Posted on 07/04/2010 7:07:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; ... indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity.
It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?
Washington was a centralizer. He wanted to see the 13 independent colonies meld into one great Empire. Viewed through this prism, all the thoughts mentioned above come into focus.
There should be tolerance for only one culture, here.
The American culture.
If you can’t handle that, the go back to whatever third rate crap hole that you came from.
Multi-culturalism has been used for over 3000 years by invading armies to weaken and control their prey.
The Babylonians would use this exact methodology. Apon invading a new city-state, they would bring in various other conquered peoples and force them to live side-by-side. Soon they were fighting each other more than they were fighting the Babylonians, and after a time new cultures emerged, eliminating the old, which would be less against Babylon.
Multi-culturalism is a weapon. Always has been.
Strength is in unity. Always has been.
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder. - Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850
“Multi-culturalism is a weapon. Always has been.
Strength is in unity. Always has been.”
Amen!
You’re right, it was a very different time because the population of the country was so small. It was impossible for different cultures to shut themselves off from the rest of the people. Oh, yeah, we had our “Germantowns” and Dutch enclaves, but Muslims and other smaller minorities had to get along. They wouldn’t have been in America if they didn’t want to get along.
Europe, itself, was very multi-cultural, at least among the educated classes because education was based on books written mostly by Romans and Greeks. Much of the university education in Europe was conducted in Latin so that students from all over the world could read and understand the same books.
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