Patrick Henry & Jefferson Davis

 

The Moneychanger

Remember that Patrick Henry opposed the 1789 constitution constitution (yes, the one in force today) because he "smelt a rat." Henry maintained that there were only two essential government powers, the power of the purse & the power of the sword. This study demonstrates how the power of the sword is built into the American constitution.

TO MEMORIZE TODAY: 

 "There are some things worse than hanging and extermination. We reckon giving up the right of self-government one of those things."
 -- Jefferson Davis, first president of the Confederate States of America.