Here's a copy of your Contract...Happy 4th of July!

[FCTP]

Happy July 4th!  Today is the Birthday of the United States of America.  It also signifies the contract you have between yourself as a citizen and our government. 

 

Every now and then it is good to re-read contracts to ensure all is well between the two parties. 

 

Enjoy the read and remember - when the signers of this document penned their name to the paper, they knew the King of England could demand they hang for treason.   It was worth it to them -- they were giving the gift of Liberty to all men who are created equal.

 

God bless you and God bless these great men for standing up and paving the way for all of us.

 

Enjoy the read and ask yourself this question:  "Is our present government fulfilling its obligation to We the People?"

 

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

 

Declaration of Independence

[Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776]

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The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

When, in the course of events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any of becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.

He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.

He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:

For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing taxes on us without our consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:

For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:

For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:

For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence.They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, 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; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levey war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And 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.

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The names of the 56 signers can be viewed here: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

[J.R.]

"American Constitution faces 'progressive' threat"
"Look what Obama's buddies plan for founding document"

Read more: "American Constitution faces 'progressive' threat"

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=316621#ixzz1R9jaLkq4

[J.R.]

"Fourth of July: Words of wisdom from the Founding Fathers"

At the below link are meaningful quotes from many of our Founding Fathers on diverse subjects that continue to be material in our day and time. They give us insight into the deep thought and consideration employed by each of them as they did their part in the founding of our constitutional republic and the principles that established both its content and its endurance.

 

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-founders-201107...

[Joanna B McDermott]

That whenever any of becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government....hmmmmm

[CJ]

I will use some of all of this in my next address to City Council. No better time than in between administrations just in case they forgot like so many before them.

From Local levels through the States through the Federal leadership who need to acknowledge we never ceded these rights and starting with the lowest levels that we occupy, working our way through, we are taking America back!

 

 

[Martha Carlson]

Thanks Billie..I actually have not read the Delclartion for sometime.  It is scary that some of the offenses listed against the King are becoming similar to those being committed by the existing administration!  I pray God will forgive us and return our land.  

[JL Gawlik]

I want to add this, i apologize for my often lengthy posts, there is just so much to be said, so i am really grateful today to be at the bottom of the replies *G* This is from the Heritage Foundation, which is up their with the CATO Institute in the their information and guidance. By becoming a member they will send you multiply copies of pocket U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Here is their morning post, great mailing list to get on also:

 

Celebrating America's Enduring Principles

America was born on July 4, 1776, with the passage of theDeclaration of Independence. Today, as we celebrate our great country 235 years later, we reflect upon its meaning.

The Declaration announced to the world that the American colonies were free and independent states. But this alone does not make the document or America revolutionary. What is revolutionary about the Declaration is not that a particular group of Americans declared their independence under particular circumstances but that they did so by appealing to a universal standard of justice: equality. What is revolutionary about America is that it is built upon a foundation of universal principles, not petty interests.

This is the core of American exceptionalism. As Matthew Spalding explains:

America is an exceptional nation, but not because of what it has achieved or accomplished. America is exceptional because, unlike any other nation, it is dedicated to the principles of human liberty, grounded on the truths that all men are created equal and endowed with equal rights.

All countries celebrate something that is theirs: The French celebrate Bastille Day, Canada has Canada Day, and Spain honors Christopher Columbus. But only America celebrates a set of principles that apply to all men.

The Declaration of Independence serves as a philosophical statement of America’s first principles. Just read the second paragraph. It affirms that all men are equal by nature and therefore have certain inalienable rights. Government is not in the business of granting rights, making everyone alike, or ensuring that everyone is happy. Operating by the consent of the governed, government has as its purpose to secure liberty and allow individuals to govern themselves and pursue their ambitions.

It is not uncommon to hear that these principles were fine for the 18th century but are woefully inadequate to meet the challenges of today. Just recently, in Time magazine’s cover story on the Constitution, editor Richard Stengel dismissed the Founders for being trapped in their own time and unable to speak to modern problems. Stengel’s allegations are nothing new. Since the early 20th century, academics, journalists, and even American Presidents (Woodrow Wilson, for example) have held the view, characterized by Calvin Coolidge, that “we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a ....”

There is a finality to America’s principles, though. As one President insightfully explained:

If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.

Today, read the Declaration of Independence to your family, neighbors, and friends at your barbecue. Allow its memorable phrases to inspire you to strive for liberty and to vindicate the principles of self-government. Brace yourself, though—the Declaration of Independence is revolutionary, because its principles are true.

 

http://blog.heritage.org/?p=67694&utm_source=Newsletter&utm...

 

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Read this document today out loud to family and friends, encourage others to do so. Right now i am doing a massive email with the above and Billie's above post enclosed. 

 

Happy 4th, God bless.

 

[JL Gawlik]

Billie, this is so priceless and what makes the 4th of July even more of a precious day. Interesting to note this past week, Progressive Liberals have declared this a Republican Holiday, how odd. I have always thought of it as America's birthday. ALL Americans.

 

Every American should have a copy of this as well as ALL the Founding Fathers' Charters of Liberty and Freedom from the Declaration of Independence to the Federalist Papers. They are all truly incredibly written documents that continue to be very impressive and thoroughly thought out documents. We are truly blessed by our Creator, by God.

Unfortunately our present Congress is failing to fulfill their oath of office, in their jobs as our elected representatives serving in the peoples' seats and their very actions while being a honorable steward of the American people as a American citizen, period. We need to remind them of why they are there.

Perhaps the Senate should read this document on the floor, when they come back from recess Tuesday?

Happy 4th, ALL and God bless.