Hang Together

Knowing that a house divided against itself will not stand, were Benjamin Franklin here today he would encourage us to set aside that which divides us, i.e. our egos, personal agendas, and our differences, as well as the strife causing the envy and quarreling among us, and to come together as one people, "One nation under God, indivisible."  So together with Ben Franklin, I too say, 

"We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin, speaking in the Continental Congress just before signing the Declaration of Independence, 1776.

In a letter from Paris in 1784 to Charles Thomson, just after signing the Paris Peace Treaty acknowledging American independence, Benjamin Franklin warned, "A few years of peace will improve, will restore and increase our strength; but our future will depend on our union and our virtue***. Let us, therefore, beware of being lulled into a dangerous security; and of being both enervated and impoverished by luxury; of being weakened by internal contentions and divisions***."

Security is indeed the selfish mantra of those who assuage their primal fear by putting their faith, hope and trust in institutions, rather than our Heavenly Father, to protect their position and their wealth--a selfish impetus ultimately splintering and dividing those infected by it. This is why Franklin would say to them, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

We should have little interest in persuading those who choose security over liberty, who have sold or are willing to sell their "birthright for a mess of pottage," as such are either unable or unwilling to consider that there is a problem, let alone the possibility that they are part of that problem. Rather, we who are blessed with eyes that see must gather with those of like mind, with those who are unwilling to sell out by contributing to America's demise.  We must stand together courageously with those willing to stand.  We must uncompromisingly sacrifice with those willing to sacrifice, and we must set aside our differences with those willing to discuss viable means of enforcing our grievances and reclaiming our lost heritage of Freedom.

We the People Congress of Colorado has some momentum going, and we will keep it going! Those who are in denial must move through their anger! Those procrastinating must do so no longer, putting off to an unknown future what can be accomplished today.  Those waiting for someone else to something must do it themselves! The time is at hand for We the true American People to set aside our selfish agendas and stand united as E Pluribus Unum. Failure is not an option, as it may doom us to the humiliation of being brought to our knees while we beg for relief from the very globalists who orchestrated economic chaos while we chose to ignore the truth.

NEVER!!!!

The whole world is watching Americans with great interest.  In a 1777 letter to Samuel Cooper, Franklin expressed that the cause of liberty is not merely an arbitrarily relativistic perspective limited to the American People, noting that, "It is a common observation here (Paris) that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own."  As goes freedom in America, so goes freedom in the world.

Will any future scenario provide a better opportunity than the present for championing Freedom? The Continental Congress is a good cause around which we can circle our wagons. It provides the rare opportunity for us to unite our voices and coordinate our efforts.  It is an idea whose time has come, a truly American conversation about Freedom through Unity and Accountability.