What Do You Think, Mr. Webster?
What would Daniel Webster he were think about the War on “Terror”? I don’t think he’d approve of it. Not because he was ashamed of being an American, or because he liked Muslims, but because he was determined to preserve the Constitution. In fact, so well known was his stance, that he earned the title “defender of the Constitution.” Here is what Webster would say (and did say) if he was alive today:
“I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe. … Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. (1)
“If war should sweep our commerce from the seas, another generation will restore it. If war exhausts our treasury, future industry will replenish it. If war desiccate and lay waste our fields, under new cultivation they will grow green again and ripen to future harvest. If the walls of yonder Capitol should fall and its decorations be covered by the dust of battle, all these can be rebuilt. But who shall reconstruct the fabric of a demolished government; who shall dwell in the well-proportioned columns of constitutional liberty; who shall frame together the skillful architecture which unites sovereignty with state’s rights, individual security with prosperity?” (2)
Here are some quotes from modern-American folks:
“I believe that if the people of this nation fully understood what Congress has done to them over the last 49 years, they would move on Washington; they would not wait for an election… It adds up to a preconceived plan to destroy the economic and social independence of the United States!” (3)George W. Malone
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” (4)Henry Ford
This is just a quick post, but it is certainly worth thinking about, especially the next time you turn on the tube or listen to the radio or read the newspaper.
One Response to “What Do You Think, Mr. Webster?”
September 27th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Oh, I think we MODERN Americans are SOOO much smarter than Webster now! You see, we have EVOLVED in such a few years to KNOW IT ALL NOW. Webster didn;t know what he was talking about! Plus, what FEELS good in this Modern era is what we MUST do, right?
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