Abraham Lincoln's Program of Black Resettlement Part 9

This is a series of posts from the cited paper, I will try to divide it into many parts, put titles, and some illustration to fit in blogger and this Blog.

                                            From The Journal of Historical Review, Sept.-Oct. 1993 (Vol. 13, No. 5), pages 4-25.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     By Robert Morgan

The Emancipation Proclamation

During the winter and spring 1861-1862, public support grew rapidly for the view that slavery must be abolished everywhere. Lincoln did not ignore the ever louder calls for decisive action.

On June 19, he signed a law abolishing slavery in all the federal territories. At the same time, he was quietly preparing an even more dramatic measure.

At a cabinet meeting on July 22, Lincoln read out the draft text of a document he had prepared -- a proclamation that would give the Confederate states a hundred days to stop their "rebellion" upon threat of declaring all slaves in those states to be free.

The President told his cabinet that he did not want advice on the merits of the proclamation itself -- he had made up his mind about that, he said -- but he would welcome suggestions about how best to implement the edict. For two days cabinet members debated the draft. Only two -- Secretary of State William Seward and Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase, abolitionists who had challenged Lincoln for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination -- agreed even in part with the proclamation's contents. Seward persuaded the President not to issue it until after a Union military victory (of which so far there had been few), or otherwise, it would appear "the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help."

Emancipation/Colonization: First war for freedom in American history.

Union General McClellan's success on September 17 in holding off the forces of General Lee at Antietam provided a federal victory of sorts, and the waited-for opportunity. Five days later, Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which included a favorable reference to colonization:

I, Abraham Lincoln ... do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States, and each of the states, and the people thereof ...

That it is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pecuniary aid to the free acceptance or rejection of all slave-states, so called, the people whereof may not be then be in rebellion against the United States, and which states, may then have voluntarily adopted, or thereafter may voluntarily adopt, immediate, or gradual abolishment of slavery within their respective limits; and that the effort to colonize persons of African descent, with their consent, upon this continent, or elsewhere, with the previously obtained consent of the Governments existing there, will be continued.

Lincoln then went on to state that on January 1, 1863,

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 ...

The edict then cited the law passed by Congress on March 13, 1862, which prohibited military personnel from returning escaped slaves, and the second Confiscation Act of July 1862.

Proclamation Limitations

On New Year's Day, 1863, Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation. Contrary to what its title suggests, however, the presidential edict did not immediately free a single slave. It "freed" only slaves who were under Confederate control, and explicitly exempted slaves in Union-controlled territories, including federal-occupied areas of the Confederacy, West Virginia, and the four slave-holding states that remained in the Union.

The Proclamation, Secretary Seward wryly commented, emancipated slaves where it could not reach them, and left them in bondage where it could have set them free. 

Moreover, because it was issued as a war measure, the Proclamation's long-term validity was uncertain. Apparently, any future President could simply revoke it. "The popular picture of Lincoln using a stroke of the pen to lift the shackles from the limbs of four million slaves is ludicrously false," historian Allan Nevins has noted.

'Military Necessity'

Lincoln himself specifically cited "military necessity" as his reason for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. After more than a year of combat, and in spite of its great advantages in industrial might and numbers, federal forces had still not succeeded in breaking the South. 

At this critical juncture of the war, the President apparently now hoped, a formal edict abolishing slavery in the Confederate states would strike a blow at the Confederacy's ability to wage war by encouraging dissension, escapes, and possibly revolt among its large slave labor force.

As the war progressed, black labor had become ever more critical in the hard-pressed Confederacy. Blacks planted, cultivated and harvested the food that they then transported to the Confederate armies. Blacks raised and butchered the beef, pigs and chicken used to feed the Confederate troops. They wove the cloth and knitted the socks to clothe the grey-uniformed soldiers. As Union armies invaded the South, tearing up railroads and demolishing bridges, free blacks and slaves repaired them. They toiled in the South's factories, shipping yards, and mines. In 1862, the famous Tredegar ironworks advertised for 1,000 slaves. In 1864, there were 4,301 blacks and 2,518 whites in the iron mines of the Confederate states east of the Mississippi.

