Important--Exactly
Whose Independence Day are we celebrating???
Whose Independence Day are we celebrating???
FORTY YEARS AGO (1976) A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 130
COMMUNISTS AND SOCIALISTS, CALLING THEMSELVES U.S. REPRESENTATIVES, SIGNED A
TREASONOUS DOCUMENT IN PHILADELPHIA,
PA CALLED THE "DECLARATION
OF INTERDEPENDENCE," ATTEMPTING TO VOID THE ORIGINAL DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE
AND IMPOSE GLOBALISM.
COMMUNISTS AND SOCIALISTS, CALLING THEMSELVES U.S. REPRESENTATIVES, SIGNED A
TREASONOUS DOCUMENT IN PHILADELPHIA,
PA CALLED THE "DECLARATION
OF INTERDEPENDENCE," ATTEMPTING TO VOID THE ORIGINAL DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE
AND IMPOSE GLOBALISM.
THE SECOND PARAGRAPH BEGINS:"Two
centuries ago our forefathers brought forth a new nation; now we must join with
others to bring forth a new world
order."
centuries ago our forefathers brought forth a new nation; now we must join with
others to bring forth a new world
order."
NO ONE DARES TALK OF THIS
TODAY BECAUSE OUR SELECTIVE MEMORIES ARE CONTROLLED AND MANIPULATED TO
PREVENT REAL KNOWLEDGE FROM REACHING THE PEOPLE. OVERALL, WE ACTUALLY KNOW FAR
LESS NOW. WE MAY PUFF OURSELVES UP BUT THAT FACT REMAINS THAT ONLY A GENERATION
OF MORONS WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THINGS TO DEGENERATE TO THE PRESENT, SICK STATE
OF AFFAIRS WE NOW FIND OURSELVES IN.
TODAY BECAUSE OUR SELECTIVE MEMORIES ARE CONTROLLED AND MANIPULATED TO
PREVENT REAL KNOWLEDGE FROM REACHING THE PEOPLE. OVERALL, WE ACTUALLY KNOW FAR
LESS NOW. WE MAY PUFF OURSELVES UP BUT THAT FACT REMAINS THAT ONLY A GENERATION
OF MORONS WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THINGS TO DEGENERATE TO THE PRESENT, SICK STATE
OF AFFAIRS WE NOW FIND OURSELVES IN.
THE TRICK WAS TO MAKE
US THINK WE WERE SMARTER THAN ANY PREVIOUS GENERATION WHILE DENYING
THE ESSENCE OF REAL KNOWLEDGE, TEMPERED BY WISDOM! THOSE OF US WHO HAVE
THE OLD, ORIGINAL WRITINGS--WRITINGS LONG REMOVED AND SUPPRESSED BY THE
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND EVEN ABSENT FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--HAVE
ACCESS TO MUCH OF THE TRUTH AND REAL KNOWLEDGE CONTAINED IN THESE WRTITINGS.AND
THAT IS WHY YOUR CON-MEN HATE
US AND WOULD KILL US.
US THINK WE WERE SMARTER THAN ANY PREVIOUS GENERATION WHILE DENYING
THE ESSENCE OF REAL KNOWLEDGE, TEMPERED BY WISDOM! THOSE OF US WHO HAVE
THE OLD, ORIGINAL WRITINGS--WRITINGS LONG REMOVED AND SUPPRESSED BY THE
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND EVEN ABSENT FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--HAVE
ACCESS TO MUCH OF THE TRUTH AND REAL KNOWLEDGE CONTAINED IN THESE WRTITINGS.AND
THAT IS WHY YOUR CON-MEN HATE
US AND WOULD KILL US.
TODAY, 240 YEARS AFTER THE
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION, OUR COUNTRY HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN NEUTRALIZED, IT'S
PEOPLE DEMORALIZED AND DESPIRITED, THEIR TRUE INHERITANCE STOLEN AND RAPED FROM
THEM, THEIR LEADERS DEVOID OF ANY CONCEPTS OF LIBERTY AND TOTAL RUINATION
APPEARS TO BE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION, OUR COUNTRY HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN NEUTRALIZED, IT'S
PEOPLE DEMORALIZED AND DESPIRITED, THEIR TRUE INHERITANCE STOLEN AND RAPED FROM
THEM, THEIR LEADERS DEVOID OF ANY CONCEPTS OF LIBERTY AND TOTAL RUINATION
APPEARS TO BE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
I WILL NOT MINCE WORDS. THE INTERNATIONAL BANKERS, CORPORATIONS AND
TRAITOROUS REPRESENTATIVES IN STATE AND FEDERAL GOV'T, INCLUDING ALL
FOR-PROFIT MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (NOW TRADING ON WALL STREET) HAVE
CONSPIRED WITH MALICIOUS INTENT TO INJURE, OPPRESS AND DESTROY
US.THEIR AIM
AND OBJECTIVE IS TO REDUCE US TO A CONDITION OF ABJECT SLAVERY, PHYSICALLY AS WELL AS MENTALLY.
