djpullen
October 11, 2006, 08:21 PM
"[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great
Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man,
- who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that
it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that
they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and let them sink
gradually, by totally disusing and neglecting the militia."
-- George Mason (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,
14 June 1778)
Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man,
- who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that
it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that
they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and let them sink
gradually, by totally disusing and neglecting the militia."
-- George Mason (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,
14 June 1778)
