MR FINKELMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO, IN YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS OPINION, MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN A "THOROUGH GOING RACIST" OR, FOR THAT MATTER, JUST A PLAIN, LONG, OLD, REGULAR RACIST, IN THE 18TH CENTURY WESTERN WORLD. DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IF YOU HAD BEEN ALIVE IN THE 18TH CENTURY, WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF THE HINDSIGHT OF A 21ST CENTURY PERSON, YOU JUST MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN A TYPICAL, AVERAGE, NORMAL WHITE MAN WHO PRESUMED, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE (EXCEPT THE MAN OF COLOR), THAT THE WHITE RACE WAS THE SUPERIOR RACE? GIVE ME A BREAK: EVERYONE WAS A THOROUGH GOING RACIST BACK THEN. EVERYONE! DEANE MILLS 13TH GENERATION (PROVEN) VIRGINIAN > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 3:24 PM Re: "common-sense Jeffersonian conservative principles" he was a thorough going > > racist, who believed that blacks were mentally inferior to whites, and > > he wanted to remove all Indians to someplace else (like where I live); > > he invented the Indian removal. > > > > Unlike modern conservaitves, he believed in balanced budgets and worked > > at them; he was a free trader, except when it came to the Embargo > > against Haiti and then Europe. > > > > Unlike moderns conservatives, he believed in a small military and > > avoided military adventurism whenever possible. > > > > And, unlike modern Consrvatives and Republicnas, he did, to his great > > credit, believe in religious freedom and a strict separation of Church > > and State. > > > > Finally, of course, he believed in racial subordination and slavery. I > > will refrain from commenting on whether that fits with the > > administration or Sen. Allen > > > > Paul Finkelman > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html