Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Stonewall Jackson

Posted by Substance McGravitas at 2:20 PM

2 comments:

Smut Clyde said...

Shirley previous commentor should be Scabrous Scallop Skulled Skald?

September 8, 2010 at 5:20 PM
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Washington and Jefferson are crying tears of shame.

G. Washington:

But, if our danger from those powers was more imminent, yet we are too poor to maintain a standing Army adequate to our defence, and was our Country more populous and rich, still it could not be done without great oppression of the people.
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It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency, for these purposes they ought to be duly organized into Commands of the same formation; (it is not of very great importance, whether the Regiments are large or small, provided a sameness prevails in the strength and composition of them and I do not know that a better establishment, than that under which the Continental Troops now are, can be adopted.


I see no mention of a professional military costing the citizens more than most other nations put together.

Nor do I see any hint that same should be used for foreign adventures and multinational corporate profits.

Washington could write a masterful run-on sentence, for sure.
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September 8, 2010 at 5:29 PM

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