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Headlines From the
Past
In keeping with the Declaration of
Independence that "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely
to effect their Safety and Happiness", just about every major
Northern newspaper
editorialized in favor of the Southern States' right to take this course of
action.
New York Tribune
Dec. 17, 1860
"If tyranny and despotism
justified the Revolution of 1776, then we do not see why it would not
justify the secession of Five Millions of Southrons from the Federal Union
in 1861."
- From the pen of Horace Greeley.
Detroit Free Press
Feb. 19, 1861
"An attempt to subjugate the seceded States, even if
successful could produce nothing but evil -- evil unmitigated in character
and appalling in content."
The New York Times
March 21, 1861
"There is growing sentiment throughout the North in
favor of letting the Gulf States go."
Tyranny and despotism? It was admitted then.
Could it be true today?
This Month in Florida History SEPTEMBER 5
1950 Hurricane Easy struck the area from Yankeetown to Cedar Key.
This unusual storm, with winds of 125 mph, produced the single greatest
24-hour rainfall in Florida since records have been kept. Over today and
tomorrow (September 5-6), 38.7 inches of rain fell at
Yankeetown.
SEPTEMBER 6 1928 The Great Lake Okeechobee
Hurricane struck Florida as a Category 4 storm, with winds pushing lake
waters to a storm surge of more than 15 feet. The area surrounding the
lake's south end, occupied primarily by migrant agricultural workers,
flooded. The Red Cross's death toll count reached 1,836, but additional
bodies and skeletons were discovered after the end of the Red Cross count.
In response to this disaster, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built dikes
around the lake to prevent a recurrence. Florida author Zora Neale Hurston
recorded the impact on this hurricane on migrants in her novel, Their Eyes
Were Watching God.
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SEPTEMBER
8
1565 Today is the anniversary of the founding of St.
Augustine.
From the account of Pedro Menendez's expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition. "Satruday, the eight of September, the day of the Nativity of our Lady, the General disembarked with many banners displayed and many trumpets and other instruments of war, discharging much artillery. As I was on the Land since the day before, I took a cross and went out to receive them with the Psalm "Te Deum laudamaus," and the General came directly to the cross with all the rest that came with him, and kneeling on the knees on the earth they kissed the cross. There were a great number of Indians looking at these ceremonies and thus they did all they saw done. On this same day the General took possession of this land for His Majesty and all Captains swore him to be General of all this land." SEPTEMBER 10
1964 Hurricane Dora swept across north Florida after coming
ashore near St. Augustine. The storm's 125 mph winds produced a storm
surge of 12-15 feet and, together, the elements did more than $250 million
in damages [$1 billion in 1990 dollars]. This was the first hurricane to
strike Florida north of Stuart since the Hurricane of 1880
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SEPTEMBER 20 1822 The City
of St. Augustine was incorporated under the Territorial Laws of
Florida.
SEPTEMBER 15 1949 Today's WJXT-TV in Jacksonville first signed on the air on this date under the call sign WMBR-TV SEPTEMBER 23 1888 One hundred sixty-three yellow
fever cases reported in the epidemic at Jacksonville. Before the epidemic
is over, four hundred twenty-seven persons would die. A Federal System No
More?
The presidential election of 2000 showed that
America is now divided into two great political classes: the productive,
taxpaying class and the parasitic, live-at-others'-expense class. The
latter group includes millions of welfare bums, federal, state and local
government bureaucrats and "contractors," and their massive supporting
propaganda apparatus in the universities, on television, and in print
journalism. Now that the vast majority of what the central government does
is unconstitutional, there is almost no restraint at all on the extent to
which the latter class can use the coercive powers of the state to plunder
the former class.
Read the full story.
Internet Links of Educational
interest:
How Tyranny Came to America http://www.sobran.com/tyranny.shtml Lincolnian Totalitarians http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo77.html America's Two Party System Is A Hoax
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National News
Some
Things Are Worth
Fighting For
It's a sad thing when even the brightest among
the conservatives don't get it when it comes to the sell-out
of the Republican Party.
In a recent column in the "Washington
Post," George Will, commenting on some of the speakers at the Republican
Convention, wrote approvingly of the prominent role given to California
Governor Arnold Schwarzennegger and former New York City Mayor Rudy
Giuliani, both of whom are pro-abortion and pro-homosexual
"rights."
