Mr. Christopher Ferrara, Esq. has just written an excellent piece entitled “Rebel Without a Cause” for the Remnant which looks at the myth of the so called conservative founding of the American republic, the American Founders whom he argues were just as radical and just as anti-Catholic as the French Jacobins, and their unjust war. He defends George III against the false charge of tyranny. He even finds time to throw a few punches at libertarianism. Great read.
Will have to read-though I still maintain that most likely, the Founders were ignorant of true goals of masonary, except maybe Franklin- he was the one that urged Jefferson to change "sacred" to "self evident".
I also maintaing the Founders were the heirs of the Prots revolt and hence-were fed a lot of manure about the Catholic Church and their role in life.
I am reading a book now about John Adams, he details his loyalty to monarchy-just prior to Declaration-yet his loathing of Parliment. He was one of those that brought the Olive Branch petition directly to King George III, imploring him to intervene.
George III did not even look at it, nor the charges that Parliment purposly treaded on the Magna Carta rights-based on Common Law. George III to me was not the main problem, it was the Prime Minister and Parliment. As George III was not all that powerful-power had dissipated over the centuries from monarch to Parliment- he could probably do little if push came to shove. I blame Parliment and PM for any bad blood and the break. Even today, Britain is a police state-the Queen can do little as her position is even more precarious then George III.
Adams was always seen in his lifetime as pro-monarchist.
While Trad Catholics like to never tire of telling the rest of us how anti-Catholic the Founders were, they are silent about their heroes the British. Not long after the Revolution, restrictions on Catholics was lifted in this country-not Britain!.
We were-at best-2nd class citizens until 1829. Even then, we did not have equality in the law, business or ordinary life. To this day, Prince William cannot convert-he would lose the throne. Recent challenges to this have failed.
Just ask the Irish, they were given a choice by the missionaries for the official Church of England-we give you food, if and only if, you convert to Prots. Anti-Catholicism in the Kingdom was much longer and systemic-even now in some manners.
Don't even get me started on the Calvinists of Scotland!!!!
I would say, in closing, that most Founders had bad information and bad theology-like many of our neighbors today. The Brits controlled the Lodge and the Church in the Old Country.
Ferrera I respect, those that are willing to jump on the bandwagon of any American bashing I cannot. Though we are Catholic 1st and foremost-heading to our true homeland (Heaven), we are forced to live and operate here on Earth for now.
For me, I fight on as best as I can. I also will not be a bandwagoner for those academics that easily can go anywhere in the world to live/work, while I am stuck here making the best out of a human system.
My invitation is the same, if America is so bad from its core, leave......
I as a working man cannot and try to cling to the good. Despite the USA leading the way into the NWO, we have enough people willing to fight here-it is pretty much over in Western Europe-esp with Royals going to Bilderberger meetings.
I await the prophesized holy Catholic king to come over Europe.
My involvement in the Constituion Party is a means to an end, not the end itself. To end abortion, stop the slide into a tyranic despotism, etc. Hopefully, we can forstall God's judgment, or at least, save as many as possible.
Europe will suffer far more than us-esp led by the present crop of anti-Catholic Royals and civilian elected folks.
Well, that is my $0.02 and I leave you all for now...have work to do, fights to fight and prayers to say. Sorry for any misspellings, etc, as I am trying to crank out my thoughts with little time.
