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Is
GeeDubya a Texan or a Northeasterner?
A
scalawag or a carpetbagger?
The moment I heard George W. Bush had sneakily removed the Confederate plaques from the Texas Supreme Court building back in June, I sent this very sullen e-mail to him via his presidential campaign website:
6/13/00 You have slandered my Confederate ancestors. By having the Confederate plaques removed from the Texas Supreme Court building, you have aided and participated in the evilization campaign directed toward us and our honorable forebears. You've attempted appeasement of people who will not vote for you no matter what you do; and you have alienated many who might have supported you.
It appears you have made the mistake of thinking that the eradication of Confederate heritage is an unimportant issue.
Since Al Gore is even more eager than you are to erase our heritage, I will vote for neither of you. I will write in the name of Jefferson Davis. A good and honorable president who happens to be dead certainly can't do more harm than a living one whose agenda is to destroy our freedom with socialist government control.
So much time went by without a reply, I began to assume I wouldn't get one. GeeDubya was, after all, in the middle of a big grab for big power. And since I'm not a Texas resident, my opinion would be of no import, anyway.
But in early August, I received via snailmail this ludicrous "explanation" from some functionary in the Texas Governor's office, in response to my e-mail.
Dear Mrs. Ward Thank you for your letter about the Confederate plaques in the Texas Supreme Court Building. Governor Bush understands the sensitivity of this issue to many people.
The Governor opposes any attempt to rewrite Texas history. Historical representations of the six governments that have governed Texas are displayed throughout the Capitol complex. These symbols and emblems reflect the history and diversity that make the Lone Star State unique. Three large monuments on the Capitol grounds specifically commemorate Texas' involvement in the Civil War, and they will do so in perpetuity.
In 1955, the Legislature stipulated that the Texas Supreme Court Building be designated as a memorial to Texans who served in the Armed Services of the Confederate States of America and that a suitable cornerstone or plaque should be integrated into the construction of the building for this purpose. The building remains dedicated to Texans who served the Confederacy.
Members of the Governor's staff conferred with members of the Legislature; representatives of organizations who expressed particular interest in this matter; and Justices of the Texas Supreme Court, the building's tenants. They determined that the plaques needed to better explain the building's memorial designation and to remind visitors of the Court's commitment to equal justice for all. The Governor's staff then worked with members of the Court and the General Services Commission (GSC), the agency responsible for maintenance of the building, to develop the new plaques. As with other building projects, GSC completed the work in the evening to avoid disruption, especially from loud drilling, that would occur if done during normal business hours.
Agreement was reached that the replacement plaques would read:
"Because this building was built with monies from the Confederate pension fund, it was, at that time, designated as a memorial to the Texans who served the Confederacy."
"The courts of Texas are entrusted with providing equal justice under the law to all persons regardless of race, creed or color."
Governor Bush supported replacing the plaques, not removing them, and explaining history, not revising it.
Sincerely,
Shirley M. Green
Director of Correspondence
and Constituent ServicesCan y'all believe this? The state of Texas has to put a SIGN on the court building to PROVE that it dispenses equal justice!
I have to tell you, folks, this letter -- this piece of claptrap with its lame "explanations" and obvious contempt for supporters of Confederate history and heritage made me so angry, I returned it to Ms. Green along with the reply below:
| August
7, 2000
Ms.
Shirley M. Green, Director
Dear Ms. Green: I
am returning your letter about the Confederate plaques because it is unacceptable. Perhaps Governor Bush "understands the sensitivity of this issue to many people," as you claim, but he has exhibited little or no sensitivity to hereditary Confederate Southerners in his handling of it. You write, "Three large monuments on the Capitol grounds specifically commemorate Texas' involvement in the Civil War, and they will do so in perpetuity." I
don't believe you. You write, "They determined that the plaques needed to better explain the building's memorial designation and to remind visitors of the Court's commitment to equal justice for all." Why?
Has there been some misunderstanding about the building's memorial designation
since it went up in 1955? If so, why has the state of Texas been
allowing that misconception to exist for almost half a century?
If there has not been such a misunderstanding of the building's memorial
designation, why all of a sudden is there one now? One that necessitates
the removal of the plaques? In the same vein, have visitors to the building been suspicious about the Court's commitment to equal justice for all since 1955? Again, if so, why has the state of Texas done nothing about it until now? If not, why has such a suspicion developed all of a sudden? If the Supreme Court of the state of Texas is guilty of dishing out unequal justice for the last 45 years, how is removing plaques and putting up other ones going to correct that? Ms. Green, does this help you realize how really senseless are the reasons given for removing the plaques? They are so senseless, in fact, I do not believe them for a moment. There is another reason the plaques were removed, and the governor evidently covets the Presidency too much to come out and state it. You write, "The building remains dedicated to Texans who served the Confederacy." The
bastard replacement plaque does NOT say this and actually implies otherwise. You write, "Governor Bush supported replacing the plaques, not removing them, and explaining history, not revising it." Due
to federal meddling, the schools in the states have been dumbing down Americans
for several generations, but we aren't that dumb yet -- not near
dumb
enough to accept a statement as asinine as that. Governor Bush did support the revising of history, but that's the least of it. What he really supported, advanced, and strengthened is an ongoing campaign to evilize our Confederate ancestors in preparation for totally eradicating Confederate heritage from the American landscape, and wiping all memory of the Confederacy from the American consciousness. The
governor should tell you to quit sending out these insulting letters that
are a poor and obviously insincere attempt to appease people he has kicked
in the teeth. The removal of the plaques has cost George W. Bush my vote for President. As George Wallace said 30 years ago, there's not a dime's worth of difference between the Republicans and the Democrats. Even so, I would never, never vote for Al Gore, ever, under any circumstances, and I probably would have voted for Governor Bush. But because of the removal of the plaques, and for that reason alone, I will not. I hope the governor does not plan to continue aiding the campaign to erase Confederate and Southern heritage and culture from the White House. I hope he does not continue making the mistake of thinking that it is a small, trivial issue without political consequences. Every day, more of us grow sick and tired of the assault upon our good, honorable heritage by the political left, aided and abetted by "compassionate conservatives" like Governor Bush. If he is elected President, my aim will be work very hard for four years to make him a one-termer like his father, replaced in 2004 by a real American, if we can find one. Sincerely, Connie
Ward
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