In defence of the secessionist traitors...

The Constitutional Alamo ^ | 05/07/09 | Michael Naragon

[Publius772000]

The following letter was written by the author in response to a column in The Covington News on May 6, 2009 (http://www.covnews.com/news/article/6961/) :

Mr. Shipp,

I believe you’re right. If Mr. [Rick] Perry and Mr. [John] Oxendine have explored the notion of seceding from the United States, they are rebels and traitors. And their names should become synonymous with others who are or were like-minded: Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Adams.

You used several names to demagogue those who have even suggested secession: “wacko,” “nuts,” “crazy,” “troublemakers,” and “haters.” Similar terms might have been used by more articulate Tory columnists about our Founding Fathers.

I realize that you’re in the newspaper business, and drumming up traffic for your failing paper is part of your job. But if you are going to troll, at least be historically accurate.

This "secession" movement is not a re-enactment of the Civil War, although a case can be made that the conditions now are very similar to those in the Antebellum years.

If anything, the secession sentiment espoused by what you would call a lunatic fringe is more akin to the philosophies of our Framers who, after numerous attempts at reconciliation with an oppressive government, took upon themselves the mantle of revolutionaries to etch out a free Republic.

This movement, as much as repetitive columnists and liberal blog sites would like to frame it, is not about President Obama. Many of those who are upset with their distant government began their intellectual journey long before our current administration assumed power.

It is not that those who entertain the “fantasy” of secession wish to leave the United States. These men are not traitors, as you would paint them to be. The real traitor is a federal government that has abandoned the Constitutional principles that it was founded upon...

[Publius772000]

This is an old post, but I'm resurrecting it in honor of the Tea Parties this weekend. I will be attending the assembly in Marietta, GA, since the Atlanta Tea Party was effectively canceled by wealthy Obama supporters. The entire letter can be found at The Constitutional Alamo.

[patriot08]

Thanks OP. Good read.

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It is an insult to their memories to allow our United States to be transformed into something they would fail to recognize.

Try again. The world is always getting transformed into something that past generations would fail to recognize.

[KrisKrinkle]

“The real traitor is a federal government that has abandoned the Constitutional principles that it was founded upon.”

The Federal Government is nothing without the States.

The States and the People have allowed and sometimes encouraged the Federal Government to become what it has become.

The States should organize to bring the Federal Government under control.

[Brad’s Gramma]

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[Publius772000]

I apologize for selling our ancestors short. The Founding Fathers would certainly recognize what we’re becoming. They were very familiar with despotism and tyranny. They just wouldn’t expect it from the posterity to which they handed the most enlightened governmental foundation the world had ever known.

[Jack Black]

Ping

[Jack Black]

CWII ping. How are we going to get there?

[stephenjohnbanker]

B U M P !!

[Las Vegas Ron]

The real traitor is a federal government that has abandoned the Constitutional principles that it was founded upon...

Amen...needs to be shouted loud and often, thing is, too many won't hear it let alone understand it.

We're back to the 33/33/33 formula again...but we have more guns

[patriot preacher]

Ecellent.

[Publius772000]

Thanks :)

[supercat]

Those in the present government need to be recognized as totalitarian anarchists (seeking unlimited power, not bound by law). Opposition to this government is a necessary condition of supporting lawful governance.