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     To the Editor: I am writing in response to Paul Brown’s opinion that Republicans should get off the moral bandwagon and stick with defending the Constitution. The short answer is that without morals and virtues, we have no Constitution, we have no country. It was James Madison who said, "The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” 

     Our Constitution John Adams stated “was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.” 

     A society without morals and virtue Jefferson stated is a “degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.”

     You need to look no further than Washington D.C. (& some in             ) today to see what happens when human passions are unbridled by morality and religion with the resulting lack of respect of law and the Constitution. As an independent voter in defense of the Constitution, put me on the moral bandwagon. 
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Republicanism and American Exceptionalism

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National Park Service removes God from Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation 

     Revising, and sanitizing, American history, by removing God is nothing new; it has been going on in the public school system for two or three generations. So too has this been happening to many of our important national documents, and historical sites, as well. A number of books like The Rewriting of American’s History and other books document expunging God from our national history. The same has been observed, and documented, with many of our historical sites as well. Examples are too numerous to mention. One such example I ran into today that prompted this piece was the National Park Service's web site listing Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.

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     To the Editors: I am writing in response to Helen Crowe who wrote “When is a democracy not a democracy?” Contrary to the misinformed assertions of many Americans, the United States was established as a “republic,” not a “democracy.” As a form of government, democracy was universally detested by the Founding Fathers. Founder Fisher Ames stated, “Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.” Democracy is mob rule that John Adams said “soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.”

     Under our republican form of government, our (God given) rights are secured by the Constitution and by citizens and elected officials respecting the rule of law. Thomas Jefferson said “Republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.” 

     Regardless of the party in power or their agenda, it is the duty of those elected (who swore an oath to God) to “support and defend the Constitution.” We elect the President to steer the good ship Liberty. We do not elect the President or Congress to throw the Constitution overboard and dismantle the ship. That is despotism. Those who work to stop any unconstitutional legislation from becoming law or check any unconstitutional behavior from our elected officials are not special interest or lobbyists; many are patriots protecting our liberties. ALL Americans have a duty of to “support and defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic.” - Download - JPG

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     To the Editors: I am writing in response to the letter “Know Nothing Party on display April 15” by Roger Yacopucci. Far from “Know Nothings,” the mostly independent voters who attended the Tea Party were knowledgeable on current issues and the Constitution. They were not just protesting taxes, they were also protesting unconstitutional behavior and having their rights trampled on by many in both the Democratic and Republican Parties - in a word tyranny by government.

     Most protesters understood the Constitution is not a partisan issue, because without it our Republic would cease to exist. I saw many with hand made signs quoting Jefferson and other Founders. Thomas Jefferson stated, "Let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." Besides taxes, binding down the unrestrained Federal power grab by adherence to the Constitution was a sentiment shared by many at the gathering.

     The Revolutionary War was over far more than just taxes. Taxes were at the bottom of the list of complaints against the King in the Declaration. It was over liberty, religious freedom, God-given rights violated by government and excessive taxes. And so it is today.

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George Washington, God and The Battle of Boston

The Battle of Boston illustrates why George Washington and fellow patriots humbly deferred credit to God for their victories in the Revolutionary War.

In a very risky operation on the night of March 4th, 1776, Washington ordered General Thomas to move 3000 men to the base of Dorchester Heights. Under a bright moon, in full view of the British Fort, they built fortifications. A fortuitous fog rolled in over the British position as a steady breeze kept construction noise away from enemy ears. The Americans labored under the light of the moon, completing their work about three in the morning.

     At dawn, the British were amazed at the fortifications the patriots had constructed. Author William M. Thayer wrote,

The British General Howe exclaimed. “The rebels have done more in one night than my whole army would have done in months.”  …Quickly as possible General Howe began to bombard the new fortifications on Dorchester Heights. All throughout the day he cannonaded the little American army and, under the cover of bombardment, prepared to land twenty-five hundred picked men at night, and carry the Heights by storm. His guns did little damage, however through the day. Washington was present in person, encouraging the soldiers, and directing them in strengthening the fortifications.

Under the darkness of night General Howe sent twenty-five hundred of his best soldiers, in transports to capture the ‘rebel works.’ But a furious north-east storm arose, and beat upon them with such violence, that it was impossible to land. They were compelled to postpone the attack until the next night. But the storm continued, and even increased. The wind blew a gale, and the rain descended in torrents, all through the following day and night, shutting up the enemy within their quarters, and allowing the Americans time to multiply their works, and render them impregnable. ... - Article Link    - Download - PDF

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Is the sun setting on the Republic?

