Habeas Corpus - Constitutional information

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Yes, I am aware of the Habeas Corpus. I think we are in a bigger mess than we ever dreamed about, but then, with the fluoride they put in our water supply to quiet us down nicely, and make it to where no one is willing to do anything about nothing -- I guess you can expect to see the fall of the Roman Empire, Germany, etc. in America.

 

I have been reading "The Adams Chronicles" by Jack Shepherd

pg. 42.....While the upper class drank the tea, it was the middle class that dumped it. [A strong middle class -- we don't have one anymore, because the upper crust made us think we could become like them -- and for the most of us -- it was the biggest farce -- like Plato said, be careful the wealthy doesn't give the middle class booty to the poor!!]

pg. 49....the words of King James I: "You make the laws. Let me make the judges." [Judges ruling from the bench is what has us in the trouble we are in--losing our freedoms every day. English Common Law -- yuck!!]

pg. 52...they dumped 342 chests of tea into the water, and destroyed some 9,000 pounds worth of property. The next day, tea marked the edges of high tide on beaches as far south an Nantucket. ..... John Adams heard the news...He reasoned in his diary that there had been but three choices: return the tea, which the governor refused to do without payment of duty; land it, thereby "giving up the Principle of Taxation by Parliamentary Authority, against which the Continent have struggled for 10 years"; or destroy it. Adam's glee at the deed was almost boundless: "This is the most magnificent Movement of all. There is a Dignity, a Majesty, A Sublimity, in this last Effort of the Patriots, that I greatly admire. The People should never rise, without doing something to be remembered--something notable And striking. This Destruction of the Tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid and inflexible, and it must have so important Consequences, and so lasting, that I cant but consider it as an Epocha in History."

pg. 64...Patrick Henry allegedly told his Virginia brethren: "Gentlemen may cry, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death."

pg. 85...Americans were not as united and determined as the ringing phrases of the Declaration of Independence suggest. The Revolution was fought with a lack of enthusiasm on both sides......Washington's troops saw little need for continuous fighting: when New England was cleared, it was difficult to get Yankees to march to the aid of the Middle Colonies or the South.

pg. 149...Shays's Rebellion, the economic depression and other disturbing events raised the specter of disorder and disintegration--and possible foreign intervention--in America. Men of property and education felt threatened by the possibility of disunion. These were the men who would assume leadership in the coming constitutional movement. But the common man would also lose his liberty and the chance for economic betterment by disunion. And, most important, the common man had much to gain by a stronger nation.

pg. 154....The Federalists--as the supporters of the Constitution called themselves--could count on merchants and seaport towns, public creditors and speculators in the western lands, officers of the Revolutionary army, farmers with surpluses and easy access to markets, and most of the press for support. They could--and would--appeal to popular fears: law and order verses anarchy. Still, there was widespread opposition among people who were suspicious of central government. Massachusetts, for example, put up a tough struggle against the Constitution. The state convention, when it met in Boston, contained an anti-Federalist majority. Agrarian discontent still held power in the state, and insurgents, including some of Shay's officers, were in the audience. Amos Singletary, a delegate, groused about "these lawyers, and men of learning, and moneyed men, that talk so finely, and gloss over matters so smoothly, to make us, poor illiterate people, swallow down the pill, expect to get into Congress themselves; they expect to be the managers of this Constitution, and get all the power and all the money into their own hands, and then they will swallow up all us little folks...; yes, just as the whale swallowed up Jonah!"

 

So far the above stood out -- our nation has always been about the "common man." We now have more education, but I'm not sure about more "street smarts" that will keep us free.

 

enjoy the above

 

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