One of the Cdrs working with me hates John Adams because he was instrumental in stealing his direct ancestors business and properties in Boston. They had to flee from the mobs to the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia.
The only way your mate's ancestors had a business in Boston after March of 1774 (Boston Port Act) was if they were in the business of selling supplies to General Gage's forces. It would be two years before the Redcoats would evacuate Boston and taking their loyalists with them. Those who left would end up petitioning the King to cover their losses. Interesting story (and naval in nature), would be the Loring family among the evacuees. Being a notable British naval family, it is unsurprising that there was an HMS Loring during WW2. What is particularly ironic though is that she would be laid down in the Boston Navy Yard as an Evarts-class DE.
And if for some reason his kin didn't get compensation then, well, Labour just won in a landslide. It would be a good time to petition for reparations! /sarc
Happy Independence Day from Georgia. Last night we watched the movie of the same name. This evening we will watch the musical 1776, as is our family custom. I have the honor of descending from at least two soldiers of the Revolution. The one I identify with most is Henry Farnsworth, who left his leased farm in northern Virginia and three small children in the care of his wife to serve as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Militia. I’ve always felt an obligation to live up to that degree of service.
I am celebrating with a new copy of "Paul Revere's Ride," by David Hacket Fisher. Revere's father, a Frenchman, last name, "Rivoire," upon immigrating to America, changed his name to Revere, "merely on account the bumpkins pronounced it easier."
Imagine an edited and updated version of the “long train of abuses and usurpations”:
[They] refused [their] Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
[They] have forbidden Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in [their] operation till Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, [they] have utterly neglected to attend to them.
[They] have called together legislative bodies at places unusual, [comfortable] and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of [corrupting] them into compliance with [their] measures.
[They] have endeavoured to [illegally add to] 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.
[They] have obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing [their] Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
[They] have made Judges dependent on [their] Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
[They] have erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
[They] have kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies [of Undercover Federal Agents and Informants] without the Consent of our legislatures.
[They] have affected to render the Military [Industrial Complex] independent of and superior to the Civil power.
[They] have combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving [their] Assent to [their] Acts of [thousands of pages of] pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed [federal agents] among us:
For protecting [federal agents] by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which [they] should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For [sending our means of production] off to 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 [into DC] to be tried for pretended offences:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For [overriding] our own Legislatures, and declaring [themselves] invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
[They] have abdicated Government here, by….waging [dis, mis, malinformation] War against us.
[They] have plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
[They] are 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.
[They] have excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the [godless communists] whose known rule of warfare [by infiltration rather than invasion], is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Three documents to provide hope to mankind, second only to the Holy Bible. First the Declaration of independence in 1776, then the Constitution in 1989 and the Bill of Right in 1791. And a seven year war in between. Might I suggest Divine Providence? We are indeed blessed.
The 1689 English Bill of Rights is far more important that any of our papers, so too the Magna Carta.
England had two revolutions to overthrow the dictatorial crown. One, dirty and bloody, the other, "Glorious." In 1689 the English Parliament established the primacy of an elected legislature. The Bill firmly established the principles of frequent parliaments, free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament. It also includes no right of taxation without Parliament's agreement, freedom from government interference, the right of petition and just treatment of people by courts.
Our revolution was not because we created these rights. We revolted because we were stripped of the rights the 1689 Bill codified into law. Check the Declaration with the 1689 Bill. Most of the "He has" sentences involve the Crown exercising autocratic powers in America that it was forbidden to exercise in England.
("Far more important?" That's going a bit too far. Our written constitution was a great leap forward; at least on a par with the Great Charter.
1. Magna Carta - US Constitution -tie
2. The 1689 Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
Let's just say that the our founding documents were the product of our Founding Fathers' careful study of history of this that went right and things that went wrong. And pretty much hit the nail on the head.
Wresting power from the sovereign is a 1000 year struggle. The Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights was a high water mark in that struggle.
Happy 4th Tax Evaders!!!😉🤣🤣🤣
From your deadbeat northern cousin living in the attic!
Let's not forget that many of your Newfoundlanders were Seven Year Passengers courtesy of the King.
One of the Cdrs working with me hates John Adams because he was instrumental in stealing his direct ancestors business and properties in Boston. They had to flee from the mobs to the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia.
The only way your mate's ancestors had a business in Boston after March of 1774 (Boston Port Act) was if they were in the business of selling supplies to General Gage's forces. It would be two years before the Redcoats would evacuate Boston and taking their loyalists with them. Those who left would end up petitioning the King to cover their losses. Interesting story (and naval in nature), would be the Loring family among the evacuees. Being a notable British naval family, it is unsurprising that there was an HMS Loring during WW2. What is particularly ironic though is that she would be laid down in the Boston Navy Yard as an Evarts-class DE.
https://allthingsliberty.com/2018/12/putting-a-price-on-loyalty-mary-lorings-list-of-losses/
I’ll pass this on to him. Thanks for the info!
