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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand Page 2 The Utah Independent July 19, 1973 READERS OUTLOOK The Independent Deserter Dedicated To Dear Editor: The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth Congressman Bill Scherle from Iowa Free men can vote themselves into slavery, but slaves caiino! vote themselves free. J. Reese Hunter Is CONGRESS. Jvly 4. 5fif mtttnimoM5fffarattwtrfA- - 1776 $taf ofXmmca. vast segments of business property in the war. Nevertheless, he time and again used his personal credit (often just his word as bond) to finance his countrys desperate need. Funds raised by Morris --- 4 JkL.Ujm,A 4, it :.U 'Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor Though mostly young, those 56 men who gathered in Philadelphia 'that fateful summer of 1776 and signed the Declaration of Independence were no mindless rabble of social revolutionaries, manipulated by conspiracy. They came not to destroy, but to build; not to blaspheme but to reaffirm their belief in a Creator who had given them life in His image and likeness. Nor did they seek power, prestige, influence or fortune for the most part they already possessed these. It was an independent nation whose people drew their rights from God and whose government derived its just powers from the consent of the that they sought. governed As an earnest and a bond, they closed the Declaration of Independence with these words: . . . for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. And as they signed John Hancock as president of Congress on July 4, the others on August 2 each was fully aware of the possible consequences should the rebellion fail. King George III had declared every rebel in the land a traitor and the penalty for treason was death by hanging. Especially marked for vengeance by the British were all members of Congress suspected of having signed for Independence. Few Americans today can name more than two or three ofthe Signers, much less realize the enormous debt of gratitude owed to them. None escaped entirely the Declaration pledge; most did, indeed, pay with their fortunes, a few with their lives, many (or most) suffered hardship almost beyond comprehension for their stand for Independence. Just a few examples will serve: John Hancock lost much of his fortune in the War, but contributed about $100,000 besides to its prosecution. King George put a price on his head. All four of the New York delegates signed away their fortunes when they signed the Declaration . . . and knew they were doing it. The home of Francis Lewis was sacked and burned, and his wife was carried off as a prisoner. She was held in filthy quarters and treated with great brutality. She had no clean clothing, nor a bed to lie on, for months. She never regained health and died two years later. Hessian soldiers fell on the farm and mills of John Hart, a Signer from New Jersey, while his wife was lying on her deathbed. His farmlands and mills laid waste, Hart was hunted through the woods like an animal, reduced to sleeping in caves or any crude shelter he could find. Then 65, he returned to his ruined land years later. His wife was dead and his 13 children were scattered to the winds. Robert Morris of Pennsylvania, one of the wealthiest men in the colonies, lost 150 ships and made it possible for Washington to cross the Delaware and score his famous victory at Trenton on Christmas night. The homes of George Clymer and Francis Hopkinson were plundered by the British and the house of William Ellery was burned. This much was common to virtually all the Signers. William Whipple of New Hampshire served throughout the long war as a Brigadier General commanding New Hampshire men. He had an illustrious career, helped arrange the surrender of Burgoyne after Saratoga, and had many brushes with death. Arthur Middleton, Thomas Heyward, Jr., and Edward Rutledge, all of South Carolina, served as militia officers after the signing. All three were taken prisoner after the long seige of Charleston and were held the next many months in great privation a prison ship. The great estates of Middleton andRutledge were destroyed. Colonel George Walton of Georgia fought valiantly for years in the cause of freedom. He was finally captured, badly wounded, in the fall of Savannah in 1779. Governor Thomas Nelson, then commanding Virginia troops standing before Yorktown, personally directed cannon fire upon his own magnificent home when it was thought to be occupied by Cornwallis. Nelson not only signed the Declaration and fought through the war, he also raised $2,000,000 virtually overnight to help finance it. Putting up his own properties as collateral, they were forfeited when the loans came due. He was never reimbursed by his government. The ships of another Virginian, Carter Braxton, were swept from the seas. His many debtors were unable to pay him, and he spent the rest of his life in desperate financial straits. The Signers pledged Life, Fortune and Honor. In the end they lost Fortune, many their Lives. Honor they kept because they were willing to sacrifice the other two. Almighty God, you know our great need. We pray You, in Your infinite mercy, send again such men to lead America. In the name of our Lord,Jesus regarding reports Presidential Pardon: "An Army deserter wrote the President from Canada that he had seen the light and repented. At a certain hour, he said, he would appear on the White House grounds ready for military service again. Identified by clothes he had said he would be wearing, he was arrested and detained. The President himself decided the case: the deserter should be returned to his without regiment penalty, except that when his term of enlistment expired, he would serve in prison the number of days he was absent without leave. The President was Abraham Lincoln." C.C. Moseley, McCarthy Murrow An open letter to: Columbia Broadcasting System New York, N.Y. Gentlemen: you dre to present a replay of M ( C a r t h y - M u r r o vv the So It is very confrontation. opportune: what with the Senate hearings, some naive, stupid listeners might wonder why you are so cooperative in reporting them in such minute detail, when you so Watergate vehemently the opposed McCarthy investigation? Although the modern dictionary gives a most accurate, Liberal definition of the Marxist inspired word, McCarthyism, despite the advantages of a current education, there may be some retarded in the younger generation, that dont realize what an arch fiend the Senaor from Wisconsin was. It should also serve as a not so subtle reminder, as to what will be meted out to any politician that takes Anti-Communis- m seriously. He will not even find surcease in the grave. And as for Egbert Murrow, how happy he would be to see his adamant stand against the exposure of Communists, justified in these clays of detente. Continued on page 3 Christ we pray. Cal Sunderland STOP ABORTION I The Watergate willies we have been going through here lately suggests what may he a generally true fact of life: That anybody who is actually smart enough to he an efficient and trustworthy public official has already got a hetter job or is too wise to go into politics. And this tends to leave government mostly in the hands of people who drift into the political arena because they cant inake.it in real life as lawyers, executives, school teachers or private snoops. The M TOO YOUNG TO DIE! 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