Dateline: 17 August, 2017
Wasilla, Alaska
No! The Civil War was not about States Rights. Yes! It was about slavery (Read the Confederate Constitution). In case you missed this lesson in school, Democrats controlled the southern plantations during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries in America. It was legal to own, buy and sell human beings as slaves. As the United States began expanding west, southern states wanted the new territories to include slaves. Conservatives of the northern states opposed this. It led to the American Civil War after several southern states seceded from the Union. Between 620,000 and 700,000 Americans on both sides fought and died during that war. A horrible waste of human life.
Today, there is a new kind of plantation where poverty and crime have enslaved the people of major cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore, all run by Democrat governments for decades. It is a false narrative that the Republicans have switched ideologies with the Democrats in the mid 1900's known as "Dixiecrats." It never happened!
Furthermore, the Democrats are again engaged in false narratives, outright lies, terrorism, murder and mayhem.
What follows is a 150 Year Chronological Timeline of the obstructionism, mayhem and murder perpetrated by the Democrat Party and its affiliates. I begin with the establishment of the Republican Party in 1854.
History dictates that I present the facts as they occurred. It is not my prerogative, desire or job to tell you what or how to think about anything. That, is for you to decide! I just present the facts. Here they are.
~D. Doc Derry
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~1850's~
MARCH 20, 1854:
Opponents of Democrats pro-slavery policies meet in Ripon, Wisconsin to establish the Republican Party.
MAY 30, 1854:
Democrat President Franklin Pierce signs Democrats Kansas-Nebraska Act, expanding slavery into U.S. Territories; opponents unite to form the Republican Party.
JUNE 16, 1854:
Newspaper editor Horace Greeley calls on opponents of slavery to unite the Republican Party.
JULY 6, 1854:
First state Republican Party officially organized in Jackson, Michigan to oppose Democrats pro-slavery policies.
FEBRUARY 11, 1856:
Republican Montgomery Blair argues before U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of his client, the slave, Dred Scott; Blair later served in President Lincoln's Cabinet.
FEBRUARY 22, 1856:
First national meeting of the Republican Party in Pittsburgh, PA, to coordinate ooposition to Democrats pro-slavery policies.
MARCH 27,1856:
First meeting of Republican National Commitee in Washington, D.C. to oppose Democrats pro-slavery policies.
MAY 22, 1856:
For denouncing Democrats pro-slavery policy, Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA), is beaten nearly to death on the floor of the U.S. Senate by U.S. Represenative, Preston Brooks (D-SC), takes three years to recover.
MARCH 6, 1857:
Republican Supreme Court Justice John McLean issues strenuous dissent from decision by 7 Democrats in famous Dred Scott case that African-Americans had no rights, "which any white man was bound to respect."
JUNE 26, 1857:
Abraham Lincoln declares Republican position that slavery is "cruelly wrong," while Democrats "cultivate and excite hatred" for blacks.
OCTOBER 13, 1858:
During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) sates: "I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever." Douglas became the Democrat Party's 1860 presidential nominee.
OCTOBER 25, 1858:
U.S. Senator William Seward (R-NY) describes the Democrat Party as "Inextricably committed to the designs of the slaveholders." As President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State, Seward helped draft the Emancipation Proclamation.
~1860's~
JUNE 4, 1860:
Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA) delivers his classic address, "The Barbarism of Slavery."
APRIL 7, 1862:
President Lincoln concludes the treaty with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade.
APRIL 16, 1862:
President Lincoln signs the Bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia; In Congress, 99% of Republicans vote YES, 83% of Democrats vote NO.
JULY 2, 1862:
U.S. Representative Justin Morrill (R-VT) wins passageof the Land Grant Act, establishing colleges open to African-Americans, including such students as George Washington Carver.
JULY 17, 1862:
Over unamimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes the Confiscatin Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy "Shall be forever free."
AUGUST 19, 1862:
"Prayer of Twenty Millions" - New York Tribune editor and Republican Horace Greeley publishes a passionate editorial calling on President Lincoln to declare emancipation for all slaves in Union-held territory.
AUGUST 25, 1862:
President Lincoln authorizes enlistment of African-American soldiers in the U.S. Army.
SEPTEMBER 22, 1862:
Republican President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.
JANUARY 1, 1863:
Emancipation Proclamation, implementing the Republicans Confiscation Act of 1862, takes effect.
FEBRUARY 9, 1864:
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton deliver over 100,000 signatures to the U.S. Senate supporting the Republican's plan for a Constitutional Amendment banning slavery.
JUNE 15, 1864:
Republican Congress votes equal pay for African-American troops serving in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
JUNE 28, 1864:
Republican majority in Congress repeals the Fugitive Slave Acts.
