Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I highlight Republican resolve to Reconstruct the former Confederate states into free societies. September 6th 1865, Representative Thaddeus Stevens delivered a classic address to his Pennsylvania constituents: "It becomes necessary to establish governments therein which shall be republican in form and principles and form a “more perfect Union” with the parent government. It is desirable that such a course should be pursued as to exclude from those governments every vestige of human bondage, and render the same forever impossible in this nation; and to take care that no principles of self-destruction shall be incorporated therein." "The whole fabric of Southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic. Heretofore, it ha...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I highlight a savvy observation about  Back to Basics for the Republican Party . September 6th 2016, Alicia Colon published Finally! Trump takes the party back to basics : "It has been the modus operandi of the liberal press to ignore the racial history of the Democrat Party while demonizing Republicans." "Can [Donald Trump] be trusted? Is he sincere? All I know is that he is doing exactly what I suggested. He is reaching out directly to those thirsting and pining for the America that once was the beacon of hope to the world. Those who know him know that he has made things happen that skeptics swore he couldn't." "He is not a racist and has provided high paying jobs in his businesses to thousands of minorities that have transformed and improved their lives. He has also surrounded himself with excellent conservat...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I salute,John Burns, born September 5th 1793. He served in the army during the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. During the Civil War, this patriot was a volunteer teamster with Union troops before being sent home to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for being too old. First day of the great battle, Burns volunteered to fight the Confederates. Dressed in a blue coat, he took his place with the state’s 150th Infantry Regiment. He survived three wounds. His courage made him a national hero. President Lincoln, arriving to deliver the Gettysburg Address, thanked Burns for his service. They walked arm in arm to attend a Republican Party meeting. There is a statue of John Burns at the Gettysburg National Military Park. The GOP-controlled 38th Congress awarded him a pension. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To ...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I commemorate Washington's baseball team visiting the President. September 1st 1924, Calvin Coolidge "shook hands with all of the players and told them that he was mighty proud of the showing the Nationals have made to date and was confident they would keep up their good work and return to the capital in October for the World Series." And they did. Coolidge spoke at a parade in their honor: "As the head of an enterprise which transacts some business and maintains a considerable staff in this town, I have a double satisfaction in welcoming home the victorious Washington baseball team. First, you bring the laurels from one of the hardest-fought contests in all the history of the national game. Second, I feel hopeful that with this happy result now assured it will be possible for the people of Washington gradually to resume interest in the ordinary...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I denounce Democrat devilry. September 4th 1875, Slavery Party thugs in Clinton, Mississippi attacked a barbecue attended by more than a thousand Republicans. Murdered were five Blacks, including two children, and four Whites. Over the following days, Democrats hunted down and slaughtered another fifty Blacks. Some of the victims were tortured. Back to Basics for the Republican Party   explains that Democrats used the Ku Klux Klan and other terrorists groups to eradicate the GOP in southern states after the Civil War. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is  my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a YouTube Video about this article. Here is an Instagra...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I salute Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh, born near Rochester, September 4th 1821. This eloquent attorney served one state house term as a Whig and two as a Republican.  In 1860, Van Valkenburg won election to the U.S. House of Representatives. He voted for the Thirteenth Amendment and the Freedmen’s Bureau. While in Congress, he organized various regiments and commanded an infantry regiment at Battle of Antietam. After two terms, Van Valkenburgh served as Ambassador to Japan. Returning home, settled at Jacksonville for the climate and planted citrus orchards. In 1874, a Republican governor named him to the Florida Supreme Court. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of t...