George Mason, speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
Alexander
2012/07/27 13:40:45
"[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great
Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, - who was governor
of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual
way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and
let them sink gradually, by totally disusing and neglecting the militia."
--George Mason, speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788
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- I. Car Rus 2012/07/28 07:35:13
The great irony in all of this was the fear Americans had was that those who were truly enslaved inside the country would THEMSELVES become armed, which of course Lincoln did in the course of the Civil Warreply - santa6642 2012/07/27 13:57:15Subjects have no way to defend them selves, were as citizens have that option.reply
