Historians we spoke to said the majority of Reconstruction-era Democrats did, in fact, oppose these three amendments. I said that Democrats did, as admitted by PolitiFact. Ulysses S. Grant inherited a slave on his wife’s side.’ I said, Well, that is an impressive riposte. COPYRIGHT 2019 LAURENCE A. ELDERDISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM, PolitiFact Rates Elder 'False' on Democrats and Slavery, But Elder Was Right. OFFERINGS can be mailed or made online with with Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or Paypal. "For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. ", PolitiFact: "The claim that Republicans did not own slaves is false, and Elder corrected the record on Twitter the next day. Now, then, what rating shall we give PolitiFact? Northern Democrats opposed that expansion, some of whom abandoned the party to help create the Republican Party. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward" (1 Timothy 5:18). Other key moments include a July 6, 1854, anti-slavery convention in Jackson, Michigan, where the first statewide candidates were selected by the new party. The exact origin of the Republican Party is a point of debate, but Ripon has a solid claim —  at the very least — to playing a key role. The blueprint for dealing with it? No. support@wayoflife.org. Elder was right. The creation was spurred by the May 1854 passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Stephen A. Douglas. But there were other meetings around that time that can lay claim to being pivotal in the party’s formation as well. They adopted a platform that said the group would “cooperate and be known as Republicans.” The GOP website says this is the first “mass gathering of the Republican Party.”, Encyclopedia Britannica also pointed to the Ripon and Jackson meetings as the key founding moments. Democrats owned slaves. ', "Could you please send me any evidence you have in support of these claims? After conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza made a similar claim on Twitter, Kruse and other historians on Twitter identified eight more prominent Republicans who also owned slaves in 1860.". Elder: "Democrats founded the KKK. The Democrats were the party of slavery, of segregation, of founding the Ku Klux Klan, of reviving the Ku Klux Klan, of racial terrorism, and of opposition to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. We do not solicit funds from those who do not agree with our preaching and who are not helped by these publications. The majority of Democrats did indeed support an expansion of slavery, but not all. The Democrat south was part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal coalition, and even part of President Kennedy’s coalition, as Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson served as his Vice President. As to my assertion that Democrats founded the KKK, PolitiFact agreed that Democrats founded the Klan but fact-checked whether the Democrat Party founded it, a claim I did not make. There is, of course, an underlying assertion here is that the parties have changed so little in 150-plus years that their 19th century policies should be factored into present voting decisions. It appears that the meter has since been removed, likely for the reasons we'll explore in this column. I need to point out to you that at the time this occurred, Ulysses S. Grant was a Democrat. We trust that your Christian honesty will preserve the integrity of this policy. ", PolitiFact: "It's accurate that Democrats opposed the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. More: Slavery in America: Some historical sites try to show the horrors. More: The US is grappling with its history of slavery. So three of the four pro-slavery champions are northerners. Oh, and the KKK, it was originally an arm of the southern Democratic Party. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fact check: Was GOP founded 'to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery'? So for two of my four assertions, PolitiFact admits I was correct. Democrats owned slaves. -- As a percentage of their party, more Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than did Democrats. Things we do not want copied and distributed are "Store" items like the Fundamental Baptist Digital Library, print editions of our books, electronic editions of the books that we sell, the videos that we sell, etc. Follow him on Twitter at @ericlitke. Then Lincoln mentions Franklin Pierce, the former President from New Hampshire, northern Democrat; James Buchanan from Pennsylvania, northern Democrat; and Stephen Douglas, Lincoln’s supreme antagonist, from Illinois, northern Democrat. It means the fact-checkers pay attention to what I say. Democrats owned slaves; -- Democrats opposed the 13th Amendment that freed the slaves, Democrats opposed the 14th Amendment that made the newly freed slaves citizens, and Democrats opposed the 15th Amendment that granted them the right to vote; and. Elder: "Democrats opposed the 13th Amendment, the 14th Amendment, the 15th Amendment. "The Senate passed the bill on June 19, 1964, by a 73-27 margin, with about 69% of Democrats [46 yeas, 21 nays] and 82% of Republicans [27 yeas, 6 nays] voting for the measure on final passage. We have a really strange phenomenon. But truth in history is important. Days later, PolitiFact published its fact-check on their PunditFact site. “It is not accurate nor fair to describe that as the ‘Democrats’ plan,’” he said in an email. Let's examine their analysis of my four assertions in reverse order. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. This attitude sounds reprehensible today; however, the Democratic Party still … Elder: "As a percentage of the party, more Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.". Well, it was southern Democrats that fought for slavery. “It would be more accurate to say that Ripon is the birthplace of the name ‘Republican Party.’”. Brother Cloud lives in South Asia where he has been a church planting missionary since 1979. In a recent appearance on Fox News, I made the following assertions: -- Republicans did not own slaves.

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