   At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin commenting on the painting of the sun on the back of Washington’s chair said, “I have often in the course of the session ... looked at that sun behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know it is a rising and not a setting sun.” The sun was indeed rising on the new Republic; because, She had God’s blessing and assistance behind her.

     When work at the convention had come to a complete standstill, Franklin (one of the least religious) stood requesting the addition of daily prayer. He said, “All of us who were engaged in the struggle [Revolutionary War] must have observed frequent instances of a superintending providence [God] in our favor. ….And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need His assistance? …without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel.”

     As Franklin emerged from Independence Hall the final day of the convention, he was asked by a woman, “Mr. Franklin what have you given us?” He responded, “A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it.” But have we kept it?

     What would Benjamin Franklin say today, if he could sit in Congress? Rather than statesman driven by moral Biblical principles, he would see many politicians driven by power and greed. He would see many with a sworn oath to God, to “support and defend the Constitution” with disdain for both God and Constitution. Worse, he would witness politicians working to undermine the very document fellow Founders spent weeks laboring on that hot Philadelphia summer. The document John Adams said was “the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen.” He would be grieved to know it is now unread by most Americans. Franklin would be dismayed to see a society largely lacking in manners, piety and virtue. He could only conclude the sun was now setting on the Republic.

     Washington said that “It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.” The Founding Fathers understood that divine blessings and protection could not be expected for a nation that does not acknowledge God, His laws and providence. While God and His laws still remain in hearts and minds of some Americans, too many have substituted atheistic humanism as their truth and foundation of government. Our political buildings today have become towers of Babel. As Franklin voiced at the convention, it is “In the sacred writings that, except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.” ... - Article Link      - Download - PDF

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     To the Editors: We are in economic slavery and servitude today, because we have ignored the Founding Fathers words of advice on debt and government. Thomas Jefferson, said “I place economy among the first and most important of virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared.” “To preserve our independence we must not let our leaders load us with perpetual debt. ….If we can prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people under the pretence of caring for them, we will be wise.”

     Perpetual debt now stands at about $35,000, soon to be $47,000 for evey man, woman and child. With economic servitude come taxes to pay for debt. “The borrower is the slave of the lender.” Proverbs 22:7 

     Only the private sector can create jobs. While some government jobs are needed, to pay for those jobs (as well as public debt), government must take through taxes, the fruits of your labor and business. It is for this reason the Founders wanted limited government as well as limited debt.  As Justice John Marshall wrote, "The power to tax involves the power to destroy," to destroy your liberties, your freedoms and your children’s future. - Download - JPG

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Most Constitution signers were not slave owners

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What happens to a Nation that says NO to God?

“It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children: but it is our duty, to leave liberty to them. No infamy, iniquity, or cruelty, can exceed our own, if we, born and educated in a country of freedom, intitled to its blessings, and knowing their value, pusillanimously deserting the post assigned to us by Divine Providence, surrender succeeding generations to a condition of wretchedness, from which no human efforts, in all probability, will be sufficient to extricate them; the experience of all states mournfully demonstrating to us, that when arbitrary power has been established over them, even the wisest and bravest nations, that ever flourished, have, in a few years, degenerated into abject and wretched vassals.” “To my Creator, I resign myself, humbly confiding in His goodness and in His mercy through Jesus Christ for the events of eternity.”
— John Dickinson (1732–1808)  Patriot, Founding Father and lawyer

John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams on the birth of the new nation, Philadelphia, July 3, 1776.

“It may be the will of Heaven that America shall suffer calamities still more wasting and distresses yet more dreadful. If this is to be the case, it will have this good effect, at least: it will inspire us with many virtues, which we have not, and correct many errors, follies, and vices, which threaten to disturb, dishonor, and destroy us. The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals. And the new governments we are assuming, in every part, will require a purification from our vices, and an augmentation of our virtues or there will be no blessings. The people will have unbound power, and the people are extremely addicted to corruption and venality, as well as the great. But I must submit all my hopes and fears to an overruling Providence; in which, unfashionable as faith may be, I firmly believe. ... It is the frown of Providence upon us, which we ought to lay to heart.”
— John Adams (1797-1801) Second President of the United States and Patriot