TRAITOROUS REPRESENTATIVES IN STATE AND FEDERAL GOV'T, INCLUDING ALL
FOR-PROFIT MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (NOW TRADING ON WALL STREET) HAVE
CONSPIRED WITH MALICIOUS INTENT TO INJURE, OPPRESS AND DESTROY
US.THEIR AIM
AND OBJECTIVE IS TO REDUCE US TO A CONDITION OF ABJECT SLAVERY, PHYSICALLY AS WELL AS MENTALLY.
THE RECENT
GOVERNMENT HOMOSEXUAL ATTACKS ON FREEDOM
ARE DEVASTING AND DEMORALIZING TO ANY PERSON OF REASONABLE INTELLIGENCE. TODAY
ABOUT 40 CITIES IN THE U.S.
WILL CELEBRATE A "GAY 4TH OF JULY" TURNING WHAT SHOULD BE A
SOLEMN DAY INTO A LITERAL ACT OF SODOMY.BUT THE FACT IS, THE HOMOSEXUALS ARE ALSO
VICTIMS OF THIS GOVERMENTAL OPERATION AS MUCH AS THEY ARE THE VICTIMIZERS,
SINCE IT IS THIS VERY GOV'T WHO SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES THEM IN THEIR CRIMINAL
ACTIVITIES. ACCORDING TO AFTAH HOMOSEXUALS
ARE NOW CLEARLY ENGAGED IN CHILD-SEX TRAFFICKING AND EVEN DISPLAY THEIR
CHILD SEX-SLAVES IN THE VARIOUS "GAY PRIDE" EVENTS HELD ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. WORSE, THEY ARE NOT CHARGED WITH THE CRIMINAL ACTS THEY ARE
PERPETRATING AGAINST CHILDREN.
GOVERNMENT HOMOSEXUAL ATTACKS ON FREEDOM
ARE DEVASTING AND DEMORALIZING TO ANY PERSON OF REASONABLE INTELLIGENCE. TODAY
ABOUT 40 CITIES IN THE U.S.
WILL CELEBRATE A "GAY 4TH OF JULY" TURNING WHAT SHOULD BE A
SOLEMN DAY INTO A LITERAL ACT OF SODOMY.BUT THE FACT IS, THE HOMOSEXUALS ARE ALSO
VICTIMS OF THIS GOVERMENTAL OPERATION AS MUCH AS THEY ARE THE VICTIMIZERS,
SINCE IT IS THIS VERY GOV'T WHO SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES THEM IN THEIR CRIMINAL
ACTIVITIES. ACCORDING TO AFTAH HOMOSEXUALS
ARE NOW CLEARLY ENGAGED IN CHILD-SEX TRAFFICKING AND EVEN DISPLAY THEIR
CHILD SEX-SLAVES IN THE VARIOUS "GAY PRIDE" EVENTS HELD ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. WORSE, THEY ARE NOT CHARGED WITH THE CRIMINAL ACTS THEY ARE
PERPETRATING AGAINST CHILDREN.
SO WHOSE INDEPENDENCE DAY IS THIS??? THE BANKERS AND
FRAUDSTERS AND HOMOSEXUALS OR THE AMERICAN NATIONALS.
FRAUDSTERS AND HOMOSEXUALS OR THE AMERICAN NATIONALS.
I ASK EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES
THIS EMAIL TO PLEASE DO NOT CELEBRATE THIS PERVERTED 4TH OF JULY; THIS ACT OF
SUBLIME HYPOCRISY. RATHER, PLEASE READ THE DECLARATION BELOW AND THE ATTACHED
DOCUMENT.
THIS EMAIL TO PLEASE DO NOT CELEBRATE THIS PERVERTED 4TH OF JULY; THIS ACT OF
SUBLIME HYPOCRISY. RATHER, PLEASE READ THE DECLARATION BELOW AND THE ATTACHED
DOCUMENT.
FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE IN THE
CORRUPTED COURTS DEFENDING THEIR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, I AM ATTACHING A
USEFUL DOCUMENT TO ENCOURAGE AND UPLIFT.
CORRUPTED COURTS DEFENDING THEIR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, I AM ATTACHING A
USEFUL DOCUMENT TO ENCOURAGE AND UPLIFT.
