[Peace-discuss] July 4th float -- okay, seriously...

[E. Wayne Johnson]

> there were things about Lincoln's time that were  anti-war.... AND 
> anti-racist, too
That's a Great Point.  There were many heroes in Lincoln's time.  Sad it 
is that the Lincoln Myth
has appropriated their efforts as being those of Mr. Lincoln.

Lysander Spooner was a aboltionist contemporary of Lincoln who opposed 
the war.

http://www.lysanderspooner.org/UnconstitutionalityOfSlaveryContents.htm

In 1860, Spooner was actively courted by William Seward to support the 
fledgling Republican Party. An admitted sympathizer with the 
Jeffersonian political philosophy, Spooner adamantly refused the request 
and soon became an outspoken abolitionist critic of the party. To 
Spooner, the Republicans were hypocrites for purporting to oppose 
slavery's expansion but refusing to take a strong, consistent moral 
stance against slavery itself. Although Spooner had advocated the use of 
violence to abolish slavery, he denounced the Republicans' use of 
violence to prevent the Southern states from seceding during the 
American Civil War. He published several letters and pamphlets about the 
war, arguing that the Republican objective was not to eradicate slavery, 
but rather to preserve the Union by force. He blamed the bloodshed on 
Republican political leaders, such as Secretary of State Seward and 
Senator Charles Sumner, who often spoke out against slavery but would 
not attack it on a constitutional basis, and who pursued military 
policies seen as vengeful and abusive.



On 5/22/2009 11:41 AM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> Excellent points, Karen, esp re last year's float, a real winner b/c 
> of how positively AWARE handled the topic!! Hey, maybe do that again, 
> under the banner: Lincoln would have loved this float!! Nah...
> Yes, there were things about Lincoln's time that were  
> anti-war.... AND anti-racist, too. For a nice change, let's try think 
> of AWARE as pro-peace and pro-inclusion/diversity and find things to 
> support those. Works better for me than all this "anti" thinking.
>  --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Fri, 5/22/09, Karen Medina /<kmedina67 at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
>     Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] July 4th float -- okay, seriously...
>     To: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>     Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 2:58 AM
>
>     I have no desire to attack Lincoln.
>     Let us use the theme for the best anti-war message we can.
>
>     Last year's float was wonderful because we took the theme "Honoring
>     our military heroes" and turned it to honoring our military heroes who
>     became peace activists.
>
>     If we had chosen to attack military, our point would not have been
>     as good.
>
>     I say we go with the theme enough to turn it into a very positive
>     anti-war statement. And there are things about Lincoln's time that
>     were anti-war.
>
>     -karen medina
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