OCTOBER 29, 1864:
African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth says of President Lincoln, "I never was treated by anyone with more kindness and cordiality than were shown to me by that great and good man.
JANUARY 31, 1865:
The 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by the U.S. House of Representatives with unanimous Republican support and intense Democrat opposition.
MARCH 3, 1865:
Republican Congress establishes Freedmen's Bureau to provide health care, education and technical assistance to emancipated slaves.
APRIL 8, 1865:
The 13th Amendment banning slavery passed the U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support and 63% Democrat opposition.
JUNE 19, 1865:
On "Juneteenth," U.S. troops land in Galveston, Texas to enforce the ban on slavery that had been declared more than two years prior by the Emancipation Proclamation.
NOVEMBER 22, 1865:
Republicans denounce Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting the "Black Codes," which institutionalized racial discrimination.
DECEMBER 6, 1865:
Republican Party's 13th Amendment banning slavery, is ratified.
FEBRUARY 5, 1866:
U.S. Representative Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement "40 Acres and a mule" relief by distributing land to former slaves.
APRIL 9, 1866:
Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson's veto; Civil Rights Act of 186, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law.
APRIL 19, 1866:
Thousands assemble in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the Republican Party's abolition of slavery.
MAY 10,1866:
The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Republican's 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote NO.
JUNE 8, 1866:
The U.S. Senate passes the Republican's 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote YES and 100% of Democrats vote NO.
JULY 16, 1866:
The Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson's veto of Freedman's Bureau Act, which protected former slaves from "Black Codes" denying their rights.
JULY 28, 1866:
The Republican authorizes formation of the Buffalo Soldiers, two regiments of African-American cavalrymen.
JULY 30, 1866:
The Democrat controlled City of New Orleans orders police to storm racially-integrated Republican meeting. The raid kills 40 and wounds more than 150.
JANUARY 8, 1867:
Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson's veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in Washington, D.C.
JANUARY 19, 1867:
The Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson's veto of legislation protecting voting rights of African-Americans.
MARCH 30, 1868:
Republicans begin impeachment trial of Democrat President Andrew Johnson, who declared, "This country is for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government of white men."
MAY 20, 1868:
Republican National Convention marks debut of African-American politicians on the national stage; Two Pinckney Pinchback and James Harris, attend as delegates and several serve as presidential electors.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1868:
25 African-Americans in Georgia legislature, all Republicans, are expelled by Democrat majority; Later reinstated by the Republican Congress.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1868:
Civil Rights activist Tunis Campbell and all other African-Americans in Georgia Senate are expelled by the Democrat majority and later reinstated by the Republican Congress.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1868:
Democrats in Opelousas, Louisiana murder nearly 300 African-Americans who tried to prevent an assault against a Republican newspaper editor.
OCTOBER 7, 1868:
Republicans denounce the Democrat Party's national campaign theme: "This is a white man's country, let white men rule."
OCTOBER 22, 1868:
While campaigning for re-election, Republican U.S. Representative James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by Democrat terrorists who organized the Ku Klux Klan. (NOTE: Former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest becomes first Grand Wizard of the KKK).
NOVEMBER 3, 1868:
Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour in the presidential election. Seymour had denounced the Emancipation Proclamation.
DECEMBER 10, 1869:
Republican Governor John Campbell of Wyoming Territory signs first-in-nation law granting women the right to vote and hold public office.
~1870's~
FEBRUARY 3, 1870:
After passing the U.S. House of Representatives with 98% Republican support and 97% Democrat opposition, Republican's 15th Amendment is ratified granting vote to all Americans regardless of race.
MAY 19, 1870:
African-American John Langston, law professor and future Republican Congressman from Virginia, delivers influential speech supporting President U.S. Grant's civil rights policies.
MAY 31,1870:
President U.S. Grant signs Republican's Enforcememtn Act, providing stiff penalties for depriving any American's civil rights.
JUNE 22, 1870:
The Republican Congress creates U.S. Department of Justice t safeguard the civil rights of African-Americans against Democrats in the south.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1870:
Women vote in Wyoming in first election after women's sufferage signed into law by Republican Governor John Campbell.
FEBRUARY 28, 1871:
The Republican Congress passes Enforcement Act providing federal protection for African-American voters.
MARCH 22, 1871:
Spartansburg Republican newspaper denounces Ku Klux Klan campaign to eradicate the Republican Party in South Carolina.
APRIL 20, 1871:
The Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democrat Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppress African-Americans.
OCTOBER 10, 1871:
Following warnings by the Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil rights activist Octavious Catto is murdered by a Democrat Party operative. His military funeral was attended by thousands.
OCTOBER 18, 1871:
After violence against Republicans in South Carolina, President U.S. Grant deploys U.S. troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan.
