Ignore the nbsp’s, those worked fine on my machine as line indents!!
THIS struck me ...
"To cement the people of America more firmly together, oaths of fidelity to the states were respectively administered soon after the declaration of independence, to all above a certain age. By these oaths, a compact was established between the state and the individuals; and those who took them acquired or confirmed their citizenship by their own personal act. By swearing to do the duty of citizens, they, by law, acquired a right to the privileges and protection of citizens. Those who refused, were ordered to depart, as being persons unfriendly to the revolution."
... because (and color me weird, but it IS what I thought first .. ) it sounded like the marriage vow one takes at THAT time of their life.
It has always been amazing to me that people could/would stand before God and man and avow un-ending allegience to each other, broken only by death .. only to (some time later) break that vow for no more of a reason than "I don't like you any more" (for whatever reason) ..
Not such a weird thought?
Buckle up ...
Every divorced or estranged politician has already broken a most sacred vow that it is no problem to be anti-American.
I haven't fleshed it out yet, but THAT was the thought ... our early citizens, by a sacred vow (never renounced?) were more stalwart in their (inner) constitution than many of the watchdaogs FOR our Constitution.
I forget who said it, and the exact words, but someone said that a Republic is only fit for a moral people (or a religious people .. I forget)
The point being a man must have a religious or God based sense of morality in order to be a citizen of the Republic.
Comments greatly welcome.
Thanks again djf
Mario Apuzzo has it on his website. It was a great find.
Puzo1.blogspot.com