Clack: To sanitize 1619 is to deny America s history
May 12, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently said he did not view 1619 as a significant date in American history. But without 1619, the Constitution is a different document and America a different nation.Stefani Reynolds /Bloomberg
“There must doubtless be an unhappy influence on the manners of our people produced by the existence of slavery among us. The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal.”
cpac will allow no difference of opinion on religion now that tony perkins has objected to the presence of people who have a difference of opinion on religion. jefferson wrote his notes on the state of virginia years before the constitutional convention, when most states still had established religions. jefferson hated that. and was very jealous of pennsylvania and new york because they had no legally recognized religions at all. jefferson admired the boldness of pennsylvania and new york for making that choice. the experiment was new and doubtful. when they made it. it was answered beyond conception. they flourished infinitely. they do not hang more malefactors than we do. they are not more disturbed with religious dissensions. on the contrary, their harmony is unparalleled. and can be ascribed to nothing but their unbounded tolerance.
jefferson wrote his notes on the state of virginia years before the constitutional convention, when most states still had established religions. jefferson hated that. and was very jealous of pennsylvania and new york because they had no legally recognized religions at all. jefferson admired the boldness of pennsylvania and new york for making that choice. the experiment was new and doubtful. when they made it. it was answered beyond conception. they flourished infinitely. they do not hang more malefactors than we do. they are not more disturbed with religious dissensions. on the contrary, their harmony is unparalleled. and can be ascribed to nothing but their unbounded tolerance. unbounded tolerance. that is not what tony perkins is famous for. and it is certainly not a value represented at cpac.