TODAY WE MUST PRAY AND
DECIDE WHAT FUTURE WE WANT.OUR ALLEGED GOVERMENT WANTS OUR SILENCE AND
PARTICIPATION IN THEIR FRAUD. DO YOU CONSENT?? IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT RAISE
YOUR VOICE NOW! AND DON'T GIVE ME THAT "TRUMP WILL SAVE US"NONSENSE. GET OFF IT!
DECIDE WHAT FUTURE WE WANT.OUR ALLEGED GOVERMENT WANTS OUR SILENCE AND
PARTICIPATION IN THEIR FRAUD. DO YOU CONSENT?? IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT RAISE
YOUR VOICE NOW! AND DON'T GIVE ME THAT "TRUMP WILL SAVE US"NONSENSE. GET OFF IT!
REMEMBER THIS SUPREME COURT CASE>>>Cotting v.
Godard, 183 U.S.
79 (1901) ....(The Declaration and Constitution are LEGALLY REGARDED
AS ONE document!)
Godard, 183 U.S.
79 (1901) ....(The Declaration and Constitution are LEGALLY REGARDED
AS ONE document!)
Godbless each and everyone!
-JS
The
Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united
States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomesStates of America,
necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate
and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle
them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should
declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such
form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed
for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that
mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right
themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a
long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object
evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it
is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for
their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these
Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their
former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain
is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object
the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let
Facts be submitted to a candid world.
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such
form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed
for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that
mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right
themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a
long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object
evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it
is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for
their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these
Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their
former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain
is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object
the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let
Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most
wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing
importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be
obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people,
unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the
Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and
distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of
fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly
firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be
elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have
returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the
mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions
within.He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose
obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others
to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new
Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws
for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their
offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers
to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of
our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil
power.He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our
constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts
of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which
they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province,
establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so
as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same
absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally
the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with
power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and
waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed
the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat
the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of
Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and
totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear
Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and
Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring
on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known
rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and
conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have
Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have
been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free
people.
Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have
been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free
people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our
Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their
legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded
them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have
appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by
the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would
inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been
deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore,
acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as
we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their
legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded
them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have
appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by
the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would
inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been
deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore,
acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as
we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united
States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme
Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by
Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare,
That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent
States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and
that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is
and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States,
they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish
Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of
right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the
protection of divine Providence,
we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme
Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by
Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare,
That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent
States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and
that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is
and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States,
they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish
Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of
right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the
protection of divine Providence,
we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
in the positions indicated:
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George Walton
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Edward Rutledge
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Benjamin Rush
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( The police state apparatus under the enemy of
freedom, Barrack Hussein Obama, has murdered thousands of our
countrymen and women. They routinely rob
innocent travelers and act as "highwaymen" raping and pillaging
the population at will. The homosexual
directives issued by the gay obama muslim dictator, have
demoralized us and placed America's children
directly in harm's way. Now we are faced with a decision-- roll over and play
dead and hope that a Trump
presidency will reverse the tyranny , or fight for our rights because the very gov't instituted by the
people to protect their rights and property has turned against them to their
utter ruination. The diabolical
genius of the gay obama is to turn Christian against
Christian, black against white, illegal aliens against American Nationals, heterosexuals
against homosexuals while at the same
time laughing at the sheer stupidity of the Americans who
fall for it. This tyranny must end. )
The
Crisis – by Thomas Paine (1777)
The
American Crisis: PHILADELPHIA,
Sept. 12, 1777
American Crisis: PHILADELPHIA,
Sept. 12, 1777
THOSE who
expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues
of supporting it. The event of yesterday was one of those kind of alarms which
is just sufficient to rouse us to duty, without being of consequence enough to
depress our fortitude. It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause,
that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by
degrees, the consequences will be the same.
expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues
of supporting it. The event of yesterday was one of those kind of alarms which
is just sufficient to rouse us to duty, without being of consequence enough to
depress our fortitude. It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause,
that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by
degrees, the consequences will be the same.
Look back
at the events of last winter and the present year, there you will find that the
enemy’s successes always contributed to reduce them. What they have
gained in ground, they paid so dearly for in numbers, that their victories have
in the end amounted to defeats. We have always been masters at the last push,
and always shall be while we do our duty. Howe has been once on the banks of
the Delaware, and from thence driven back with
loss and disgrace: and why not be again driven from the Schuylkill?
