Reviewing how liberty evolved over time reveals some fascinating truths. In my reading last night, I was reading some thought provoking points last night.

John Witherspoon, a Scottish-born pastor and patriot said, "There is not a single instance in history in which civil liberty was lost and religious liberty [kept] entire".

Consider his observation in light of the changes occurring in the union of States in the 21st century. Have we not seen the erosion of civil liberties. With that erosion of liberties have we not also seen the curtailing of religious freedoms as well. The more I considered his words, I realized that we need both civil and religious freedoms. Some critics say, where have we lost freedoms? In response to that query, consider the restrictions on purchasing firearms, limits on financial transactions, limits on travel, requirements of having to show identification, limits on the ability to take pictures and read certain topics, limits on how much money you can give politicians, limits on what can be spoken in public et. al. The neo-Cons who say we have not lost any civil freedoms are deluded in their thinking.

Consider that when the nation was formed, there were no income taxes. What was yours was yours. The government did not seize your property for not paying taxes. Your property was yours to do with as you pleased. There were not limits on where you could take your money. There were no limits on the types of firearms you owned, etc. That was the state of affairs when the American states seceded from England.  A British member of Parliament said, "Cousin America has run off with a Presbyterian parson and that is the end of it". The powers that existed then (or the modern term PTB-Powers that be), recognized that civil liberties co-existed with religious liberties. The union in 2007 is NOT the confederation that existed in 1776.

Another liberty insight is that "Gridlock at the public level guarantees liberty at the private level". The present struggles in the imperial city are a sign that for the moment our liberties are secure.

The original nation was a confederation. The idea of personal liberty would be preserved in a Southern nation where confederation would be the structure of government. True "government of the people, by the people,
for the people would"  will only be possible in a southern nation. Lincoln stole our nation, he violated the will of the people of the Southern states, and forced a union upon us that is tantamount to a "forced union" consummated with bayonet.

Free Dixie, Not Iraq!

J Murrah

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