Referring to both men as having a
"socially libertarian cast," Will said that the reemergence of such
persons "into Republican respectability of conservatism" is "a development
with a large potential to discomfort the Democratic Party." This "can make
the Republican Party more appealing to many young and suburban voters, two
cohorts in which Democrats have recently made substantial
gains."
Will also says: "The Republican
Party's challenge is to keep its old fissures closed while relaxing the
stringency of its social issues catechism." He says that at its Convention in
New York City, the GOP "began in earnest the task of making others (persons
such as Schwarzennegger and Giuliani) not only more comfortable within the
party but eligible to rank among its leaders."
Now, what's wrong with this point of view is
obvious to anyone who puts principles first and party and politics second.
What Will is saying, in so many words, is that the Republican Party
can be all things to all people --- indeed MUST be all things to all people
--- because this will have a greater political appeal and get more
votes. This argument is one of pure political expediency. It is immoral.
It puts winning first. Thus, it is a corrupt argument.
Will also doesn't tell us how, exactly, a
party can "relax the stringency of its social issues catechism." How does
a party "relax" a pro-life view if the true pro-life view is that the
snuffing out of the lives of all innocent, unborn human beings is always
some form of homicide and, frequently, murder?
Ditto, homosexual "rights." How does one
"relax" a view, the proper view, that "rights" do not accrue to people,
homosexuals, simply because they practice a vile form of sexual perversion
which God says is an abomination?
The English philosopher John Stuart Mill
once said: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The
decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks
that nothing is worth war, is much worse. The person who has nothing for
which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own
personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free
unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Amen! And so it is with politics. Fights
over vitally important issues within a political party are not pleasant.
But, there is something worse. And that something is the view that no
vitally important issues within a party are worth fighting about because
the most important thing is getting elected.
We in the Constitution Party do not believe this! We believe that there are things worth fighting about, and worth advocating --- such as honoring God, defending the traditional Christian family and working to restore our Constitutional Republic. We believe these things, and will fight for them, even if , by standing firm on these issues, this limits our appeal to the electorate. In fact, we will fight for them even if it means we lose an election.
Why
not judge for yourself - Take a chance and make the
comparison.
Visit http://www.peroutka2004.com/ and find out why
more and more Americans believe that a return to Constitutional government
is the only real remedy for a broken American dream.
Find out why this campaign is committed to a civil
government in these United States that acknowledges God,
defends the family, and restores the American Republic to its founding
principles. Aren't these the values you and your family want in our
government?
Remember that when voting for the "lesser
of two evils", you are still voting for evil.
Thanks
to the Peroutka campaign for the inspiration
Your Government at work Lakeland,
Fl.
ABC News
Feds
tell hurricane victims: No handicap access: No water. Federal Government: the model of
efficiency, cooperation, economy, and caring for the 'People'. May the Lord help the people, for they
seem to be fine with it. The government could not care less about the thirst
of these people. Got to dot those i's and cross those t's,
until then, DIE for your government. Seems the government is "doing it's
best" as usual.
Read the full story.
Poll Results In our last issue we asked the question: Should the Supreme Court be obligated to interpret the Constitution in keeping with today's changing mores? 84% of our readers said the court was not created to reflect the popular opinion or passion of the day. Only 16% thought the court should interpret the law with today's society in mind. No one claimed to be undecided on this important issue. Thanks to all our readers who participated in our poll.
Back issues now available Many of our readers have requested back issues of the Deo Vindice Newsletter. The editorial staff is happy to announce that they are now available at http://coolchange.net/newsletter. Check them out. Refer a friend. Historical Quiz Although Hurricane Ivan struck land off the coast of Alabama, it severely impacted Florida along with Frances and Charley. It has been exactly 40 years since three hurricanes in one season have stormed through our Sunshine State. Lyndon B. Johnson was in the White House. The Beatles were a novelty act. Universal Newsreels still played in movie theaters. Name the three hurricanes that rumbled through Florida in 1964. Email your answer to NEFLOS@net-host.net. The first correct answer will win a free Florida State Flag, suitable for outdoor display of your patriotism. Answer to last quiz: Commenting on a stragetic move contemplated by a U.S. President prior to a military conflict, a famous Secretary of State rebuked the strategy with these words: "Fraternity is the element of union, war the very element of disunion ". Who was the cabinet member who made this statement? Answer: Secretary of State William Seward, arguing against re-supplying Ft. Sumter in 1861. Congratulations to Robert Lloyd of Ft. Meyers who had the first correct answer. |
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