His condition and ours are very different. He has everybody to fight, we have
only his one army to cope with, and which wastes away at every engagement: we
can not only reinforce, but can redouble our numbers; he is cut off from all
supplies, and must sooner or later inevitably fall into our hands.
at the events of last winter and the present year, there you will find that the
enemy’s successes always contributed to reduce them. What they have
gained in ground, they paid so dearly for in numbers, that their victories have
in the end amounted to defeats. We have always been masters at the last push,
and always shall be while we do our duty. Howe has been once on the banks of
the Delaware, and from thence driven back with
loss and disgrace: and why not be again driven from the Schuylkill?
His condition and ours are very different. He has everybody to fight, we have
only his one army to cope with, and which wastes away at every engagement: we
can not only reinforce, but can redouble our numbers; he is cut off from all
supplies, and must sooner or later inevitably fall into our hands.
Shall a
band of ten or twelve thousand robbers, who are this day fifteen hundred or two
thousand men less in strength than they were yesterday, conquer America, or
subdue even a single state? The thing cannot be, unless we sit down and suffer
them to do it. Another such a brush, notwithstanding we lost the ground, would,
by still reducing the enemy, put them in a condition to be afterwards totally
defeated.
band of ten or twelve thousand robbers, who are this day fifteen hundred or two
thousand men less in strength than they were yesterday, conquer America, or
subdue even a single state? The thing cannot be, unless we sit down and suffer
them to do it. Another such a brush, notwithstanding we lost the ground, would,
by still reducing the enemy, put them in a condition to be afterwards totally
defeated.
Could our
whole army have come up to the attack at one time, the consequences had
probably been otherwise; but our having different parts of the Brandywine creek
to guard, and the uncertainty which road to Philadelphia the enemy would
attempt to take, naturally afforded them an opportunity of passing with their main
body at a place where only a part of ours could be posted; for it must strike
every thinking man with conviction, that it requires a much greater force to
oppose an enemy in several places, than is sufficient to defeat him in any one
place.
whole army have come up to the attack at one time, the consequences had
probably been otherwise; but our having different parts of the Brandywine creek
to guard, and the uncertainty which road to Philadelphia the enemy would
attempt to take, naturally afforded them an opportunity of passing with their main
body at a place where only a part of ours could be posted; for it must strike
every thinking man with conviction, that it requires a much greater force to
oppose an enemy in several places, than is sufficient to defeat him in any one
place.
Men who
are sincere in defending their freedom, will always feel concern at every
circumstance which seems to make against them; it is the natural and honest
consequence of all affectionate attachments, and the want of it is a vice. But
the dejection lasts only for a moment; they soon rise out of it with additional
vigor; the glow of hope, courage and fortitude, will, in a little time, supply
the place of every inferior passion, and kindle the whole heart into heroism.
are sincere in defending their freedom, will always feel concern at every
circumstance which seems to make against them; it is the natural and honest
consequence of all affectionate attachments, and the want of it is a vice. But
the dejection lasts only for a moment; they soon rise out of it with additional
vigor; the glow of hope, courage and fortitude, will, in a little time, supply
the place of every inferior passion, and kindle the whole heart into heroism.
There is
a mystery in the countenance of some causes, which we have not always present
judgment enough to explain. It is distressing to see an enemy advancing into a
country, but it is the only place in which we can beat them, and in which we
have always beaten them, whenever they made the attempt. The nearer any disease
approaches to a crisis, the nearer it is to a cure. Danger and deliverance make
their advances together, and it is only the last push, in which one or the
other takes the lead.
a mystery in the countenance of some causes, which we have not always present
judgment enough to explain. It is distressing to see an enemy advancing into a
country, but it is the only place in which we can beat them, and in which we
have always beaten them, whenever they made the attempt. The nearer any disease
approaches to a crisis, the nearer it is to a cure. Danger and deliverance make
their advances together, and it is only the last push, in which one or the
other takes the lead.
There are
many men who will do their duty when it is not wanted; but a genuine public
spirit always appears most when there is most occasion for it. Thank God! our
army, though fatigued, is yet entire. The attack made by us yesterday, was
under many disadvantages, naturally arising from the uncertainty of knowing which
route the enemy would take; and, from that circumstance, the whole of our force
could not be brought up together time enough to engage all at once. Our
strength is yet reserved; and it is evident that Howe does not think himself a
gainer by the affair, otherwise he would this morning have moved down and
attacked General Washington.
many men who will do their duty when it is not wanted; but a genuine public
spirit always appears most when there is most occasion for it. Thank God! our
army, though fatigued, is yet entire. The attack made by us yesterday, was
under many disadvantages, naturally arising from the uncertainty of knowing which
route the enemy would take; and, from that circumstance, the whole of our force
could not be brought up together time enough to engage all at once. Our
strength is yet reserved; and it is evident that Howe does not think himself a
gainer by the affair, otherwise he would this morning have moved down and
attacked General Washington.
