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Sons of Liberty - New Jersey
themerchantmouse@aol.com
Sons of Liberty Broadside, December 17, 1765
Massachusetts Historical Society
Welcome to the Sons of Liberty webpage. I decided after the debacle of the last general election in 2012 to put up this webpage in order to have a voice. Like many of you I have felt completely helpless against what unfortunately has happened - the second term election of Barack Hussein Obama, and what I believe to be the consequences of this election
The purpose of this webpage is myriad. One of the most important reasons is for me to be able to write about what is going on in our country and to speak with likeminded Americans who want to be heard and also to know the comfort that there are people out there who think similar to you. My first article for this page is "Thoughts on the Presidential Election of 2012." I wrote this piece in November 2012 right after the election and as you will read, I have serious concerns about our future. In the comings days, I'll write on political issues as well as morality issues, since they are truly linked.
President George Washingon said in his 1796 Farewell address: "Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?"
So here, forthwith, is my commentary in the blog to the right. Let me know what you think.
Gerri Gibney
