in springfield, illinois, on this is august 1st, 1859, which if you know your history of the british west indies, that's emancipation day, the celebration of the freeing of the slaves in the british empire in the west indies. he's invited to speak at this particular event, and he comes up to the stage. we don't have a record of the speech, but we have the newspaper report of what was going on. and the audience was shocked to see this young kid come up to the stage. he was 21 years old. and the reporter makes a remark on the shock of seeing menard and hearing his speech. he says, "his voice is very strong and his manner impressive. he spoke on american slavery, which he painted in the darkest hues and gave able remarks in defense of liberty and equality. his speech, to our surprise, was truly the best of the day." we don't know if abraham lincoln attended this event, but was probably aware of its going on. it was in springfield, lincoln's home. lincoln was in springfield on that particular day. that is the first possible instance that they may have crossed paths. that's important because menard c

was time to move though the french army was coming north to come here to boston to depart for the west indies. the french were leaving america. there was a grand ceremony at the american encampment, troops passed in review, they reviewed each other's armies and bade farewell. the americans were very much on their own. as was in the midst of this that general washington received an extraordinary letter from colonel nicola, the commander of the regiment of invalids. these were men who through injury and combat or disease or some other infirmity were unable to serve in the line but were perfectly able to do god duty, garrison duty, support duty. colonel nicola, the commander of this regiment, saw firsthand d garrison duty, support duty. colonel nicola, the commander of this regiment, saw firsthand du garrison duty, support duty. colonel nicola, the commander of this regiment, saw firsthanad d garrison duty, support duty. colonel nicola, the commander of this regiment, saw firsthanrd d, garrison duty, support duty. colonel nicola, the commander of this regiment, saw fir every single day the cost

was time to move though the french army was coming north to come here to boston to depart for the west indies. the french were leaving america. there was a grand ceremony at the american encampment, troops passed in review, they reviewed each other's armies and bade farewell. the americans were very much on their own. as was in the midst of this that general washington received an extraordinary letter from colonel nicola, the commander of the regiment of invalids. these were men who through injury and combat or disease or some other infirmity were unable to serve in the line but were perfectly able to do god duty, garrison duty, support duty. colonel nicola, the commander of this regiment, saw firsthand every single day the cost of war in the faces and disabilities of his men. his men had not been paid either. he wrote to general washington, when this war is over, we who have borne the heat and labor of the day will be forgot and neglected. the army will not submit to this grave injustice. from several conversations i have had with officers, i believe it is generally intended not to separate

and this is where menard comes in, the government of the united kingdom through the colonies in the west indies, modern-day belize and the modern-day country of guyana. menard was hired shortly after this particular speech which stirred quite a bit of controversy both in the white and black communities. frederick douglas denounced it. he said that the president had made himself look utterly ridiculous in taking on the approach of an itinerate colonization lecturer. as his solution to slavery. menard saw this as an opportunity. while he did not agree with the notion of separating the races on account of civil rights, on account of civil liberties, and the belief that the united states government should be a white man's government, which was the argument at the time, menard did see this as an opportunity to attain his own end through the immigration movement. and find a location abroad that would accept african-americans as equals. and allow them to participate in the direction of their lives, to own property, to participate in government, to vote, to serve on juries, everything that was denied h

economy and doing big business in the west indies preassure their expense. infosys is india's second largest i.t. company and has been a pioneer of outsourcing using highly skilled indian staff on low wages working for western clients but with recession in the west the boots on the other foot infosys is now one of several top indian firms recruiting in the u.s. with over twelve million jobless many in america are willing to work for less pay the u.s. is also providing tax breaks to indian firms keen to woo those offering much needed jobs there is of course the political pressure because of the high i'm number arm and in the u.s. to drink and its companies to recruit rates again is one of the reasons why we had according there there are incentives for companies to set up operations in the u.s. most states. businesses to come while infosys predicts a quarter of its staff will come from outside india in a decade another tech firm ages already has five thousand american workers and plans to hire ten thousand more in the next three years. they're going to be hard

rain is causing problems in trinidad, too, the second test betweened west indies and australia looks likely to end in a draw after rain. and a remarkable escape for a drag racer in north carolina. his car literally explodes on the track, but he walks away unscathed. that's all coming up in 30 minutes' time. >> can't see too much of that. staying on the sporting theme, protests are continuing in the gulf nation of bahrain ahead of sunday's formula one grand prix. there have been new demonstrations in the capital, and there are reports security forces used stun grenades to disperse the crowds. the authorities say the race will go ahead without any problems. >> this is a district of the bahraini capital. we can't verify these pictures, but they appear to show hundreds marching in protests against the government. in what they're calling the days of rage. they want political prisoners released and democratic reform. their country is in the spotlight because of sunday's grand prix, and they want their message heard. all this, a headache for the authorities and the organizers of the race. bu

