Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: im curious to know [View all]wincest
(117 posts)the us colones did not fight for the gov. we fought against it.
in the civil war, the south fought against the gov.
SHAYS REBELLION http://www.history.com/topics/shays-rebellion
the people can not be all, & always, well informed. the part which is wrong [. . .] will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. if they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. we have had 13. states independant 11. years. there has been one rebellion. that comes to one rebellion in a century & a half for each state. what country before ever existed a century & half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms. the remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. what signify a few lives lost in a century or two? the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is its natural manure.
http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/100