Lincoln Part 1

I chose the following quote from Lincoln:

"How differently the respective courses of the Democratic and Republican parties incidentally bear on the question of forming a will- a public sentiment- for colonization, is easy to see. The Republican inculcate, with whatever ability they can, that the negro is a man; that his bondage is cruelly wrong, and that the field of his oppression ought not to be enlarged. The Democrats deny his manhood; deny, or dwarf to insignificance, the wrong of his bondage: so far as possible, crush all sympathy for him, and cultivate and excite hatred and disgust against him; compliment themselves as Union- savers for doing so; and call the indefinite outspreading of his bond age "a sacred right of self- government."...

This quote called my attention a lot because it shows how Lincoln saw the ideals of the Republican and Democratic parties. It also expresses what each party was trying to achieve in terms of sentiments towards negroes. Lincoln does not seem to agree with any of these parties, but shows the way they see and think about negroes. He talks about negroes being seen by Republicans as men and by Democrats as less than men kind. I think the main point of portraying the different views is to move people from one side to another.Â

In the African American Odyssey, Civil War section I found two interesting sections "Contraband of War" African American Fugitives to Union Lines and "Contrabands" at the Nation's Capitol. In the first section "Contraband of War" African American Fugitives to Union Lines, African American slaves caught fleeing from their masters were returned to their masters by the Union Army. On the other hand some otheres were allowed to work for the Army without being returned. In the second section, Union Lines and "Contrabands" this section is ery related to the first. African Americans who flew away and remained close to the Union troops. As is said in the description they proved themselves as very useful and later on were able to enroll as part of the troop.

Lincoln Part 1

I chose the following quote from Lincoln:

"How differently the respective courses of the Democratic and Republican parties incidentally bear on the question of forming a will- a public sentiment- for colonization, is easy to see. The Republican inculcate, with whatever ability they can, that the negro is a man; that his bondage is cruelly wrong, and that the field of his oppression ought not to be enlarged. The Democrats deny his manhood; deny, or dwarf to insignificance, the wrong of his bondage: so far as possible, crush all sympathy for him, and cultivate and excite hatred and disgust against him; compliment themselves as Union- savers for doing so; and call the indefinite outspreading of his bond age "a sacred right of self- government."...

This quote called my attention a lot because it shows how Lincoln saw the ideals of the Republican and Democratic parties. It also expresses what each party was trying to achieve in terms of sentiments towards negroes. Lincoln does not seem to agree with any of these parties, but shows the way they see and think about negroes. He talks about negroes being seen by Republicans as men and by Democrats as less than men kind. I think the main point of portraying the different views is to move people from one side to another.

In the African American Odyssey, Civil War section I found two interesting sections "Contraband of War" African American Fugitives to Union Lines and "Contrabands" at the Nation's Capitol. In the first section "Contraband of War" African American Fugitives to Union Lines, African American slaves caught fleeing from their masters were returned to their masters by the Union Army. On the other hand some otheres were allowed to work for the Army without being returned. In the second section, Union Lines and "Contrabands" this section is ery related to the first. African Americans who flew away and remained close to the Union troops. As is said in the description they proved themselves as very useful and later on were able to enroll as part of the troop.Â

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Rights

This week I found a very interesting reading from Frederick Douglas. It caugh my attention from beggining to end. It says "All men desire liberty. They desire to possess this inalienable birthright themselves, if they are not concerned about others being the recipients of its countless blessings. They instictively shrink from the idea of having their intellectual, their Moral, and their Physical organism, subjugated to the entire control of Tyranny, clothed in the vesture of assumed superiority. This love of their own identity is inseparably connected with their desire and hope of immorality. And even those who attack the citadel of man's personality, and seek to reduce him to a thing, are jealous of any invasion of their own Rights, and will resist to the death any encroachment upon the sacred domain of their own personal liberty. They are Abolitionists, as they seek to abolish the system of Oppression which has them for victims, even though they trample their own principles in the dust, when the Rights of other are invaded. This is neither just nor generous." (P. 239)

This quote which is very long caugh my attention from beggining to end. First, it says a reality "All men desire liberty". We all want to be free, even at this time when we are seem to be free there is always something that we want to be freed of. Although the freedom that Douglas was referring to another type of freedom he also refers to the freedom of the mind and the body from whatever makes it a slave. Second, this quote has multiple words which are marked with a beggining capital letter which I am not sure if is part of the grammatical use or a choice of the writer. Moral, Rights, Physical, Abolitionists, Oppression, Tyranny all show the main idea of what this quote is about. Moral, because the actions of the slave holders were not considered right. Rights, because is what Douglas was fighting for. Tyranny, because slaves suffer under the tyranny of the slaveholders. Abolitionist, because they were looking for a change. If these capitalized words were use with a purpose I guess still hundreds of years after we read them and find some kind of meaning. The main reason why I chose this passage is because it made me think about how much still this days we fight for some kind of freedom.

For Susan B Anthony I chose the following quote, "Yes, your honor, but by forms of law all madr by men, interpreted by men, in favor of men, and against women; and hence, your honor's ordered veredict of guilty, against a United States citizen for the exercise of "that citizen's right to vote," simply because that citizen was a woman and not a man." In this quote Susan B Anthony shows how brave she was. Also, she shows her determination to make of herself an example. She was clearly trying to show evidence of how being a women can get you in troubles that men do not get. I would have chosen any quote from her simply because I admire her work, but I chose this because of my own unability to vote. I am a legal resident. In fact I have been for the last six and a half years. For this mayoral elections I wished from the bottom of my heart that I could vote. I feel that after five years paying taxes in NY city without receiving anything from the government I was entitled to do so. Unfortunately, voting is just for citizens. If you do not have the amount of money to do your citizenship paperwork and you do not qualify for a waiver than you cannot vote. I felt like my right was taken away from being poor. After a certain number of years in a State we should be at least be able to vote for a major.

