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A Weekly Column By Walter B. Hoye II

Conflict Of

Interest

In the abortion debate, is there a "Conflict of Interest"within the Black community and among her leaders?

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"It's Not About Slavery" (19th Century)

"This war must go on till the last of this generation

falls in his tracks, and his children seize his musket and

fight our battle, unless you acknowledge our right to self-

government. We are not fighting for slavery; we are

fighting for independence, and that or extermination we

will have." Jefferson Finis "Jeff" Davis President ofthe Confederate States of America 1

Did Black American Slaves Fight For The Confederacy?

"The free colored population love their home, their property, their own slaves and recognize no other country than Louisiana, and

are ready to shed their blood for her defense. They have no sympathy for Abolitionism; no love for the North, but they have plenty

for Louisiana. They will fight for her in 1861 as they fought in 1814-15." A letter written to the New Orleans' Daily Delta

(December 1860) referencing Black American participation in the Louisiana Campaign of December 13th, 1814 2,3

Yes, Black American Slaves served as Confederate soldiers! Here's the story.

In January of 1864, with the defeat of the South all but

certain and since the Confederacy was "not fighting for

slavery," Confederate Major General Patrick R.

Cleburne, proposed using Slaves as confederate soldiers.

In return for their loyal service to the noble ideals of the

Confederacy, the Slaves would be offered their freedom if

they fought and survived. 4This proposal was met with

abject abhorrence and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of

America quickly rejected it and wrote clearly that he thought it was:
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" injurious of the public service that such subject should

be mooted or even known to entertain by persons

possessed of confidence and respect of the people. If it be

kept out of the public journal its ill effect will be much

lessened." 5

However, the Confederate Army suffered massive defeats in the spring and

summer of 1864 and with her manpower and morale depleted by the winter of 1864-

1865, President Davis was forced to change his mind. William Smith, Governor of

Virginia, said:

"With two hundred thousand Negro soldiers already in the

Union Army, can we hesitate, can we doubt, when the

question is, whether the enemy shall use our Slaves

against us or we use them against him; when the

question may be between liberty and independence on one

hand or our own subjugation and utter ruin on the other." 6

Apparently Governor Smith did not like the idea of his faith-filled and freedom

loving Antebellum South lacking liberty, independence or being subject to

subjugation. Still, the debate over using Black American Slaves as soldiers in the

Confederate Army raged on in the Confederate Congress in 1865.

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, the very powerful

Confederate Senator from Virginia and caustic critic of

Confederate President Jefferson Davis feared, such

legislation would trigger Slaves running away in mass to

join the Union Army said: "Negroes now are deterred

from going to the enemy only by the fear of being put in the army. If

we put them in they will all go over." 7

At the heart of this debate was the issue of freeing the Slaves to fight for the

Confederacy. Henry Cousins Chambers, who killed his opponent for

Confederate Congress, William Augustus Lake, in a duel in 1861, represented

Mississippi in the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate

Congress from 1862 to 1865.

It was the Honorable Mr. Chambers from Mississippi

who said he was ashamed to debate the question. Since

the Confederacy was "not fighting for slavery," Mr.

Chambers expressed his heart felt sentiments this way: "All nature


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cries out against it. The Negro was ordained to slavery by the

Almighty. Emancipation would be the destruction of our social and

political system. God forbid that this Trojan horse should be

introduced among us." 8

Many viewed this proposal as a measure that would

threatened the very foundations of the Confederacy.

However, in the end, a compromise was reached and onMarch 13th, 1864 Confederate President Jefferson

Davis, who made it clear that the Confederacy was "not

fighting for slavery," signed a narrowly passed bill that

did not include a provision to emancipate those

Slaves who left the plantations to fight for the

Confederate Army. 9 Facing their own "subjugation,"

"utter ruin" and the "destruction of [their] social and political system," should the

South lose the war, the Confederate Congress chose to leave the freedom of the

Slaves up to the individual states and General Order No. 14 (click here or on

image to the left to enlarge and read) was officially issued setting a fixed numberof300,000 Slaves for the Confederate States Colored Troops. 10

"It's Not About Abortion" (21st Century)

"This all deals with women's health. Everything has

been resolved. Everything. It's an ideological battle. It has

nothing to do with fiscal integrity in this

country." Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid

(Democrat, Nevada), the morning of the Friday, April 8th,2012 deadline for the federal government's fiscal year 2012 budget 11

Did The Federal Government Almost Shut Down Over Abortion?

"A woman's ability to decide how many children to have and when, without interference from the government, is one of the most

fundamental rights we possess. It is not just an issue of choice, but equality and opportunity for all women ." Barack

Hussein Obama II, as a United States Senator12

On Thursday, April 7th, 2011 the nation was

facing the possibility of the federal government

shutting down if President Barack HusseinObama II, the Democrat-Controlled Senate and

the Republican-Controlled House in Congress

cannot agree with a final 2011 budget by Friday,

April 8th, 2011. 13 With the federal government

twenty-four (24) hours away from shut down, Republican-Controlled House

passed their third (3rd) Continuing Resolution (CR) to carry the federal

government for at least one (1) more week. 14 However, the President Barack

Hussein Obama II and the Democrat-Controlled Senate have rejected the latest
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Republican-Controlled House proposed CR because it contains a policy rider in it

that would cut abortion funding. According to a CNN report dated, on Friday,

April 8th, 2011 at 10:54 A.M. (EST), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

(Democrat, Nevada), admitted that "the abortion

issue is the lone remaining stumbling block for

negotiators trying to reach a budget deal that

would stop the federal government from being

shutdown." 15 In the end government shutdown

was averted. When the Republicans agreed todrop their demand to defund Planned

Parenthood and the Democrats agreed to much

larger budget cuts, on Friday, April 8th, 2011,

just before 11:00 P.M. (EST) House Speaker John Andrew Beohner

(Republican, Ohio) announced a deal was done just before the midnight

deadline. 16

Like it or not

It's All About Abortion.

Indeed history repeats itself.

Just like it was about slavery in the past, it's about abortion today.

It's been over forty-five (45) years since abortion

was legalized in America. 17 Since 1967 over fifty-

five (55) million lives have been lost to abortion on

demand. 18 That's over fifty (50) million more lives

than the documented number of United States

military dead, wounded and missing since 1775

(2,527,494) 19 or almost one percent (1%) of the

world's population to date. 20 In the past forty-five

(45) years abortion has taken over fifty-five (55)

million American lives, more than twenty-two (22)

times the totality of lives loss in ALL the wars America has ever fought in one-fifth

(1/5th) of the time. Both the Democrats and Republicans seem to be blind to thesocial, economic and spiritual impact of fifty-five (55) million unborn Americans

missing in action. Fifty-five (55) million lives is 30 percent (30%) of the entire

generation under forty-five (45) or seventy-two percent (72%) of all the babies born

during the Baby Boom from 1945 to 1963. 21 Apparently, the Democrats would

rather shut down the entire federal government before defunding the largest

abortion provider in the country with tax-payer dollars. Apparently, the

Republicans would rather fund the largest abortion provider in the country with tax-

payer dollars before shutting down the entire federal government. Either way, the


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20. United States Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov).

21. Dennis M. Howard, The Movement for a Better America, Inc., "America's Silent Killer: 55.3 Million Lives Lost!"

(http://bit.ly/IprTXN).

22. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Bible.cc provides a parallel, verse by verse view of 8 translations (http://bit.ly/I659tF).

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