Two opinions of Washington
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--part1_13f.10c0d44b.2a53aade_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Nor can Washington easily be absolved for having said nothing about the evil= s=20 of slavery. At one point, he expressed the sincere desire to see "a plan=20 adopted for the abolition" of slavery=E2=80=94backing away from initiating s= uch a=20 plan, however, by looking to legislative authority for its conception and=20 execution. These are uncharacteristically passive words from the leader who=20 sent 15,000 militia to quell the "Whiskey Rebellion"; proposed a Bank of the= =20 United States and other pro-commercial federal policies; fought a war of=20 national liberation; and used his moral authority to warn of the evils of=20 partisanship and sectional divisions in his farewell address to the nation.=20 This perspective, of course, raises the issue of judging Washington by=20 standards not clearly accepted in his own time and place. Still, it is=20 perhaps misleading to assert Washington's greatness in view of his=20 failure=E2=80=94lack of moral leadership=E2=80=94to forthrightly address sla= very, an issue=20 that eventually split the nation into civil war.=20 =20 =20 http://www.americanpresident.org/kotrain/courses/GW/GW_Impact_and_Legacy.htm ...Since the Second World War, Americans have been repeatedly told that our=20 founding fathers were racial egalitarians. Anyone who opposed the Black civi= l=20 rights movement were represented as un-American. Of course, it was all a big= =20 lie. Washington and Jefferson, as well as the other founding fathers were no= t=20 hypocrites, they were completely consistent. The truth is that when=20 Washington and Jefferson spoke about the "rights of man" they clearly were=20 speaking about White men, not Blacks whom they viewed as a primitive form of= =20 humanity. Thomas Jefferson in his Notes on the State of Virginia wrote that=20 White women who cohabited with Black males should be "outside the protection= =20 of the laws," meaning that he believed that those who acted violently agains= t=20 them should not be prosecuted. The Constitution equated Blacks as=20 three-fifths of a person. Even the Supreme Court of the United States dared=20 to state clearly in a major decision that America was created "by and for=20 White people." Racial integration, Black voting, and racial intermarriage=20 were opposed by most Whites until late in this century.... -- David Duke http://www.stormfront.org/0198/george_washington.htm (not a recommended site) --part1_13f.10c0d44b.2a53aade_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2>Nor can Washington easily= be absolved for having said nothing about the evils of slavery. At one poin= t, he expressed the sincere desire to see "a plan adopted for the abolition"= of slavery=E2=80=94backing away from initiating such a plan, however, by lo= oking to legislative authority for its conception and execution. These are u= ncharacteristically passive words from the leader who sent 15,000 militia to= quell the "Whiskey Rebellion"; proposed a Bank of the United States and oth= er pro-commercial federal policies; fought a war of national liberation; and= used his moral authority to warn of the evils of partisanship and sectional= divisions in his farewell address to the nation. This perspective, of cours= e, raises the issue of judging Washington by standards not clearly accepted=20= in his own time and place. Still, it is perhaps misleading to assert Washing= ton's greatness in view of his failure=E2=80=94lack of moral leadership=E2= =80=94to forthrightly address slavery, an issue that eventually split the na= tion into civil war.=20 <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar= ial" LANG=3D"0"> =20 <BR> http://www.americanpresident.org/kotrain/courses/GW/GW_Impact_and_Le= gacy.htm <BR> <BR>...Since the Second World War, Americans have been repeatedly told that=20= our founding fathers were racial egalitarians. Anyone who opposed the Black=20= civil rights movement were represented as un-American. Of course, it was all= a big lie. Washington and Jefferson, as well as the other founding fathers=20= were not hypocrites, they were completely consistent. The truth is that when= Washington and Jefferson spoke about the "rights of man" they clearly were=20= speaking about White men, not Blacks whom they viewed as a primitive form of= humanity. Thomas Jefferson in his Notes on the State of Virginia wrote that= White women who cohabited with Black males should be "outside the protectio= n of the laws," meaning that he believed that those who acted violently agai= nst them should not be prosecuted. The Constitution equated Blacks as three-= fifths of a person. Even the Supreme Court of the United States dared to sta= te clearly in a major decision that America was created "by and for White pe= ople." Racial integration, Black voting, and racial intermarriage were oppos= ed by most Whites until late in this century.... <BR>-- David Duke <BR> <BR>http://www.stormfront.org/0198/george_washington.htm <BR>(not a recommended site)</FONT></HTML> --part1_13f.10c0d44b.2a53aade_boundary--