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Lady Liberty: A Symbol of Freedom, Not Open-Door Immigration
The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

— Emma Lazarus, November 2, 1883

Initially, “the Statue of Liberty was a symbol of democratic government and Enlightenment ideals as well as a celebration of the Union’s victory in the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery.” In other words, it had nothing whatsoever to do with immigration. The French abolitionist who first proposed the statue, Edouard de Laboulaye, was an expert on the U.S. Constitution and a political thinker of the day. Although Laboulaye was French, he was an honorary member of the Union League Club of Philadelphia, which was “dedicated to the new Republican Party, the Union’s cause in the Civil War, and the abolition of slavery.” For years, Laboulaye called for abolishing slavery worldwide and later he actively raised money for newly freed slaves in the United States.

In truth, black Americans saw Lady Liberty not as the end of their fight for freedom, but as a beginning. “The fight for equality, liberty, and justice for all at [that] point in time had not been achieved, but rather disregarded after the Statue’s completion and dedication.” It wasn’t until a fundraiser was held to raise funds for a pedestal at the base of the statue and Lazarus’s poem was chosen that the Left began to twist her meaning. The poem distorted Lady Liberty not as a monument to the abolition of slavery and celebration of freedom, but as a symbol allowing for the unlimited and unregulated entrance of any and all migrants from around the world.
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1 comment:

  1. I just felt the need to comment on a movie my wife and I saw last night, "The Sound of Freedom", which is based upon a very true story. It's a tough one to sit through. There was not a single person in the theater that was not moved to tears. Both of us, and several others, as we left commented about "Epstien's Island" and why hasn't anything been done to bring to justice those who have exploited children. I strongly urge all TRW followers to go and see it and to prayerfully consider how to best respond.

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