You said “In the 1860’s, during the Civil War, Senators were trying to root out traitors”
Northern authorities considered Southerners who were fighting for independence as “traitors”, even though the entire nation had done the same thing against the British 80 years before. When you make the definitive statement that the Senate took actions in the 1860’s to root out traitors, you imply by definition that southerners were traitors. You know, during reconstruction, most of my ancestors lost their right to vote, because reconstruction law said that any former confederate officer that had a certain amount of financial wherewithall, was to be prohibited from voting. Now, we weren’t finanically wiped out, but alot of people were, and they added insult to injury by taking away the franchise.
Many of our regions richest people ended up being homeless paupers by 1880, and all because northerners viewed us as “traitors” I’m just trying to bring up a point, it’s never a good idea to use the word “traitor” when talking about that period of time, cause it’s a sensitive subject and doing so angers alot of us.
You said “In the 1860’s, during the Civil War, Senators were trying to root out traitors”
Wrong. If you clicked the link in the original post, you would have found that that text is on the website that I gleaned this information from.
It was to illustrate that the oath has gone from a one-line sentence to a much deeper and involoved solemn vow.
If it is true that Big Business is driving the Anmesty Bill, and that they are desiring a “North AMerican Union”, then the Senators driving this legislation are assisting (or acting as useful idiots) “domestic enemies” in the tearing of our social fabric, eliminating our middle class and eroding American values.