NOVEMBER 18, 1872:
Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for "The Republican ticket, straight."
JANUARY 17, 1874:
Armed Democrats seize the Texas state government ending Republican efforts to racially integrate government.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1874:
Democrat white supremacists seize the Louisiana statehouse in an attempt to overthrow the racially integrated administration of republican Governor William Kellogg; 27 killed.
MARCH 1, 1875:
Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing access to public accommodations without regard to race, signed by Republican President U.S. Grant; passed with 92% Republican support and 100% Democrat opposition.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1876:
Former state Attorney General Robert Ingresoll (R-IL) tells veterans, "Every man that loved slavery better than liberty was a Democrat... I am a Republican because it is the only free party that ever existed."
JANUARY 10, 1878:
U.S. Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduces Susan B. Anthony amendment for women's suffrage; Democrat controlled Senate defeated it 4 times before election of the Republican House and Senate guaranteed its approval in 1919.
~1880's~
JULY 14, 1884:
Republicans criticize Democrat Party's nomination of racist U.S. Senator Thomas Hendricks (D-IN) for Vice President; he had voted against the 13th Amendment banning slavery.
~1890's!
AUGUST 30, 1890:
Republican President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation by U.S. Senator Justin Morrill (R-VT) making African-Americans eligible for land grant colleges in the south.
JUNE 7, 1892:
In a first for a major U.S. political party, two women, Theresa Jenkins and Cora Carleton, attend the Republican National Convention in an official capacity as alternate delegates.
FEBRUARY 8, 1894:
Democrat Congress and Democrat President Grover Cleveland join to repeal Republican's Enforcement Act, which had enabled African-Americans to vote.
DECEMBER 11, 1895:
African-American Republican and former U.S. Representative Thomas Miller (R-SC) denounces new state constitution written to disenfranchise African-Americans.
MAY 18, 1896:
Republican Justice John Marshall Harlan, dissenting from the Supreme Court's notorious Plesst vs. Ferguson, "Separate but Equal" descission, declares, "Our Constitution is color blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among our citizens."
DECEMBER 31, 1898:
Republican Theodore Roosevelt becomes Governor of New York and in 1900, outlaws racial segregation in New York public schools.
~1900's~
MAY 24, 1900:
Republicans vote NO in referendum for constitutional convention in Virginia, designed to create a new state constitution disenfranchising African-Americans.
JANUARY 15, 1901:
Republican Booker T. Washington protests Alabama Democrat Party's refusal to permit voting by African-Americans.
OCTOBER 16, 1901:
Republican Theodore Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country.
MAY 29, 1902:
Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration by 86%.
FEBRUARY 12, 1909:
On the 100th anniversary of Abraham's birth, African-American Republicans and women's suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP.
~1910's~
JUNE 18, 1912:
African-American Robert Church, founder of Lincoln Leagues to register black voters in Tennessee, attends 1912 Republican National Convention as delegate; eventually serves as delegate at 8 conventions.
AUGUST 1, 1916:
Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes, former New York Governor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, endorses women’s suffrage constitutional amendment; he would become Secretary of State and Chief Justice.
MAY 21, 1919:
Republican House passes constitutional amendment granting women the vote with 85% of Republicans in favor, but only 54% of Democrats; in Senate, 80% of Republicans would vote YES, but almost half of Democrats NO.
~1920's~
APRIL 18, 1920:
Minnesota’s FIRST-in-the-nation anti-lynching law, promoted by African-American Republican Nellie Francis, signed by Republican Gov. Jacob Preus.
AUGUST 18, 1920:
Republican-authored 19th Amendment, giving women the vote, becomes part of Constitution; 26 of the 36 states to ratify had Republican-controlled legislatures.
JANUARY 26, 1922:
House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster.
JUNE 2, 1924:
Republican President Calvin Coolidge signs bill passed by Republican Congress granting U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.
OCTOBER 3, 1924:
Republicans denounce three-time Democrat presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan for defending the Ku Klux Klan at 1924 Democratic National Convention.
DECEMBER 8, 1924:
Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis argues in favor of “separate but equal.”
JUNE 12, 1929:
First Lady Lou Hoover invites wife of U.S. Rep. Oscar De Priest (R-IL), an African-American, to tea at the White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country.
~1930's~
AUGUST 17, 1937:
Republicans organize opposition to former Ku Klux Klansman and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black, appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by FDR; his Klan background was hidden until after confirmation.
~1940's~
JUNE 24, 1940:
Republican Party platform calls for integration of the armed forces; for the balance of his terms in office, FDR refuses to order it.
OCTOBER 20, 1942:
60 prominent African-Americans issue Durham Manifesto, calling on southern Democrats to abolish their all-white primaries.
