Show GOOD CITIZEN Power to Declare War Invested In Congress of United States i This I the of a serial articled from the br The American Heritage Foundation concerning the rights and duties of an THE FIFTH promise of a good I will work for peace but will dutifully accept my responsibilities in time of war and will respect the Probably the greatest of all powers is the power to declare In America this power is not given to any one It Is not given to our gen- and It is nt given to President daB and his cabi- It is T-Ti en our kl ilUk elected the congress I of the United We have given the congress also the In time of to abridge some of our liberties for the common The most fervent hope of every American heart is that the differences between nations may be settled without Only a burning wrong can force us into another Only a burning devotion to the principles of free government and to national unity and strength on the part of all the people can insure our victory over the forces of if it Is our destiny again to engage In 1776 we won In 1812 we held in 1861 we preserved the in 1898 we strengthened in 1917 our freedom was threatened and in 1941 again our freedom was attacked and a OPENING words of The THE written by Thomas Paine at the lowest tide of America's perhaps of all that has been written expresses the true feeling of the sixth promise of a good They say it was written upon a drumhead by the campfires of Washington's defeated and retreating By order of General Washington it was hastily printed In rushed to the front and read aloud to the troops on Christmas night before the crossing of the Delaware and the attack on which was the turning point of the Revolutionary It are the times that try men's The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot in this shrink from the service of his but he that stands it deserves the love and thanks of man and like is not easily yet we have this consolation with that the harder the the more glorious the What we obtain too we esteem too dearness only that gives every thing its Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its and it would be strange if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly a a a KS STATED at the the right to declare war is invested in the congress of the United States by Article Section 8 of the The congress shall have the To declare war To raise and support armies To provide and maintain a navy To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the suppress insurrections and repel To provide for and the and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States article la Chapter S af the booklet produced by The American Heritage sponsors of the freedom A complete book may be obtained by sending cents to The American Heritage 17 East New N. V. |