Blacks also served with the Confederate military forces as mechanics, teamsters, and common laborers. They cared for the sick and scrubbed the wounded in Confederate hospitals. Nearly all of the South's military fortifications were constructed by black laborers. Most of the cooks in the Confederate army were slaves. Of the 400 workers at the Naval Arsenal in Selma, Alabama, in 1865, 310 were blacks. Blacks served with crews of Confederate blockade-runners and stoked the firerooms of the South's warships.

Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the legendary cavalry commander, said in a postwar interview: "When I entered the army I took 47 Negroes into the army with me, and 45 of them were surrendered with me ... These boys stayed with me, drove my teams, and better Confederates did not live."

Slavery: The bedrock of the Union.

On several occasions, Lincoln explained his reasons for issuing the Proclamation. On September 13, 1862, the day after the preliminary proclamation was issued, Lincoln met with a delegation of pro-abolitionist Christian ministers, and told them bluntly: "Understand, I raise no objections against it [slavery] on legal or constitutional grounds ... I view the matter [emancipation] as a practical war measure, to be decided upon according to the advantages or disadvantages it may offer to the suppression of the rebellion."

To Salmon Chase, his Treasury Secretary, the President justified the Proclamations' limits: "The original [preliminary] proclamation has no constitutional or legal justification, except as a military measure," he explained. "The exceptions were made because the military necessity did not apply to the exempted localities. Nor does that pressure apply to them now any more than it did then."

Horace Greeley, editor of the influential New York Tribune, called upon the President to immediately and totally abolish slavery in an emphatic and prominently displayed editorial published August 20, 1862. Lincoln responded in a widely-quoted letter:

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union ...

Concern about growing sentiment in the North to end slavery, along with sharp criticism from prominent abolitionists, was apparently another motivating factor for the President. (Abolitionists even feared that the Confederate states might give up their struggle for independence before the January first deadline, and thus preserve the institution of slavery.)

Lincoln assured Edward Stanly, a pro-slavery Southerner he had appointed as military governor of the occupied North Carolina coast, that "the proclamation had become a civil necessity to prevent the radicals from openly embarrassing the government in the conduct of the war."

Rent a Rasta: A Black and White America.

While,  what's happening in Jamaica gets more attention due to the racial nature of Jamaican  and the nature of tourists, mostly whites from Europe, Canada and mostly America, its like there is a colonization of Whites of the Island for some lustful purposes, it is happening in America at a lot larger scale, and it don't get that much attention because of the absence of masse movement of a race to "visit" another race, since America is united between Black and white, so, nobody will remark "Rent a Negro" going on in America, since generations at a massive scale, it is just part of American culture, and a bedrock of the Union.
                                                                                                                                  Franco TaMere                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

When white women flock to Jamaica for a little fun in the sun, the RandR they're often looking for is not Rest and Relaxation but to Rent a Rasta according to director J. Michael Seyfert. His eye-opening expose' of the same name sheds light on a barely acknowledged form of sex tourism, namely, white women who visit the Caribbean Islands to get their groove back with the help of black locals. This documentary claims that, each year, as many as 80,000 females from a variety of relatively-wealthy Western nations descend on Jamaica alone.

Most of those inclined to indulge their Island Fever with wanton abandon are apparently middle-aged and/or overweight spinsters. Ignored by white men, and afraid to date blacks openly due to the social taboo, they look for satisfaction at remote resorts amidst the anonymity offered by a virtual paradise. These decadent dames safely lure their boy toys with money, electronic gadgets, designer clothes, baubles, or whatever material item it takes to get uncomplicated sexual favors in return along with the strict understanding that like in Las Vegas, What happens in Jamaica, stays in Jamaica. As one satisfied customer, a 45 year-old spinster from the Midwest explains her addiction to her hedonistic getaway, A girl who no one looks at twice gets hit on all the time here.

All these guys are paying her attention, telling her she's really beautiful, and they really want her. It is like a secret, a fantasy, and then you go home. While this glimpse of the lucky ladies' rationale for their no-strings liaisons is certainly informative, the picture is actually far more interesting when chronicling the history of Jamaica, winding its way from the slave days through the rise of the Rastafari to the present. Framed from this perspective, we suddenly see a persistent pattern of utter subjugation and economic inequality, with islanders providing stud service only being the latest form of exploitation.

