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The insertion of a comment on the Treaty of Ghent (End of the War of 1812) is not correct. The Treaty does not agree to end slavery.
Article 1 allows for return of all possessions taken from either party, including "slaves or other private property". The treaty does refer to the slave trade (not slavery itself). Article 10 states "Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcileable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both his Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object."
Use of italics on this page is really strange. Could anyone explain this? Juan Ponderas 03:41, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
The manipulation of the U. S. Constitution by the production of Gag rules injured the image of the U. S. Constitution in the eyes of the citizens of the United States. Afterwards, the slave States concluded that they could ignore the U. S. Constitution and secede from the Union.
Contributors to this article should keep it in mind that there were various gag rules. THE should be "THOSE" gag rules.
At one time, this article named and scantily explained the different gag rules. Some person has destroyed the content, for some reason. 71.253.55.81 07:05, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Gag Rule is an article which has been changed so many times that it is now only a grotesque shell of what it had been a year ago. It has been given a new slant. It pretends that southerners forced slavery on northerners. It bypasses the real facts, which are that pro-slavery Democrats held top governmental offices in northern States such as New York, New Hampshire, and Maine. President Martin van Buren was a pro-slavery Democrat from New York.
Pro-slavery Democrats were created about seven years after the Treaty of Ghent was ratified by Congress in 1815. The Treaty of Ghent included an agreement that both nations would take steps to end slavery. England gradually ended slavery throughout the British Empire by the end of 1835. The United States enacted a series of Acts of Congress (known as "gag rules") which ignored the provision in the Treaty of Ghent that required a cessation of slavery. In effect, the Americans employed their "gag rules" to revise the Treaty of Ghent and thereby to keep slavery in their nation.
Revisionists are busily changing many of the articles in Wikipedia. Basically, revisionists are removing important materials and inserting vacuous materials into articles. Important materials removed from the Gag Rule article were these:
It is possible that the title of the page was changed from Gag rule to Gag Rule in order to obliterate the original page. Over the span of a year, revisionists have removed the important information from the page, thereby creating a worthless page. 71.240.42.72 11:33, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
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help)Between 1815 and 1865, more than 200 Democrats served as State Governors in the United States. The State Governors who were Democrats are placed closest to the left edge of the page. A # sign indicates each Democrat. The political party of each Governor who was not a Democrat follows his name.
Governors Porter, Shunk, Bigler, Pollock and Packer were in a political party called "Democratic" (in Pennsylvania).
This list of State Governors provides information that conveys the general attitude that voters in the United States held towards slavery. Democrats promoted slavery. Men in the Whig Party were the primary group that opposed Democrats.
Gag Rule is an article which has been shredded into nothingness. Now, it has no value. Reading it is a waste of time. Wikipedia takes the approach that each apple on a tree is more important than the tree itself. Wikipedia ought to recognize that some of the apples on a tree may contain worms. Superslum 00:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
The article seems to meet Wikification standards, so I am removing the tag. - Conrad Devonshire 22:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Can someone update the rule XX1 link? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.61.17.79 ( talk) 20:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
The Gag Rule debates were a significant part of the events leading up to the American Civi War. It deserves its own article, especially since the material in this article unrelated to it (which makes up the entire article lead) contains little of interest or significance in its current form and there appears to be no interest in expanding it. Absent some objections, I intend in the near future to create a new article titled something like "Gag Rule Debates in the United States Congress." Tom (North Shoreman) ( talk) 21:28, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
@ Deisenbe: The current article name isn't precise since there are other gag rules in the United States, such as the Mexico City policy. This article is now specifically about the gag rule on slavery, and the article name should reflect that. Do you have a better suggestion? Antony–22 ( talk⁄ contribs) 06:49, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
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The insertion of a comment on the Treaty of Ghent (End of the War of 1812) is not correct. The Treaty does not agree to end slavery.
Article 1 allows for return of all possessions taken from either party, including "slaves or other private property". The treaty does refer to the slave trade (not slavery itself). Article 10 states "Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcileable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both his Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object."
Use of italics on this page is really strange. Could anyone explain this? Juan Ponderas 03:41, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
The manipulation of the U. S. Constitution by the production of Gag rules injured the image of the U. S. Constitution in the eyes of the citizens of the United States. Afterwards, the slave States concluded that they could ignore the U. S. Constitution and secede from the Union.
Contributors to this article should keep it in mind that there were various gag rules. THE should be "THOSE" gag rules.
At one time, this article named and scantily explained the different gag rules. Some person has destroyed the content, for some reason. 71.253.55.81 07:05, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Gag Rule is an article which has been changed so many times that it is now only a grotesque shell of what it had been a year ago. It has been given a new slant. It pretends that southerners forced slavery on northerners. It bypasses the real facts, which are that pro-slavery Democrats held top governmental offices in northern States such as New York, New Hampshire, and Maine. President Martin van Buren was a pro-slavery Democrat from New York.
Pro-slavery Democrats were created about seven years after the Treaty of Ghent was ratified by Congress in 1815. The Treaty of Ghent included an agreement that both nations would take steps to end slavery. England gradually ended slavery throughout the British Empire by the end of 1835. The United States enacted a series of Acts of Congress (known as "gag rules") which ignored the provision in the Treaty of Ghent that required a cessation of slavery. In effect, the Americans employed their "gag rules" to revise the Treaty of Ghent and thereby to keep slavery in their nation.
Revisionists are busily changing many of the articles in Wikipedia. Basically, revisionists are removing important materials and inserting vacuous materials into articles. Important materials removed from the Gag Rule article were these:
It is possible that the title of the page was changed from Gag rule to Gag Rule in order to obliterate the original page. Over the span of a year, revisionists have removed the important information from the page, thereby creating a worthless page. 71.240.42.72 11:33, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
{{
cite encyclopedia}}
: Missing or empty |title=
(
help)Between 1815 and 1865, more than 200 Democrats served as State Governors in the United States. The State Governors who were Democrats are placed closest to the left edge of the page. A # sign indicates each Democrat. The political party of each Governor who was not a Democrat follows his name.
Governors Porter, Shunk, Bigler, Pollock and Packer were in a political party called "Democratic" (in Pennsylvania).
This list of State Governors provides information that conveys the general attitude that voters in the United States held towards slavery. Democrats promoted slavery. Men in the Whig Party were the primary group that opposed Democrats.
Gag Rule is an article which has been shredded into nothingness. Now, it has no value. Reading it is a waste of time. Wikipedia takes the approach that each apple on a tree is more important than the tree itself. Wikipedia ought to recognize that some of the apples on a tree may contain worms. Superslum 00:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
The article seems to meet Wikification standards, so I am removing the tag. - Conrad Devonshire 22:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Can someone update the rule XX1 link? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.61.17.79 ( talk) 20:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
The Gag Rule debates were a significant part of the events leading up to the American Civi War. It deserves its own article, especially since the material in this article unrelated to it (which makes up the entire article lead) contains little of interest or significance in its current form and there appears to be no interest in expanding it. Absent some objections, I intend in the near future to create a new article titled something like "Gag Rule Debates in the United States Congress." Tom (North Shoreman) ( talk) 21:28, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
@ Deisenbe: The current article name isn't precise since there are other gag rules in the United States, such as the Mexico City policy. This article is now specifically about the gag rule on slavery, and the article name should reflect that. Do you have a better suggestion? Antony–22 ( talk⁄ contribs) 06:49, 18 November 2021 (UTC)