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Our Fathers Weep
Any citizen who supports using the force of Government to advance and impose Liberal ideals in contravention to the letter and spirit of our Constitution is an enemy of Liberty and an enemy of the republic.
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The Sons of Liberty: was a secret organization of American Patriots. The King, British authorities and Loyalists (supporters of the King) considered the Sons of Liberty to be seditious rebels, calling them "Sons of Violence" and "Sons of Iniquity." The Sons of Liberty attacked the apparatus and symbols of British authority and power such as property, customs officers, the East India Company tea, and as the war approached, vocal supporters of the Crown. The Sons of Liberty were responsible for the Boston Tea Party and others acts of "Rebellion" that are today deemed historic and patriotic...by Patriots. The Stamp Act became unenforceable as a result of the Sons of Liberty. In challenge to the Townshend Act, the Sons of Liberty were able to impose a virtual blockade of British Goods. Violence erupted many times between the Sons of Liberty over Liberty Poles, and they created the Liberty Tree. HMS Gaspee burned as a result of these Patriots. The Sons of Liberty made their dislike of Loyalists known, as they declared Loyalists "an enemy to the liberties of America" and that "whoever shall transgress...we will not deal with, or employ, or have any connection with him". Standing against Liberty in the Colonies often meant the risk of tarring and feathering, and the Sons of Liberty were widely believed to be part of such discipline. Prominent leaders included Paul Revere, Joseph Warren, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, John Adams and Samuel Adams. Members across the Colonies were "the whole of political society, involving all of its social or economic subdivisions." The Sons of Liberty called for the expulsion of all Loyalists after General Washington took Yorktown, with confiscation of their property and punitive measures as well. Liberals today are the bane of the republic, as were the Loyalists to our Founding generation. Samuel Adams: If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. Thomas Jefferson on the Powers of Congress: The Constitution of the United States [has] delegated to Congress a power to punish treason, counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States, piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations, and no other crimes whatsoever... It [is] true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution [has] also declared, that "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people." Therefore,... [all] acts which assume to create, define, or punish crimes other than those so enumerated in the Constitution are altogether void and of no force... The power to create, define, and punish such other crimes is reserved, and of right appertains solely and exclusively to the respective States, each within its own territory. Daniel Webster: Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.
This book
is not about individual politicians. This book is bigger
than that. The problems facing our republic are far more
significant than any one person, indeed, greater than even
the two dominant political parties. Thomas Jefferson: To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Purchase your copy now from Amazon!
Our Fathers Weep
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