To the editor:
On this 250th 4th of July, let us pay homage to the 56 delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence. Men who were signing their death warrant in the eyes of the British Crown. They challenged tyranny for posterity. Renowned poet Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words remind me today that “[e]very mind must make its choice between truth and repose, it cannot have both.” Before Almighty God, this choice to challenge King George ended with “[a]nd for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor.”
Today, as we suffer the consequences of removing God from public life; moral anarchy roams our streets. Meanwhile, large majorities of our leaders swear allegiance to the Constitution, before Almighty God, who in office turn against God, we the people and the Constitution! Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, at University of Texas, with piercing words attempted to wake up apathetic Americans. He declared that the “Declaration’s immortal words are, without the commitment to back them up, nothing more than mere words on parchment paper, nice words, but nonetheless, just words.” This is a hard truth. The immortal words of the Declaration did not win independence and freedom for us, the commitment of our Christian forefathers did.
In the moral climate of our day, it’s fair to ask how many Americans this Independence Day, see past the flag waving and the firecrackers. How many would sign a death warrant that would secure liberty for posterity? Just as sure as the battle lines were drawn against the Colonist in 1776, promising chains and slavery, 250 years later the battle lines are drawn in a different kind of war that promises the same. There is a war of the Fabian-Socialist Administrative State, unelected rulers, who have steadily gained more power over the people for near a century. Beyond all the flag waving and firecrackers, there’s a “Help Wanted” sign to secure liberty today. Truth has become a lonely warrior and needs your help.
But we must make a commitment to know our enemy and know ourselves. I strongly urge readers to check out the July Issue of thenewamerican.com or jbs.org to find why Americans have been free and how to secure liberty for our children and children’s children. Clarence Thomas words are a challenge to make a commitment to posterity. While you still have a choice, choose liberty!