So let’s go back to the beginning — as in the formal beginning — of today’s Democratic Party when the party began writing up its political platforms and making it clear what the party Haynes is now relying on supported.
Here are a few excerpts from the formal platforms issued by the national Democratic Party as they started their political journey.
From the 1840 Democratic Party Platform: The Party’s first platform said this, bold print for emphasis supplied:
Resolved, That congress has no power, under the constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several states, and that such states are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the constitution; that all efforts by abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences, and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend to our political institutions.
From the 1844 Democratic Party Platform: Four years later came the Party’s second platform. Item 7 read:
That Congress has no power, under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States; and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts, by abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences, and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend to our Political Institutions.
From the 1848 Democratic Party Platform: A literal repetition of the section on slavery from the 1844 platform four years earlier. It read:
That Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts of the Abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanence of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend to our political institutions.
From the 1852 Democratic Party Platform: The platform section on opposing the abolition of slavery was expanded to read:
That Congress has no power under the constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Resolved, That the foregoing proposition covers, and was intended to embrace, the whole subject of slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts known as the compromise measures settled by the last Congress—”the act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor” included; which act, being designed to carry out an express provision of the constitution, cannot, with fidelity thereto be repealed nor so changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
Resolved, That the Democratic Party will resist all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
From the 1856 Democratic Party Platform:
Resolved, That we reiterate with renewed energy of purpose the well considered declarations of former Conventions upon the sectional issue of Domestic slavery, and concerning the reserved rights of the States.
That Congress has no power under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists, or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
That the foregoing proposition covers, and was intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore, the Democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts known as the compromise measures, settled by the Congress of 1850; “the act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor,” included; which act being designed to carry out an express provision of the Constitution, cannot, with fidelity thereto, be repealed, or so changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency.
That the Democratic Party will resist all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
From the 1860 Democratic Party Platform:
Resolved, That we, the Democracy of the Union in Convention assembled, hereby declare our affirmance of the resolutions unanimously adopted and declared as a platform of principles by the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, in the year 1856, believing that Democratic principles are unchangeable in their nature, when applied to the same subject matters…
Then there was that small change known as the Civil War. Democrats deserted the Union for the Confederacy in droves. Notably, the Democrat Senator from Mississippi — that would be Jefferson Davis by name — resigned his Senate seat to become President of the Confederacy.
As history records, the turmoil in the Democratic Party over civil rights continued well into the 20th century, essentially ending after the passage of civil rights laws in the 1960s.
Yet the point remains. The Democrats have been — and still are — the Party of Race. Well on record supporting both slavery and segregation, they have now made their way to what is known as “identity politics” in which, as with both slavery and segregation, they demand that Americans be judged not by, as Dr. Martin Luther King had courageously put it, by “the content of their character” but rather by “the color of their skin.”
And the election for the Texas seat Crockett now occupies features yet another Democratic campaign focused on race.
Which raises the obvious question. If Democrats are so obsessed with reparations for slavery, why don’t they open the Democratic Party’s purse and pay for them? After all, their Democrat Party is the one quite vividly on record supporting slavery.
Just asking.
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