Constitution Day 2012It wasn’t as nice as the paintings.
The Art OF Politics is Rough.
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Ephesians 6:13
Everyone likes the paintings of the Founding Era. After all, there were our Founding Fathers, all
together, in a well-lit, well decorated room, with peaceful harmonious expressions on their faces, from which
deep unseen emanations of wisdom filled that said room with a heavenly glow. How different things were back
then as compared to today, when people who care about America are all too often fighting each other. My
friends, nothing could be further from the truth.
The painting of Washington crossing the Delaware was painted by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, (American: 18161868) in 1851. I like the painting, but George Washington wasn’t posing when he crossed the Delaware. He was wet
and cold, with his men. I would say standing like that, he risked going overboard in a shallow boat. Not only that, it was
only after Washington died in 1799, that he was declared, “First in War, first in peace; the father of his country.” When
Washington assumed command of the various Militia forces around Boston, several high ranking officers had their toes
stepped on.
During the Revolution; Horatio Gates thought he was a better General, and was pressing Congress to be
named Commander of the Continental Army. Gates was discredited at Camden, SC when the “Hero of
Saratoga” retreated from the field, out-riding his staff, leaving his men to be slaughtered. The “Camden Races”
became the inspiration for the song, “The Camp-town Races.”
Another General that wanted to replace Washington was Charles Lee. At the battle of Monmouth NJ;
Charles Lee ordered a retreat, for no apparent reason. Maybe he was inculcated with defeatism, and being a
conservative, wanted to conserve his ammunition by not firing on the British. Washington rode forward,
relieved him of command, and balled him out. Some people say Washington swore at him, I wouldn’t
emphasize that, but I can guess it was accompanied by, “What are you doing? You’re going the wrong way!”
Charles Lee was discharged from the army altogether.
Benedict Arnold wasn’t the only traitor during the Revolutionary War. None other than Ethan Allen,
was found out writing to the British General Frederick Haldimand; Commander at Quebec: saying that if he
would make him Governor of Vermont, then Vermont would be a British Territory. You see Ethan Allen was
more interested in creating a new State he called Vermont, French for Green Mountain, as in Green Mountain
Boys. He was more interested in fighting “the Yorkers” than securing independence from the British Crown.
Ethan Allen would call that Patriotism, for the rest of us that would be French for treason. The paintings don’t
tell you that.
You can look at the 1851 painting by Peter F. Rothermel's "Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of
Burgesses," of Patrick Henry in the Virginia House of Burgesses promoting his resolves, but what the painting
doesn’t tell you is that the colonial Governor Dunmore summoned the house on May 26 and told Peyton
Randolph: "Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Burgesses, I have in my hand a paper published by
order of your House, conceived in such terms as reflect highly upon His Majesty and the Parliament of Great
Britain, which makes it necessary for me to dissolve you; and you are accordingly dissolved." On May 27, 1775,
89 burgesses gathered again at the Raleigh Tavern to form a non-importation association, and the following day
the Committee of Correspondence proposed a Continental Congress. Twenty-five burgesses met at Peyton
Randolph's house on May 30 and scheduled a state convention to be held on August 1 to consider a proposal
from Boston for a ban on exports to England.
After that, the members of the Continental Congress argued amongst themselves; John Dickinson and
John Adams were at loggerheads, and things got ugly. Dickinson wanted reconciliation with Great Britain, and
Adams was “the Atlas of Independence.” John Adams yelled at John Dickenson that “I’m as fond of
reconciliation as any man, but the cancer is too deep.” Another time Adams lost patience and stormed, “They
are task masters, bent on reducing us to desolation, ruin, and servitude, there is no more sense of justice in Great
Britain than there is in hell.” One could say that about Washington DC or City Hall today. John Dickinson,
who had refused to sign the Declaration of Independence, nevertheless adhering to the will of the Continental
Congress, presented a report on the proposed Articles of Confederation to the Congress on July 12, 1776, eight
days after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Things weren’t as serene as John Trumbull’s
painting, which was commissioned in 1817, and placed in the Capital’s Rotunda in 1826.
