New Lisbon
WI – A government without a people is no government, but a people without a
government are still a people.
The Scriptures
state (Romans 13) that the civil government’s purpose is to reward the good and
to punish the evil; to carry the sword as a terror to evil doers. They are to
administer justice.
In 1776 our
founding father realized that there was no longer any justice in the government
of Great Britain over the colonies of America. Rather than sit an things would
hope that things would become better, they petitioned, were rejected, then
rebelled.
They
revolted to “secure the blessing of liberty” for themselves and us. Some of
them lost a great deal because of their actions. However, they did not simply
bow to the king on the throne because he was the king on the throne. A position
is only respected in as much as the one that holds it demands respect.
Just because a man is the president does
not exempt him from being a part of We, the people. In fact he is to be the most
honorable and upright of all the citizens. The president, not Walter Cronkite,
should be the most trusted man in America.
If Edward
Snowden was right in what he did, then he should be praised, and all those who
lied to the public, and spied on the citizens of this nation, should be removed
from office. If the government begins to act unjustly, then they begin to act
like Julius Caesar, who set himself as total dictator over his nation. He
crossed the Rubicon, the river that you may not cross and go back. A general
who passed over that river with his army was at war with his people. Once it
was crossed the civil war began.
We know what
happened at the end of that civil war. Octavian became a dictator.
Through His
Strength We Will Conquer,
Andrew C. Abbott
This post brings to mind the quote that was on Chamberlain's lips in Gods and Generals as he was about to lead his men into the hell at Fredericksburg:
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