APRIL 3, 1944:
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Texas Democratic Party’s “whites only” primary election system.
AUGUST 8, 1945:
Republicans condemn Harry Truman's surprise use of the atomic bomb in Japan. The whining and criticism goes on for years. It begins two days after the Hiroshima bombing, when former Republican President Herbert Hoover writes to a friend that "[t]he use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul."
FEBRUARY 18, 1946:
Appointed by Republican President Calvin Coolidge, federal judge Paul McCormick ends segregation of Mexican-American children in California public schools.
~1950's~
JULY 11, 1952:
Republican Party platform condemns “duplicity and insincerity” of Democrats in racial matters.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1953:
Earl Warren, California’s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
DECEMBER 8, 1953:
Eisenhower administration Asst. Attorney General Lee Rankin argues for plaintiffs in Brown vs. Board of Education.
MAY 17, 1954:
Chief Justice Earl Warren, three-term Republican Governor (CA) and Republican vice presidential nominee in 1948, wins unanimous support of Supreme Court for school desegregation in Brown vs. Board of Education.
NOVEMBER 25, 1955:
Eisenhower administration bans racial segregation of interstate bus travel.
MARCH 12, 1956:
Ninety-seven Democrats in Congress condemn Supreme Court’s decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, and pledge to continue segregation.
JUNE 5, 1956:
Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down “blacks in the back of the bus” law.
OCTOBER 19, 1956:
On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: “American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school – public or private – with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America.”
NOVEMBER 6, 1956:
African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President.
SEPTEMBER 9, 1957:
President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1957:
Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools.
JUNE 23, 1958:
President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King and other African-American leaders to discuss plans to advance civil rights.
FEBRUARY 4, 1959:
President Eisenhower informs Republican leaders of his plan to introduce 1960 Civil Rights Act, despite staunch opposition from many Democrats.
~1960's~
MAY 6, 1960:
President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’ Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats.
JULY 27, 1960:
At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform.
MAY 2, 1963:
Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American schoolchildren marching for their civil rights.
JUNE 1, 1963:
Democrat Governor George Wallace announces defiance of court order issued by Republican federal judge Frank Johnson to integrate University of Alabama.
SEPTEMBER 29, 1963:
Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School.
JUNE 9, 1964:
Republicans condemn 14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV).
JUNE 10, 1964:
Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality.
NOTE:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators, several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr.; Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett Dirkson, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.
JUNE 20, 1964:
The Chicago Defender, renowned African-American newspaper, praises Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) for leading passage of 1964 Civil Rights Act.
MARCH 7, 1965:
Police under the command of Democrat Governor George Wallace attack African-Americans demonstrating for voting rights in Selma, Alabama.
MARCH 21, 1965:
Republican federal judge Frank Johnson authorizes Martin Luther King’s protest march from Selma to Montgomery, overruling Democrat Governor George Wallace.
AUGUST 4, 1965:
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcomes Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting Rights Act; 94% of Senate Republicans vote for landmark civil right legislation, while 27% of Democrats oppose.
AUGUST 6, 1965:
Voting Rights Act of 1965, abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent African-Americans from voting, signed into law; higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats vote in favor.
~1970's~
JULY 8, 1970:
In special message to Congress, President Richard Nixon calls for reversal of policy of forced termination of Native American rights and benefits.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1971:
Former Ku Klux Klan member and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black (D-AL) retires from U.S. Supreme Court; appointed by F.D.R. in 1937, he had defended Klansmen for racial murders.
FEBRUARY 19, 1976:
President Gerald Ford formally rescinds President Franklin Roosevelt’s notorious Executive Order authorizing internment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII.
~1980's~
SEPTEMBER 15, 1981:
President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs.
JUNE 29, 1982:
President Ronald Reagan signs 25-year extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act.
AUGUST 10, 1988:
President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by F.D.R.
~1990's~
NOVEMBER 21, 1991:
President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation.
AUGUST 20, 1996:
Bill authored by U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY) to prohibit racial discrimination in adoptions, part of Republican's Contract With America, becomes law.
APRIL 26, 1999:
Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) awarding Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is transmitted to President.
~2000's~
JANUARY 25, 2001:
U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee declares school choice to be “Educational Emancipation.”
MARCH 19, 2003:
Republican U.S. Representatives of Hispanic and Portuguese descent form Congressional Hispanic Conference.
MAY 23, 2003:
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduces bill to establish National Museum of African-American History and Culture.
FEBRUARY 26, 2004:
Hispanic Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-TX) condemns racist comments by U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL); she had called Asst. Secretary of State Roger Noriega and several Hispanic Congressmen “a bunch of white men...you all look alike to me.”