Rusty Cage Gray

“All brave men are true comrades.” John W. Daniel

[Jeremiah “Jasper” Thompson @jjfThompson]

In the era of this country’s founding, the word “state” meant a sovereign body. In the Lee Resolution (1776), Great Britain is referred to as "the state of Great Britain."

(Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. https://t.co/lIEk47pqMa

Had the United States been intended to be one entity, it would have been named the United State of America. singular.

[Wanjiru Njoya @WanjiruNjoya]

Communist revolutions never make anyone better off, they start like this and end in tyranny and death.

Democrats do this because they're evil and Republicans go along with it and even lead the charge because they're stupid. Most Southern states have Republican governors.

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“Free and Independent States…are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and all political Connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved;”

[Jeremiah “Jasper” Thompson @jjfThompson]

Lincoln’s War was fought for the same reason King George III fought the Revolutionary war with the colonies — to preserve the union/empire.

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“Had you abolitionists been loyal to the government..there would have been no secession and, as a matter of course, no war. Hence, you are responsible for every drop of blood shed and all other horrors and miseries brought on by the war.”

Council Bluffs Bugle
Iowa
1/7/1863

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[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“We have opposed the war from the beginning for several reasons:

FIRST; Because the Government of the United States has no right to wage war against a seceding State for the purpose of coercing such State back into the Union.”

Council Bluffs (IA) Bugle
1/7/1863

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[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“THIRDLY; Because we desired to perpetuate the Union and cultivate a spirit of friendship and fraternity among the people of all sections of the Union, and we do not believe that war can produce these effects; but on the contrary, is calculated to destroy the Union..”

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[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

@Jeff_Davis1808 @ricksapp Maybe AI just can’t comprehend plain, concise English sentences. In particular, the precise language employed by the Founders that delegated certain, limited powers with the clear intent of reserving all others to their States “whensoever necessary to their happiness.”

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

@Jeff_Davis1808 @ricksapp What part of “we the delegates of the people of the State of NY duly elected” could be misconstrued? Similarly, VA delegates “in the name and behalf of the people of VA.” In both instances for whom they are acting—the people comprising their States—is clear.

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“The fact cannot be gainsaid that the abolition sentiment prevented an honorable adjustment, and has protracted the contest to the present hour. And how will this appear when poised in the scale against the terrible sacrifices which have been made.”

Sioux City Register
1863
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[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“These refugees are now huddled together in miserable filthy pens in the neighborbood of our camps..despised by the soldiers for their indolence, vice and cowardice; denied a home in those States whose politicians have been most clamorous for their emancipation.”

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[Jefferson Davis @Jeff_Davis1808]

"For several months during the winter of 1862–63, those who expressed hostility to emancipation seemed to outnumber those who supported it. And morale certainly declined, though defeatism and lack of faith in Union leaders probably had more to do with this than the Emancipation Proclamation. In any case the decline of morale proved shortlived, for Union armies did not fall apart and soon won some of their most notable victories of the war. Of the Union soldiers in the sample who expressed a clear opinion about emancipation as a war aim at any time through the spring of 1863, more than twice as many favored it than opposed it: 36 percent to 16 percent. If we apportion those who did not comment on the subject evenly between the two sides, the picture would conform with the results of a poll in March 1863 in the 15th Iowa, a fairly typical regiment. Half of the men endorsed the Emancipation Proclamation, a quarter opposed it, and the other quarter did not register an opinion. These figures undoubtedly understated anti-emancipation sentiment,for the regiment’s colonel supported the Proclamation and the poll was an open one."
-James McPherson (Pulitzer Prize Winning Princeton Historian)
Prize-winning

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“Does any one doubt but for the insane determination of the radicals to destroy slavery the war might have been averted in the first instance, and in any event would long since have been closed.”

Sioux City Register
S. P. Yeomans, editor
March 14, 1863
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[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

Certainly this is an ‘Explicitly’ clear statement from the State of New Hampshire.

Oh, and that title of the Presents—also Explicit.

“Ratification of the Constitution BY THE STATE of New Hampshire
June 21, 1788.”

https://t.co/010dmGiwFf

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“As it is the Opinion of this Convention that certain amendments & alterations in the said Constitution would remove the fears & quiet apprehensions of many of the good People of this State & more Effectually guard against an UNDUE Administration of the Federal Government.”

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[Jefferson Davis @Jeff_Davis1808]

#Onthisday 6/21/1788 NH made it clear, even before the 10th Amendment, that it needed to be stated that the states retained all non-delegated powers. If this was not done, would NH remain in the Union? Could she leave? Hmmm

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“FIRST, That it be Explicitly declared that all Powers not expressly & particularly Delegated by the aforesaid Constitution are reserved to the several States to be, by them Exercised.”

Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New Hampshire
June 21, 1788

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[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

I’ve been missing my dad for more than three decades. What if it was remotely possible a mysterious cornfield might return him to me for a few moments?

I should hope to remain, as Ray did in that moment; amazed, delighted, grateful and forgiving.

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

I wonder, if it were in our power to arrange such a visit, would we criticize our fathers? Recollect each wrong—real or imagined—demand an accounting? Or might we just enjoy the moment awed by the most improbable of gifts?

[Tim Brando @TimBrando]

Best Father’s Day scene in a Movie EVER🙏💜

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Happy Father’s Day to all the great dads out there. The most masculine thing you can do is have a family and provide and protect them. And if you haven’t yet, get married and have kids.

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

Compassion, great love and grace has He shown us. May we be mindful of this each day—today especially.

God bless you dad. He is mindful of you.

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. Bless the Lord, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul!” | Psalm 103:13-14, 22

#FathersDay
#SundayMorning☀️

[Rusty Cage Gray @Rustyshere]

“He has reason to know our frame, for he framed us and, having himself made man of the dust, he remembers that he is dust, not only by constitution, but by sentence. Dust thou art.”

Matthew Henry