And if for some reason his kin didn't get compensation then, well, Labour just won in a landslide. It would be a good time to petition for reparations! /sarc
Happy 4th to all.
Thanks for all you do, Cdr Salamander!
Happy Independence Day to all!
Happy Independence Day from Georgia. Last night we watched the movie of the same name. This evening we will watch the musical 1776, as is our family custom. I have the honor of descending from at least two soldiers of the Revolution. The one I identify with most is Henry Farnsworth, who left his leased farm in northern Virginia and three small children in the care of his wife to serve as a Lieutenant in the Virginia Militia. I’ve always felt an obligation to live up to that degree of service.
Of historical note it was on this day July 4th 1826 that both Adams and Jefferson died - fifty years of friendship - fifty years of nationhood.
As near as can be determined, within 6 hours of each other, too
We are still the last best hope for Liberty. Take stock of our blessings.
And remember: Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue
No big deal about July 4th
INDEPENDENCE DAY, on the other hand....
Happy Independence Day, Patriots!
Happy 4th to Sal and the porch!!
I am celebrating with a new copy of "Paul Revere's Ride," by David Hacket Fisher. Revere's father, a Frenchman, last name, "Rivoire," upon immigrating to America, changed his name to Revere, "merely on account the bumpkins pronounced it easier."
Anglicization of names has a long tradition here. Taliaferro became Toliver in that era as well.
Happy Independence Day! Thanks for providing the content and the forum, Cdr.
^ This
Happy Birthday to the beginning of our Republic! (Nice pull Commander, it seems the border problems are the new emancipation problem of our times.)
Imagine an edited and updated version of the “long train of abuses and usurpations”:
[They] refused [their] Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
[They] have forbidden Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in [their] operation till Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, [they] have utterly neglected to attend to them.
[They] have called together legislative bodies at places unusual, [comfortable] and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of [corrupting] them into compliance with [their] measures.
[They] have endeavoured to [illegally add to] 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.
[They] have obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing [their] Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
[They] have made Judges dependent on [their] Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
[They] have erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
[They] have kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies [of Undercover Federal Agents and Informants] without the Consent of our legislatures.
[They] have affected to render the Military [Industrial Complex] independent of and superior to the Civil power.
[They] have combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving [their] Assent to [their] Acts of [thousands of pages of] pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed [federal agents] among us:
For protecting [federal agents] by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which [they] should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For [sending our means of production] off to 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 [into DC] to be tried for pretended offences:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For [overriding] our own Legislatures, and declaring [themselves] invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
[They] have abdicated Government here, by….waging [dis, mis, malinformation] War against us.
[They] have plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
[They] are 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.
[They] have excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the [godless communists] whose known rule of warfare [by infiltration rather than invasion], is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Excellent reminder of the "why", with the Constitution being the "what" and the "how".
My simple Cliff Notes:
Domestic Policy = Each of us has the right to be left alone.
Foreign Policy = Don't tread on me.
Happy Independence Day to all.
I brought steaks. Let's grill in celebration on the Front Porch!!
Three documents to provide hope to mankind, second only to the Holy Bible. First the Declaration of independence in 1776, then the Constitution in 1989 and the Bill of Right in 1791. And a seven year war in between. Might I suggest Divine Providence? We are indeed blessed.
Eugene,
The 1689 English Bill of Rights is far more important that any of our papers, so too the Magna Carta.
England had two revolutions to overthrow the dictatorial crown. One, dirty and bloody, the other, "Glorious." In 1689 the English Parliament established the primacy of an elected legislature. The Bill firmly established the principles of frequent parliaments, free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament. It also includes no right of taxation without Parliament's agreement, freedom from government interference, the right of petition and just treatment of people by courts.
Our revolution was not because we created these rights. We revolted because we were stripped of the rights the 1689 Bill codified into law. Check the Declaration with the 1689 Bill. Most of the "He has" sentences involve the Crown exercising autocratic powers in America that it was forbidden to exercise in England.
("Far more important?" That's going a bit too far. Our written constitution was a great leap forward; at least on a par with the Great Charter.
1. Magna Carta - US Constitution -tie
2. The 1689 Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
3. The US Bill of Rights.
4. Washington's Farewell Address.
5. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
6. Declaration of the Rights of Man.
7. Declaration of Independence. )
Let's just say that the our founding documents were the product of our Founding Fathers' careful study of history of this that went right and things that went wrong. And pretty much hit the nail on the head.
Wresting power from the sovereign is a 1000 year struggle. The Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights was a high water mark in that struggle.
If a country is good enough to live in then its good enough to fight for. With privilege comes responsibilities.
Hold fast and Happy Independence Day.