Civil Disobedience

      If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth––certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank,  exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say break the law. Let you life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn (p. 226).

     I chose this passage since it makes more clear the idea of civil disobedience which we are looking at this week. First, Thoreau refers to injustice and looks at it from two points of view. The one that sees injustice as a necessary evil and the one who would stand against it. Thoreau is very specific saying that if a person is to create injustice for others it should not allow itself to do the wrong thing.

      "The Conflict Between Christianity and Slavery" and "Christian  Against Slavery" would be the most appealing to this week's assignment. It talks about how Christians should oppose slavery because humans have been given rights that go beyond the human law. By having slaves Christians would be taking away those rights that the divinity gave in the first place. This has a lot to do with Thoreau's passage in which he says that if you are to create injustice for others you should not allow yourself to take certain actions.

      If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth––certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank,  exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say break the law. Let you life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn (p. 226).

     I chose this passage since it makes more clear the idea of civil disobedience which we are looking at this week. First, Thoreau refers to injustice and looks at it from two points of view. The one that sees injustice as a necessary evil and the one who would stand against it. Thoreau is very specific saying that if a person is to create injustice for others it should not allow itself to do the wrong thing.

      "The Conflict Between Christianity and Slavery" and "Christian  Against Slavery" would be the most appealing to this week's assignment. It talks about how Christians should oppose slavery because humans have been given rights that go beyond the human law. By having slaves Christians would be taking away those rights that the divinity gave in the first place. This has a lot to do with Thoreau's passage in which he says that if you are to create injustice for others you should not allow yourself to take certain actions.

Civil Disobedience

      If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth––certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank,  exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say break the law. Let you life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn (p. 226).

     I chose this passage since it makes more clear the idea of civil disobedience which we are looking at this week. First, Thoreau refers to injustice and looks at it from two points of view. The one that sees injustice as a necessary evil and the one who would stand against it. Thoreau is very specific saying that if a person is to create injustice for others it should not allow itself to do the wrong thing.

      "The Conflict Between Christianity and Slavery" and "Christian  Against Slavery" would be the most appealing to this week's assignment. It talks about how Christians should oppose slavery because humans have been given rights that go beyond the human law. By having slaves Christians would be taking away those rights that the divinity gave in the first place. This has a lot to do with Thoreau's passage in which he says that if you are to create injustice for others you should not allow yourself to take certain actions.

Civil Disobedience

      If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth––certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank,  exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say break the law. Let you life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn (p. 226).

     I chose this passage since it makes more clear the idea of civil disobedience which we are looking at this week. First, Thoreau refers to injustice and looks at it from two points of view. The one that sees injustice as a necessary evil and the one who would stand against it. Thoreau is very specific saying that if a person is to create injustice for others it should not allow itself to do the wrong thing.

      "The Conflict Between Christianity and Slavery" and "Christian  Against Slavery" would be the most appealing to this week's assignment. It talks about how Christians should oppose slavery because humans have been given rights that go beyond the human law. By having slaves Christians would be taking away those rights that the divinity gave in the first place. This has a lot to do with Thoreau's passage in which he says that if you are to create injustice for others you should not allow yourself to take certain actions.

Civil Disobedience

      If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth––certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank,  exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say break the law. Let you life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn (p. 226).

     I chose this passage since it makes more clear the idea of civil disobedience which we are looking at this week. First, Thoreau refers to injustice and looks at it from two points of view. The one that sees injustice as a necessary evil and the one who would stand against it. Thoreau is very specific saying that if a person is to create injustice for others it should not allow itself to do the wrong thing.

      "The Conflict Between Christianity and Slavery" and "Christian  Against Slavery" would be the most appealing to this week's assignment. It talks about how Christians should oppose slavery because humans have been given rights that go beyond the human law. By having slaves Christians would be taking away those rights that the divinity gave in the first place. This has a lot to do with Thoreau's passage in which he says that if you are to create injustice for others you should not allow yourself to take certain actions.

Civil Disobedience

      If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth––certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank,  exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say break the law. Let you life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn (p. 226).

     I chose this passage since it makes more clear the idea of civil disobedience which we are looking at this week. First, Thoreau refers to injustice and looks at it from two points of view. The one that sees injustice as a necessary evil and the one who would stand against it. Thoreau is very specific saying that if a person is to create injustice for others it should not allow itself to do the wrong thing.

      "The Conflict Between Christianity and Slavery" and "Christian  Against Slavery" would be the most appealing to this week's assignment. It talks about how Christians should oppose slavery because humans have been given rights that go beyond the human law. By having slaves Christians would be taking away those rights that the divinity gave in the first place. This has a lot to do with Thoreau's passage in which he says that if you are to create injustice for others you should not allow yourself to take certain actions.

Civil Disobedience

      If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth––certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank,  exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say break the law. Let you life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn (p. 226).

     I chose this passage since it makes more clear the idea of civil disobedience which we are looking at this week. First, Thoreau refers to injustice and looks at it from two points of view. The one that sees injustice as a necessary evil and the one who would stand against it. Thoreau is very specific saying that if a person is to create injustice for others it should not allow itself to do the wrong thing.

      "The Conflict Between Christianity and Slavery" and "Christian  Against Slavery" would be the most appealing to this week's assignment. It talks about how Christians should oppose slavery because humans have been given rights that go beyond the human law. By having slaves Christians would be taking away those rights that the divinity gave in the first place. This has a lot to do with Thoreau's passage in which he says that if you are to create injustice for others you should not allow yourself to take certain actions.