After the Colonial victory in the Revolutionary War, it became obvious to the Founding Fathers that the
Articles of Confederation were not equal to the task of providing the equitable law which they sought.
Congress could not force the states to adhere to the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 ending the American
Revolution. Several states started their own negotiations with foreign countries. In addition, the new nation was
unable to defend its borders from British and Spanish encroachment because it could not pay for an army when
the states would not contribute the necessary funds.
When John Hancock was unable to complete his second term as President, Nathaniel Gorham was
elected to succeed him - serving from June 6, 1786 to February 1, 1787. It was during this time that the
Congress actually entertained the idea of asking Prince Henry - the brother of Frederick II of Prussia - and
Bonnie Prince Charlie - the leader of the ill-fated Scottish Jacobite Rising and heir of the Stuart royal line - to
consider the possibility of establishing a constitutional monarch in America.
Alexander Hamilton of New York and James Madison of Virginia criticized the limits placed on the
central government, and General George Washington is said to have complained that the federation was "little
more than a shadow without substance."
The famous painting of the signing of the Constitution; was painted by Howard Chandler Christy, in
April 1940. During the Constitutional Convention; Madison promoted the Virginia plan, Patterson promoted
the New Jersey plan, and our bi-cameral legislature was a hard fought compromise. Furthermore, Alexander
Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson fought like cats and dogs. James Madison started out as a Federalist, but went
over to Jefferson’s side. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson fought as well. Neither Adams nor Jefferson was
at the signing of the US Constitution. Both were ambassadors overseas. Adams was serving in Great Britain,
and Jefferson was serving in France. Adams praised the US Constitution. Jefferson called it “an assembly of
Demagogues.”
It is oddly amusing to me, when someone refers to themselves as a “Jeffersonian Skeptic” or a
“Jeffersonian libertarian” and thinks he can destroy the Church, and turn America into an immoral secular state,
because he thinks he has Jefferson on his side. Never mind that Jefferson said he wrote the common views of
the day, concerning the Declaration of Independence, and it was Alexander Hamilton’s economic model that
was adopted in America. If Jefferson would have had his way, America would be a giant plantation laid out in
neat 10x 10 square mile grids. Jefferson did contribute to America’s founding, but he wasn’t the only founding
father. Not all things Jeffersonian are American, especially support for the French Revolution.
Speaking of which, for years Americans have been sold an over-painted version of our history by the
GOP operatives Dave Barton and Bill Federer. Barton is the State Chairman of the Texas GOP and Federer was
a several term candidate for the GOP. I like Bill Federer’s “God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations also,
but when he quotes Teddy Roosevelt about “standing at Armageddon and doing battle for the Lord” he doesn’t
mention that TR said that at the founding of the “Bull-Moose” Progressive party. So you can see where you got
the good side about our history, but not the whole truth.
Now as of recent, the founding fathers have come under attack, and there has been an over-reaction the
other way. Now American Christians don't think America is worthwhile, not even the way it was when it was
founded. What is the truth? Truth is, many of our founders where Christians. John Dickinson, John
Whitherspoon, Roger Sherman, Patrick Henry were openly Christian and left no doubt about it. Some of our
Founders were more formal. “Enthusiasm,” was frowned on during the Founding Era. George Washington was
a High Church Anglican Vestryman, and the Mullenberg’s were Lutherans.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams are listed as Unitarians. JQA later rebuked the Boston Unitarians
in a public letter, affirming the Deity of Christ, but he never left the Unitarian “Church.” JQA wrote, “I
perceive that the Trinitarians and Unitarians in Boston are sparring together. Most of the Boston Unitarians are
my particular friends, but I never thought much of the eloquence or the theology of Priestly. His Socrates and
Jesus compared is a wretched performance. Socrates and Jesus! A farthing candle next to the sun! I pray you
to read Massillon’s sermon on the divinity of Christ, and then the whole New Testament, after which be a
Socinian if you can.” Benjamin Rush embraced Unitarianism after the Revolution, to the horror of many. After
the pressure of War was off, there were founding fathers who apostatized into rationalism and skepticism. No
endorsement of Unitarianism from this State Chairman, I’m telling you the facts.
