During these days when arrogant and haughty politicians seem to be having their day, disregarding the people and values they ‘claim’ to represent, it seems as if the nuts are running the asylum. Only 44% of the people support the healthcare plan under Obama, yet these arrogant types claim they have a mandate. The plan is evil, plain and simple. It encourages euthanasia, support abortion, is heavy handed, puts an unfair burden on the people, especially young people all in the name of ‘fairness’, it robs people of their revenues and intrudes into the the responsibilities associated with the home, just to name a few items.
At times it seems that we are outnumbered. We have always been outnumbered, even during the American War of Secession from Britian, the patriots were often outnumbered by those opposed to independence. I was reminded of this when I read a passage from Robert L. Dabney:
Dabney on Outnumbered American Soldiers—
“…The (Confederate) government (presented) in May, 1864, about 264,000 combatants to Mr. Lincoln’s 970,000, the number he had under arms at that time. While General Grant…was able to put in the field 620,000 men in May, 1864, Mr. (Jefferson) Davis opposed him with about 125,000 in the several active armies. The disproportion of forces, and the relative character of the rival armies may also be illustrated by the numbers actually arrayed against each other in several battles.
At the critical turn of the first battle of Manassas (July 21, 1861), the official reports of Generals McDowell and Beauregard show that the decisive grapple …was made by 6500 Confederates against 20,000 United States troops, including several regiments of regulars. The Confederates won it.
At Sharpsburg, 33,000 Confederates repulsed 90,000 Federalists. At Chancellorsville, 35,000 Confederates beat General Hooker with the “finest army on the planet.” In the Wilderness, General Lee met General Grant’s 142,000 with 50,000…In the battle on Winchester in the autumn of 1864, Sheridan won a dearly-bought victory from General Early by hurling 50,000 upon 12,000. In the closing struggle, General Lee’s 33,000 were not dislodged from Petersburg and Richmond until their assailants were increased to 180,000.And finally, the remnant of Lee’s heroic army did not surrender to this enormous host until it was reduced to less than 8,000 muskets. The aggregate of men paroled at Appomattox was made up of some twenty or more thousand stragglers and men on detached service who came in, to avail themselves of the supposed pacification after the termination of military operations.
(Discussions by Robert L. Dabney, S.B. Ervin, 1897, pp. 130-131.)
After reading it, I realized that we need to “Quit ye like men” and stand (if you don’t understand the sentence, they you were likely a product of the government school system). The term is from scripture and it amounts to the modern equivalent of “Butch up!”, “Be a man!”. Now is not the time to give up, but rather to persevere and continue.
Some may say, but we have no voice, we have no army. To you, I recall the story of John Knox, who was known for standing on principle and speaking out. He was also a very fervent praying man. His praying was so stirring that Mary Queen of Scots commented “I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe”.
We can learn from the examples of such men.
Liberty for Texas and the South!
J Murrah
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