I-14 yeNdlu yamaRiphabhlikhi yaVota ngokuchasene neholide yeshumi elinethoba kunye nezizathu zazo zazingumdaka

Umtshato wobomi obumnyama umxhasi umxhasi ophethe ufundo lokucula

Umthetho osayilwayo weshumi elinesihlanu uqinisekile ukuba uhambe ngokukhawuleza.

Ukulandela ukuvota okungavunyelwangayo kweLwesibini kwi-Senate, umthetho oyilwayo wokuseka iholide yomanyano epasiswe kwiNdlu ngoLwesithathu kwaye yasayinwa yangumthetho nguMongameli uJoe Biden ngoLwesine. Isebenza ngokukhawuleza, oko kuthetha ukuba uninzi lwabasebenzi baseburhulumenteni bafumana nje usuku olothusayo ngalo Lwesihlanu. (Amashishini abucala akagunyaziswanga ukuba anike abasebenzi iiholide zomdibaniso.)

Ngelixa umthetho oyilwayo upasile, iRiphabhlikhi yeNdlu elishumi elinesine yavota ngokuchasene nayo kwaye izizathu abazinikileyo zokwenza oko ziyinkunkuma.

Njengesikhumbuzo, umhla weshumi elinesihlanu, okanye uSuku lweNkululeko, iphawula umhla wokugqibela abantu abagqilazwe eTexas bakhululwa. ULincoln wayekhuphe isimemezelo se-Emancipation phantse iminyaka emithathu ngaphambili, ukuphelisa ubukhoboka e-Confederate, kodwa ukunyanzeliswa kwesibhengezo kwakukuhle kakhulu kwimikhosi yamaManyano. Kwakungekho ngoJuni 19, 1865 ukuba i-oda ngokubanzi yabhengeza ukuphela kobukhoboka eTexas.

Inxalenye ebalulekileyo kwimbali yelizwe kwaye iholide yomanyano inokuhamba indlela ende ekuqinisekiseni ukuba bonke abantu baseMelika bayayazi. Zininzi izigxeko ezifanelekileyo zokuhamba, kodwa akukho nasinye sezizathu sokuba iRiphabhlikhi zili-14 ziye zawela kolo luhlu.

Abanye abantu baseRiphabhlikhi baphikise nje igama-okanye ubuncinci, eso yayisisizathu abasinikelayo. Igama elisemthethweni leholide nguSuku lweShumi elinesihlanu kuZwelonke lweNkululeko, abathi abanye abenzi bomthetho bayadida okanye bayaphikisana noJulayi 4's Independence Day kwaye bazakunyanzela amaMelika ukuba akhethe enye yezo ntsuku zibe lusuku lwabo lokuzimela ngokusekwe kubuhlanga babo, njengoThomas Massie waseKentucky. .

U-Chip Roy wase-Texas uthe igama lahlula isizwe ngokungeyomfuneko endaweni yokuba lisidibanise ngokwenza uSuku lwe-Independence olwahlukileyo olusekwe kumbala wolusu lomntu.

Le yingxoxo eyothusayo kuba kubonakala ngathi kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuba uninzi lwabantu luya kubhekisa kule holide njengeShumi elinesihlanu, kanye njengoSuku lwe-Independence luqhele ukubizwa ngokuba yi-4 kaJulayi. Ngaba aba bantu baseRiphabhlikhi ngenene bacinga ukuba abahlali babo abanangqondo ngokwaneleyo ukuba bangaphatha iiholide ezimbini ngegama lokuzimela ngamagama abo okanye ngaba babamba nje iindiza zendlela yokuvota hayi ngaphandle kokwenza ukuba babonakale benobuhlanga ngokupheleleyo? (Ndiza kuqikelela ukuba zombini!)

U-Ronny Jackson wase-Texas uthe akacingi ukuba sifuna ezinye iiholide. Sineeholide ezaneleyo zomdibaniso ngoku. Andisiboni nje isizathu sokwenza oko, uxelele USA Namhlanje . Andiqondi ukuba inyukela kwinqanaba endiza kulixhasa.

Isizathu sokongeza ishumi elinesihlanu kuluhlu lweeholide zomdibaniso kukuba yinxalenye enkulu yembali yeli lizwe ekufuneka ikhunjulwe. Andazi ukuba leliphi inqanaba ekufuneka alinyukele kwimbali ngaphambi kokuba akubone kubalulekile.

Kodwa nguMont Rosendale waseMontana owazidlula ngenqaku lakhe elichaza ukuba akakho voti. Ukuba wayenokukwazi ukulifanela ngandlel 'ithile ixesha lokurhoxisa inkcubeko kwirandi yakhe malunga neshumi elineshumi elinanye, ndingathi wenze into eyoyikisayo yebuzzword yebhingo.

Masibize i-ace i-ace, ingxelo evela eRosendale ifunda. Le yinzame yasekhohlo yokwenza usuku kwilaphu liphela ukubhiyozela ubume bezopolitiko njengenxalenye yemizamo yabo emikhulu yokwenza ithiyori yobuhlanga ebalulekileyo kwingcinga yelizwe lethu. Kuba ndiyakholelwa ekuphatheni wonke umntu ngokulinganayo, nokuba ungowaluphi na uhlanga, kwaye kufuneka sijolise kwinto esidibanisayo kunokwahluka kwethu, ndiza kuvota hayi.

URosendale uthi umthetho oyilwayo asingomzamo wokukhumbula inkululeko, ubotshelelwe ngokucacileyo kwi-ajenda enkulu ekhohlo ekunzima ukufaka kuyo imbali yobuhlanga yeli lizwe njengeyona nto iphambili kwibali lethu lesizwe. Abafuni ukuqaqambisa konke okuhle okuthe kwaziswa leli lizwe kwihlabathi-ukubhabha, uMgaqo-siseko wethu, ukoyiswa kobukomanisi kunye nobuNazi, i-intanethi- kodwa endaweni yoko izono zethu zobuhlanga. I-America ilungile kwaye iinzame zokuphosa ilizwe kungenjalo kufuneka zichaswe.

Okokuqala, ndingathanda ukuva iRosendale izama ukuchaza ithiyori yobuhlanga. Ucinga ukuba kuthetha ntoni kanye kanye ukuba kuthetha ntoni?

Aba bantu baseRiphabhlikhi boyika kakhulu ukuba bayavuma ukuba ubuhlanga bukhona kangangokuba bathe tye ukuzama ukuphinda babhale imbali ukucima iziko lobukhoboka. Kwaye abantu ababanga usuku lokukhumbula ukuphela kobukhoboka zezopolitiko kunye nokufaka imbali yobuhlanga yelizwe uninzi lwabantu abafanayo abasalayo ukususa izikhumbuzo ezinikezelwe kumajoni e-Confederate kwiindawo zikawonkewonke kwizizathu ezifanayo zokuhlonipha imbali .

Iholide yomdibaniso ayonelanga ukukhumbula ishumi elinesihlanu. Kukho umsebenzi omninzi ekufuneka wenziwe ukuze kuhlangatyezwane nawo kwaye enze imbuyiselo kwimbali yeli (kwaye ngoku!) Yenkqubo yobuhlanga kwaye akukho bungqina bungcono boku ngaphandle kwento yokuba abanye abantu bacinga ukuba iholide ilula naye kakhulu, ukuya kude kakhulu.

Nantsi yonke iRiphabhlikhi yeNdlu engazange ivote kwibhili yoSuku lweSizwe yeNkululeko.

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