The Deists believed God wound up the world like a clock, then let it run. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas
Jefferson, and Thomas Paine were Deists. The most extreme was Thomas Paine, who to my mind was more of
an agitator, than a founder. Thomas Paine nevertheless quoted the Bible several times in his pamphlet on
“Common Sense.” Jefferson published a Bible in which all the miracles of Christ and His resurrection were
omitted. Jefferson cursed himself by tampering with Holy Writ.
I think the late Rev. A.W. Tozer was right when he preached, “Surely, our fathers were not all
fundamental Christians and many were not born again, but most of them were men who held a reverent and
profound belief in the Presence of God in His world. A modern generation considers them old-fashioned and
laughs at them, but they drafted far-sighted legislation and a world-renowned code of personal and national
ethics and responsibilities that remain to this day. Standing up for the awareness and consciousness of a
Creator didn't save them, but it stamped them in character and manhood as apart from some of the pokerplaying, whiskey-drinking rascals who have never given any thought to the idea of God and His Presence in our
day.”
There are many people today who think America was the invention of the Masonic Lodge, and then
reason that America is a waste of time. If you want to hear that America was founded by the Masons, ask a
Mason, and that is what he will tell you. Notwithstanding, I wouldn't believe the Lodge, and I will tell you why.
The Grand Lodge was founded in 1717. They ripped off the tools and symbols of the medieval Stone Masons
Guild, the Compass and Square. This closed fraternity called themselves “Free and Speculative Masons.” Next
the Masons fabricated a “secret history” about themselves; that goes like this: The Masons are rooted in the
Knights Templar, of the Crusader era, and have “secret knowledge”, discovered in Solomon's temple, left there
by “Hiram of Vith”, aka the Islamic “Hiram Abiff,” who loosely corresponds to Hiram of Tyre, the craftsman
mentioned in the Bible. The Masons act out a play, where Jubala, Jubalo, and Jubalum murder Hiram because
he wouldn't divulge to them his secret knowledge. The Bible records none of this, and there is nothing in
history connecting the Mason's to the Templars, except Masonic statements.
Now we come to American history. Was the Lodge around during the founding era? Yes. Was it
popular? No. John Quincy Adams was elected to Congress later in his career by the Anti-Masonic Party. Those
Masonic monuments were placed in Washington DC in the 1930's, by the FDR administration. Masonry gained
traction in America at the dawn of the 20th century, 125 years after the founding era. Teddy Roosevelt was a
Mason, so was Taft, so was FDR, his VP Wallace, and so was Truman. It was in this period of history when
socialism and secularism was foisted on America, by men who were Masons. After the Masons became popular
they promoted a historical fiction of the America Founding Era, much like they fictionalize their own history.
Much like the movie “National Treasure” is fiction. CPoW rejects the idea that America was founded as a
Masonic Republic.
America was founded by the Pilgrims and Puritans. Our Nation’s history proves this out. Another
typical example would be found in the architecture of Alexandria VA; “Many buildings date from the 18th
century; Christ church (1773), in which George Washington and, later, Robert E. Lee worshiped; Carlyle house
(1752), where in the same year, five royal governors met; where General Braddock made his Headquarters in
1755 while preparing for the ill-fated expedition against Fort Duquesne; Alexandria Academy (1785), the first
free school in northern Virginia; Friendship Engine House (1774); the home of “Light horse Harry Lee” the
father of Robert E. Lee; the Presbyterian Meeting House (1774), housing the oldest pipe organ in America; the
Ramsay House (1748); and many others. On the hill in the western part of the city is the George Washington
Masonic National Memorial which was dedicated in 1932.” p. 585: Volume 1; Encyclopedia Britannica, 1972.
