But I think he would have been absolutely revulsed by the notion that such attachment would have been maintained by force.
"I guess I just wonder how they could respect him more than you do. Didn't he do anything noteworthy in your eyes?"
Don't you bother to read before you respond? I told you, I have great respect for George Washington, I just don't believe that he was infallible. So both of the premises of your questions are false. Like Non-Seq, you continually set up straw men.
But I think he would have been absolutely revulsed by the notion that such attachment would have been maintained by force.
I-M-M-O-V-E-A-B-L-E
He was ready to use force against rebellion in Pennsylvania. And in his proclamation on such, he called the action of the rebels there treason.
Walt
For what? Holding slaves?
Walt