Gentlemen
of the city and country, it is in your power, by a spirited improvement of the
present circumstance, to turn it to a real advantage. Howe is now weaker than
before, and every shot will contribute to reduce him. You are more immediately
interested than any other part of the continent: your all is at stake; it is
not so with the general cause; you are devoted by the enemy to plunder and
destruction: it is the encouragement which Howe, the chief of plunderers, has
promised his army. Thus circumstanced, you may save yourselves by a manly
resistance, but you can have no hope in any other conduct. I never yet knew our
brave general, or any part of the army, officers or men, out of heart, and I
have seen them in circumstances a thousand times more trying than the present.
It is only those that are not in action, that feel languor and heaviness, and
the best way to rub it off is to turn out, and make sure work of it.
of the city and country, it is in your power, by a spirited improvement of the
present circumstance, to turn it to a real advantage. Howe is now weaker than
before, and every shot will contribute to reduce him. You are more immediately
interested than any other part of the continent: your all is at stake; it is
not so with the general cause; you are devoted by the enemy to plunder and
destruction: it is the encouragement which Howe, the chief of plunderers, has
promised his army. Thus circumstanced, you may save yourselves by a manly
resistance, but you can have no hope in any other conduct. I never yet knew our
brave general, or any part of the army, officers or men, out of heart, and I
have seen them in circumstances a thousand times more trying than the present.
It is only those that are not in action, that feel languor and heaviness, and
the best way to rub it off is to turn out, and make sure work of it.
Our army
must undoubtedly feel fatigue, and want a reinforcement of rest though not of
valor. Our own interest and happiness call upon us to give them every support
in our power, and make the burden of the day, on which the safety of this city
depends, as light as possible. Remember, gentlemen, that we have forces both to
the northward and southward of Philadelphia,
and if the enemy be but stopped till those can arrive, this city will be saved,
and the enemy finally routed. You have too much at stake to hesitate. You ought
not to think an hour upon the matter, but to spring to action at once. Other
states have been invaded, have likewise driven off the invaders. Now our time
and turn is come, and perhaps the finishing stroke is reserved for us. When we
look back on the dangers we have been saved from, and reflect on the success we
have been blessed with, it would be sinful either to be idle or to despair.
must undoubtedly feel fatigue, and want a reinforcement of rest though not of
valor. Our own interest and happiness call upon us to give them every support
in our power, and make the burden of the day, on which the safety of this city
depends, as light as possible. Remember, gentlemen, that we have forces both to
the northward and southward of Philadelphia,
and if the enemy be but stopped till those can arrive, this city will be saved,
and the enemy finally routed. You have too much at stake to hesitate. You ought
not to think an hour upon the matter, but to spring to action at once. Other
states have been invaded, have likewise driven off the invaders. Now our time
and turn is come, and perhaps the finishing stroke is reserved for us. When we
look back on the dangers we have been saved from, and reflect on the success we
have been blessed with, it would be sinful either to be idle or to despair.
I close
this paper with a short address to General Howe. You, sir, are only lingering
out the period that shall bring with it your defeat. You have yet scarce began
upon the war, and the further you enter, the faster will your troubles thicken.
What you now enjoy is only a respite from ruin; an invitation to destruction;
something that will lead on to our deliverance at your expense. We know the
cause which we are engaged in, and though a passionate fondness for it may make
us grieve at every injury which threatens it, yet, when the moment of concern
is over, the determination to duty returns. We are not moved by the gloomy
smile of a worthless king, but by the ardent glow of generous patriotism. We
fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the
earth for honest men to live in. In such a case we are sure that we are right;
and we leave to you the despairing reflection of being the tool of a miserable
tyrant.
this paper with a short address to General Howe. You, sir, are only lingering
out the period that shall bring with it your defeat. You have yet scarce began
upon the war, and the further you enter, the faster will your troubles thicken.
What you now enjoy is only a respite from ruin; an invitation to destruction;
something that will lead on to our deliverance at your expense. We know the
cause which we are engaged in, and though a passionate fondness for it may make
us grieve at every injury which threatens it, yet, when the moment of concern
is over, the determination to duty returns. We are not moved by the gloomy
smile of a worthless king, but by the ardent glow of generous patriotism. We
fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the
earth for honest men to live in. In such a case we are sure that we are right;
and we leave to you the despairing reflection of being the tool of a miserable
tyrant.
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