The US government under the Constitution caused very little interference until 1860. In his second inaugural address, Jefferson boasted that no citizen other than merchants in seaports would be likely to come in contact with any federal government official during their lifetimes. Andrew Jackson oversaw the payoff of the national debt. I enjoyed visiting Kings Mountain twice. I should go back again sometime. It was quite important, though not so much as Saratoga or Yorktown, according to most historians.
For life and liberty, David Macko NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President. ----- Original Message ----- From: kiddleddee To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:57 PM Subject: Hard Questions was Re: [Libertarian] Re: Ron Paul: a Good Thing for the libertarian movement and the Libertarian Part --- In [email protected], "David Macko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The term "merciless Indian savages" is a direct quote from the Declaration of Independence. Throughout history, which you should read before you dismiss Mr. Jefferson's description of them, with which all of the other Signers concurred, most people haven't given a d*mn. Fortunately, during the Revolution and during the establishment of what used to be our government, enough did to create the most libertarian form of government in history. __________________________________________________________ I would venture to guess that "most" of those who fought in the revolution were fighting for independence, not to create another "nation". That is certainly what my ancestors - who left their small farms in the mountains of Carolina (which they had purchased from the "Indian savages" by the way and were living peacibly among them) in order to defeat the British at Kings Mountain, the battle that won the revolutionary war, only to then return to live in peace and without interference from any central distant government - thought they were fighting for. And like I said after the central government was established, thousands of "Americans" began to flee its (effective) jurisdiction, choosing instead to take their chances with the "Indian savages". [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