behind that and around it and has been showing increase in some of the violent crimes we haven't seen before saturated patrols in west indies oakland say sources sent criminals looking so burglaries' spike in the hell's street robberies and shootings skyrocketed like merits as much as 21% say sources but there is more of the mayor says if you subtract the oikos murders and domestic violence and violent crime in oakland's is at a near-record low. television a the numbers. they're so data driven austin to produce the numbers. but the mayor's office is not offering numbers tonight other than to say 25 federally funded zero pd officers are ready to take part in the 100 block program but sources tell me none of those officers have been tested or trained so can the they're not ready to hit the streets. carlisle in oakland. >>> its already facing a bleak job market they're facing an even more immediate economic crisis. graduates of leaving school with thousands of dollars in student loan debts elaine c. mono explains how that severe deficits is having an impact well after persons college years. ohio northern university five years

the good news. st. louis, cincy, indy a wet morning. look to the west, just popped up, second tornado watch of the day. tornado watch different from a tornado warning. tornado warning means a tornado has been spotted. a watch means atmospheric conditions are ripe for tornadoes to develop. that is most certainlily the case. the bull's eye today really seems like kansas and nebraska. this is the watch you can see. watch these storms. just firing up. atmosphere getting revved. here is the big picture in terms of what we'll see, of course seeing right now more warnings, thunderstorm warnings. we do have that tornado watch. why is this happening? all the atmospheric ingredients coming together. warm atmosphere from the south, jet stream, robust jet stream, cold pocket aloft. meteorological jargon is there. what does it mean for you? today, des moines, wichita, kansas city, oklahoma city, abilene, both kansas and potentially even abilene texas. tomorrow green bay down to houston. fredricka what we're talking about, 1,000 miles and 5 million people impacted. s

the state theatre there. a great venue. from madison, which. >> it's still there, bob. they just moved it to 4:00 a.m. sale ward, british west indiesiate that very much, sally. and you live in a very beautiful place. i love grace bay in the turks. >>> from jamaica. we are central time in jamaica. from rhode island. >> wow, i've never been there, greg. i hope it's a no spin zone. from new jersey. >> way to go, jewel anyna. you must be a very smart, young girl. 8 years old. impressive. finally, madonna has a new album but there is some bad news. in its second week in the marketplace, the record received the biggest percentage sales drop for number one viewing in history, 87% declined. tickets for her concerts are going strong. here's a message, folks want to hear your old stuff, and if you don't understand that, you may be a pinhead. they want the old stuff. like "holiday" and "get into the groove" and that kind of stuff. please check out our website. and if you would like to spout out from the factor from anywhere in the world, o'reilly@foxnews.com. if you wish to opine, word of the day, do not be a troglodyte. i have know it's hard

the state theatre there. a great venue. from madison, which. >> it's still there, bob. they just moved it to 4:00 a.m. sale ward, british west indiesribbean. >> well, i appreciate that very much, sally. and you live in a very beautiful place. i love grace bay in the turks. >>> from jamaica. we are central time in jamaica. from rhode island. >> wow, i've never been there, greg. i hope it's a no spin zone. from new jersey. >> way to go, jewel anyna. you must be a very smart, young girl. 8 years old. impressive. finally, madonna has a new album but there is some bad news. in its second week in the marketplace, the record received the biggest percentage sales drop for number one viewing in history, 87% declined. tickets for her concerts are going strong. here's a message, folks want to hear your old stuff, and if you don't understand that, you may be a pinhead. they want the old stuff. like "holiday" and "get into the groove" and that kind of stuff. please check out our website. and if you would like to spout out from the factor from anywhere in the world, o'reilly@foxnews.com. if you wish to opine, word of the day, do not be a troglod

inaugurated as president of the united states following an election that itself was rather amazing in history. on february 192,009, rick santelli, commentator on cnbc went into west indies gained our rants announcing obama administration policies to help underwater mortgage holders that they called losers. he invoked the founding fathers to talk about that they would feel at all that americans are too sealed what was happening to our country. at the end conservatives who have been quite injected falling to 2008 election recognized the rhetorical gold in the santelli ran, the symbolism that barack to pause and begin to organize using the internet cannot kind of face-to-face methods in communities and regions across the country. there are also cheered on. within weeks or staging demonstrations in various regions featuring older people dressing up in costumes carrying signs and announcing obama as a socialist or communist. within months they were mounting huge demonstration in washington d.c. and set to work organizing what eventually became 1000 regularly meeting global groups and state all across the united states. by 2010 the mainstream media started to take more notice

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