READ, THINK, AND REMEMBER

[deanf]

Well these parts certainly still apply, if you substitute "government of the United States" for "King of Great Britain."

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained;
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:


In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.

 

[Pappy John]

Sorry, Art.

I really should just stay out of L&P.....I have no tact, and less patience. :banghead: That's why I rarely stick my nose in here. It usually turns bad.

Back to gun stuff for me.

Besides....I've got to get back to feeding all those troops that are quartering in my spare room.