Note the dates from the Founding era, and note the Lodge’s date of 1932.
Why do people want to believe the Mason's version of history? That answer is easy: Laziness. If
“America is a rotten country, founded by antichristian masons, in rebellion,” then it is easier to assert that you
have no responsibility as a citizen. Such are the arguments of cowards. I believe God has called me to do His
work in this land, because He placed me here.
The Constitution Party was founded by Howard Phillips, Mark Weaver and other men in 1991; as the
US Taxpayer Party. Our Platform was originally written by the Christian Committee of Correspondence, Rus
Walton, Tim Duskin, and General Albion Knight. You can read about the “Taxpayer Party” days in the book,
“The Next Four Years,” by Howard Phillips. That is our Party's history, we are honest about it; we do not need
to invent a “secret history.”
So what about CPoW here and now? It is hard for a newer Party, with limited funds to promote its
message. CPoW has had to learn things the hard way. One of the things we learned is that while there are
Christians and other Americans who like our platform, we are competing with different ideas of National
resurgence for members, time and resources. This comes out when you point out the difference between CPoW
and Scott Walker, CPoW and Ron Paul, or CPoW and Ronald Reagan. Ron Reagan gave billions of dollars to
the sodomite movement, but when you point that out, you get, “How dare you speak about Ronald Reagan.”
When you point out the flaws in Ron Paul’s “Personhood with addendum” statement, and his admiration of the
Christ-hating Lysander Spooner; you get “How dare you speak about Ron Paul!” If Walker and Paul are on the
same side, then why haven’t they joined the Constitution Party?
Then you get the men pleasers; that batch of lazy loafers that espouse our Platform, but who will only
support us after we have done the hard work. This is conservative laziness in action, or lack of action; as it
were. You need support and resources before you can win, afterwards it can only retire a debt at best. Liberals
understand this, hopefully our own will.
CPoW wants to be first and foremost in taking on the nasty Democrats. How can I call them nasty, my
answer is, “aren’t they?” CPoW will never have a “no compete clause” with the GOP. Why aren’t we
Republicans, because we don’t embrace Liberal anything. CPoW will never have a Pro-Choice Club, a LogCabin, or any other un-American alien ideology.
So when people are full of debate, excuses, are hard to motivate, abandon the field when you need them
the most, who never help and only complain about how you do things while they do nothing, remember these
are the normal sacrifices that are part and parcel of freedom. Our founders endured such and worse, and human
nature hasn’t changed from that time to this. CPoW means to go forward, to place our people, who will be
righteous men; into positions of authority. Men who will not only protest evil: but who will restrain it by
punishing it. (Read Proverbs 29:2 and I Timothy 1:8-11) This is hard work; you will be misunderstood, and
shamefully treated by people who are supposed to be on your side. My campaign for US Senate was a mindnumbing nightmare, but I would do it again. Given the fact the Tommy Thompson won the GOP Primary, and
the Democrats are running a lesbian, I have registered as write-in, so this State can vote for someone who isn’t
immoral and crazy.
Virgil Goode is on the ballot. And while there are many who will say they don’t like that crazy Mormon
Romney, they will vote for him. Let’s hold them accountable, to the best of our ability. Virgil Goode is the
only candidate that any real American can vote for in this election. Those people on “our-side” will squeal and
squirm, but let’s do the hard work of bringing them over to our Platform, no matter how much they act out. Our
Founding Fathers did precisely that, and it wasn’t pretty. A campaign and political can sometimes be a real
street fight. I’m willing to get out there, and I hope you all are too. That is the difference between CPoW and
the TEA Parties. It is the difference between combat soldiers and re-enactors. It is the difference between realpolitics and talk-show hosts. It is the difference between real patriotism and patriotic art.