THANK YOU – For the courage to fight for Independence
Elliott Bohannon
Richard Bohannon
James Carter, Sr.
James Carter, Jr.
Paul Dustin
William Godbey
Nathanial Ladd
Nathan Marton
David Nutt
Ephraim Perkins, Sr.
Jacob Perkins
Elliott Bohannon
Richard Bohannon
James Carter, Sr.
James Carter, Jr.
Paul Dustin
William Godbey
Nathanial Ladd
Nathan Marton
David Nutt
Ephraim Perkins, Sr.
Jacob Perkins
Additional plans for today’s blog were cast aside by an afternoon nap! Tomorrow I will be traveling, so posting will be late. I was going to have a nice rant on compromise, but napped right through it. So, I am featuring a few things others around the web are saying.
The men who wrote the Declaration of Independence were men of vision who knew how to compromise - in the end. They threatened one another. They stormed. They fought. They cursed. They drank, but in the end they worked together - as adults. It is a lesson conservatives today could stand learning - again. If the hate filled atmosphere that haunts Congress today were around in 1776 we would still be Subjects of the Crown.
"On June 7th, 1776 Richard Henry Lee brought the following resolution before the Continental Congress of the United Colonies:
``Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.'' .
On Saturday, June 8th, Lee's resolution (see Virginia Resolve May 15, 1776) was referred to a committee of the whole (the entire Continental Congress), and they spent most of that day as well as Monday, June 10th debating independence. The chief opposition for independence came mostly from Pennsylvania, New York and South Carolina. As Thomas Jefferson said, they "were not yet matured for falling from the parent stem." Since Congress could not agree more time was needed "to give an opportunity to the delegates from those colonies which had not yet given authority to adopt this decisive measure, to consult their constituents .. and in the meanwhile, that no time be lost, that a committee be appointed to prepare a declaration".
Accordingly on June 11th Committee of Five was chosen with Thomas Jefferson of Virginia picked unanimously as its first member. Congress also chose John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The committee assigned Thomas Jefferson the task of producing a draft Declaration for its consideration.
Jefferson's writing of the original draft took place in seventeen days between his appointment on the committee until the report of draft to Congress on June 28th. Thomas Jefferson drew heavily on George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights (passed on June 12, 1776), state and local calls for independence, and his own work on the Virginia Constitution.
Jefferson's original rough draft was first submitted to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams for their thoughts and changes
"because they were the two members of whose judgments and amendments I wished most to have the benefit before presenting it to the Committee". -- Thomas Jefferson
The entire committee reviewed after Franklin and Adams's changes. After much discussion 26 changes were made from Jefferson's original draft. The Committee presented it to Congress on Friday June 28th which ordered it to lie on the table.
According to historian John C. Fitzpatrick the Declaration's
"...genesis roughly speaking, is the first three sections of George Mason's immortal composition (Virginia Declaration of Rights), Thomas Jefferson's Preamble to the Virginia Constitution, and Richard Henry Lee's resolution..."
Congress was called to order on July 1st at 9am and serious debate consumed most of that hot and humid Monday. Late in the day it was apparent that the delegates from Pennsylvania and South Carolina were not ready to pass the Lee resolution for Independence. Additionally the two delegates from Delaware were split so debate was postponed until the following day. On July 2, 1776 both Robert Morris and John Dickinson deliberately abstained by not attending the session and the remaining Pennsylvania delegation voted for independence. South Carolina leader's son, Arthur Middleton, chose to ignore his absent and ailing father's Tory wishes changing the colony's position to aye. Finally the great patriot Caesar Rodney with his face riddled with cancer rode all night through the rain and a lightening storm arriving in time to break the Delaware 1 to 1 deadlock by casting the third vote for independence. Thus all 12 colonies voted on July 2nd and adopted the resolution, introduced by Richard Henry Lee and John Adams, declaring independence from Great Britain:
``Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.'' .
On July 2, 1776 the United Colonies of America officially became the United States of America."
``Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.'' .
On Saturday, June 8th, Lee's resolution (see Virginia Resolve May 15, 1776) was referred to a committee of the whole (the entire Continental Congress), and they spent most of that day as well as Monday, June 10th debating independence. The chief opposition for independence came mostly from Pennsylvania, New York and South Carolina. As Thomas Jefferson said, they "were not yet matured for falling from the parent stem." Since Congress could not agree more time was needed "to give an opportunity to the delegates from those colonies which had not yet given authority to adopt this decisive measure, to consult their constituents .. and in the meanwhile, that no time be lost, that a committee be appointed to prepare a declaration".
Accordingly on June 11th Committee of Five was chosen with Thomas Jefferson of Virginia picked unanimously as its first member. Congress also chose John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The committee assigned Thomas Jefferson the task of producing a draft Declaration for its consideration.
Jefferson's writing of the original draft took place in seventeen days between his appointment on the committee until the report of draft to Congress on June 28th. Thomas Jefferson drew heavily on George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights (passed on June 12, 1776), state and local calls for independence, and his own work on the Virginia Constitution.
Jefferson's original rough draft was first submitted to Benjamin Franklin and John Adams for their thoughts and changes
"because they were the two members of whose judgments and amendments I wished most to have the benefit before presenting it to the Committee". -- Thomas Jefferson
The entire committee reviewed after Franklin and Adams's changes. After much discussion 26 changes were made from Jefferson's original draft. The Committee presented it to Congress on Friday June 28th which ordered it to lie on the table.
According to historian John C. Fitzpatrick the Declaration's
"...genesis roughly speaking, is the first three sections of George Mason's immortal composition (Virginia Declaration of Rights), Thomas Jefferson's Preamble to the Virginia Constitution, and Richard Henry Lee's resolution..."
Congress was called to order on July 1st at 9am and serious debate consumed most of that hot and humid Monday. Late in the day it was apparent that the delegates from Pennsylvania and South Carolina were not ready to pass the Lee resolution for Independence. Additionally the two delegates from Delaware were split so debate was postponed until the following day. On July 2, 1776 both Robert Morris and John Dickinson deliberately abstained by not attending the session and the remaining Pennsylvania delegation voted for independence. South Carolina leader's son, Arthur Middleton, chose to ignore his absent and ailing father's Tory wishes changing the colony's position to aye. Finally the great patriot Caesar Rodney with his face riddled with cancer rode all night through the rain and a lightening storm arriving in time to break the Delaware 1 to 1 deadlock by casting the third vote for independence. Thus all 12 colonies voted on July 2nd and adopted the resolution, introduced by Richard Henry Lee and John Adams, declaring independence from Great Britain:
``Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.'' .
On July 2, 1776 the United Colonies of America officially became the United States of America."
My tribute to Beverly Sills can be found at Blog Critics.
I also have a review of movies for the 4th of July.
It was a rather unpopular war with vets treated very shabbily.
Thursday Thirteen is “100” today. My Thirteen list is made up of my Thirteen Favorite Founding Fathers.
We hold these truths – Riehl World View has a wonderful tribute to the men who knew how to compromise and put state-craft ahead of personal politics. They knew the art of state-craft, eventually. They fought. They drank. They cursed one another. But – they learned how to work together to achieve a common goal of Independence. Too bad people can’t do this today.
Opinion Journal tribute
Wizbang and the opposite of freedom.
Captain Ed has tributes to Lincoln, Washington, and FDR.
MUST READ: Powerline Blog and the price John McCain has paid for his country.
Palmetto Post
MUST READ: Hyscience
American Thinker
Michael Medved
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