is worse than useless in any community; and their death, if no pernicious example be set by it,
is never matter of reasonable regret with anyone. If they were annually swept, from the stage
of existence, by the plague or smallpox, honest men would, perhaps be much profited, by the
operation."
what sort of vermin is being being written about here! what sort of man would condemn
the lynchings of these people...?
this is a statement by none other than Abraham Lincoln in a 1838 speech to
the "Young mens Lyceum" of Springfield, Illinois
concerning the lynching of gamblers in Vicksburg, Mississippi
that is a harsh thing to say about anyone
but he goes on to say that rule of law must be observed above all else
or we have no government but chaos and anarchy..
"I know the American people are much attached to their Government;-
I know they would suffer much for its sake;- I know they would endure evils long and patiently ,
before they would ever think of exchanging it for another. Yet, notwithstanding all this if the
laws be continually despised and disregarded, if their rights to be secure in their persons and
property, are held by no better tenure than the caprice of a mob, the alienation of their
affections from the Government is the natural consequence; and to that, sooner or later
it must come."
"...the strongest bulwark of any Government...the attachment of the people."
and so it must be observed that everyone's ideas evolve with their
experiences in life and yours will too
it has recently come to my attention that there are some person or people
who have sought to appropriate certain of my literary creations
such as mr teatsqueezer, the brothers hogwash and even Baba Rum Raisin
let it be known that none of these characters have been retired of or
out of my copyright protection...please use your own characters and leave
mine to live according to how I determine
regards
bootlegcircus
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