Watch the full documentary now

Stereotyping America Part-2

I make a lot of people uncomfortable without even interacting with them in any way. ......I hate people who display their stupid ass in my sight and insist, until I notice them and they try to give some impression or manipulate the way i view their kind before...It's en vain...I got my idea on human kinds, still the corruption of souls is not an exact science, so some ecart may be noticed, but i go by the majority...the few goes by the masses state of mind...this is the philosophy of war.

I don't understand why Negros and color people in general try to make their stupid marginal ass a part in matters higher and that don't even recognize their pathetic existence... it seems that it's rooted from their inferiority complex and the struggle to feel equal and a part of a society where they were segregated a few decades ago....
That would be their counter offense to any risk of a new segregation era.

Negros be like..." We be growing facial hair and sheeeet...We be rising Motha land Army and we be invading the public assistance head quarter along with Boricua...to establish peace and democracy in Ghetto area, legalize soft and hard drugs, using, and dealing, underage prostitution...and creating the national syndicate of PIMPS.
American Negros spirit: A mixture of trauma, fear of the uncertain future and inferiority complex of belonging to a historically subordinate class, the all hidden behind excessive appearances and extreme behavior.
Ever wonder why Negro got their :"Typical Negros Behavior"? Its their natural spontaneous reaction to their situation as the last existing descendants of the vague of the massive enslavement of Africans on the planet Earth.
They feel they are the marginal class, they try to deflect the attention by minding all kind of businesses and infiltrating all sectors, often making it the Black race patriotic duty in America.

Native descendants and facial hair...It's like it's a custom for the majority of Hispanics to design some kind of facial hair...It takes a while, it's like a make up for a woman...It's like it's their new mark..instead of plumes and all the accessories they used to decorate themselves with...It's ridiculous.

That's why I like to call them..."Native Americans improved with El Conquistador genes..."
I always like and use this definition for Hispanics it fits pretty well...It is amazing the variety of Hispanics looks, they can represent or "misrepresent" all Human kinds....still their soul and spirit are that of the crushed natives spirit.
...Vowing for revenge...a slow but sure revenge...first step is to gain your trust by their appearance .. Then the demographic invasion as a second step...melting in the structure and taking keys position as a base to their conquest.

...You are toucher about your status as marginal aspiring to climb the social steps...Always remember, the world needs a servants class in all its domains for its balance.And it happens that your roots and history, make you feel inferior despite your situation resulting from climbing the social steps...That's nobody's fault...You cannot change History.

Chinese sold out to westerners, peasants and middle classes taking refuge in America from the tyranny of the CCP, since either its extreme poverty or the lowest paid jobs in the world...Well, that's understandable: some body got to fill up the 99 cents stores.

Believe it or not, there is a spiritual union between, Negros, Mestizos, Chinos, Hindus, Pakistanis Egyptians and all kind of Immigrants. What was called colored in the 50's are now called people of colors or second class citizens and it's demographic base is larger than it was, and it's not about color, it's more about a shared past, present and future in term of being the marginal class, since whites are not minority ....Yet.

In fact there is 2 entities sharing the soul of people...look at his eyes...the beast got its army....and its rising.

Finally...
People of color confused about their identity, you don't need to go to ancestry.com to find out what you are!
Here, a little knowledge on history will shed the light on ta confusion:

=>Homo Erectus infused by masters genes compose what we call today African Americans, they come in different shades and forms, because crazy orgies were going on in the plantation, and as the other side of the coin, is going on today all over the states, since the success of " I can has a dream movement" granting the right for any Black guy to unlimited access to white females, as a reparation for black kids in plantations.

=> Native Americans improved with El Conquistador genes form Hispanics or Latino, and they take all shapes, colors, forms and sizes because upon the discovery until today it is like a buffet of native chicks, over times the traits of Injuns disappears to produce the Hispanics as we know them today.

Hopefully this will shed the light about the issue of : "What I'am" submerging People of Color.

God damn! they got big....

Don't u think that niggers females were better off in cotton picking time? or back in Africa..
Now they look, like a disgusting mutants, a new specie that exist only in America, the result of the enslavement, of african people, the cross breed between masters and slaves, and the superficial freedom ..
Its like they are a mutant, a new specie between an african slave and an white master...