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What did the Founding Fathers not fight for?
by
Bill Dolack
It was one of the most critical times in our young nation’s history. George Washington’s forces held off British General William Howe’s attempt to smash the continental army once and for all. Now, they headed for winter cover, just 22 miles away from British-occupied Philadelphia.
“His soldiers, steadily dwindling in numbers, marked their road to Valley Forge by the blood from their naked feet. They were destitute and in rags. When they reached their destination they had no shelter, and it was only by the energy and ingenuity of the General that they were led to build huts, and thus secure a measure of protection against the weather. There were literally no supplies, and the Board of War failed completely to remedy the evil… He disliked to take extreme measures, but there was nothing else to be done when his men were starving, when nearly three thousand of them were unfit for duty because “barefoot and otherwise naked,” and when a large part of the army were obliged to sit up all night by the fires for warmth’s sake, having no blankets with which to cover themselves if they lay down.” [Henry Cabot Lodge’s George Washington]
Valley Forge was home to Washington’s army during the harsh winter of 1777-1778, when more than 2,500 soldiers died.
The question most often asked is this, why did the colonial troops willingly endure the brutal conditions at Valley Forge? What ideal drove these men?
As Hessian Major Karl Baurmeister conceded, it was the “spirit of liberty.”
Throughout history men have proven over and over that they will fight¬¬—and die—for the right cause.
This necessarily implies, of course, that there are causes men will not fight for. If the troops under George Washington were willing to brave the life-threatening depredations of war for the “spirit of liberty,” what causes did they not fight for?
George Washington and his men did not fight so their cherished beliefs could be replaced by succeeding generations that sought to implement a perverted version of society.
They did not fight for the “right” of men to sodomize each other. They did not fight so a woman could kill her unborn child in the womb.
These brave patriots did not fight so doctors could starve a brain damaged woman to death.
They did not fight to allow men and women to shack up, or for husbands and wives to easily slip the bonds of matrimony through “no fault” divorce.
They did not fight for these things.
And the ragtag army that faced down the vaunted British Empire did not fight for “civil unions” or “gay marriage.”
They did not fight to provide the “morning after pill” or for scientists to experiment on pre-born children.
They did not fight to promote the theory that everything that exists, rather than being created by God as the Bible says, simply emerged from a cloud of gas.
They did not fight for these things.
They did not suffer the hardships of Valley Forge, the tragedy of Benedict Arnold, or the martyrdom of Nathan Hale so our children could be indoctrinated in “diversity” and sex education in the public schools.
They did not fight so mobs of aliens—whose goal is not to assimilate, but to dominate—could swarm across our borders unchecked.
They did not fight to watch men and women attack God by attempting to forbid Him from any place in the public arena.
They did not fight for these things.
So many of the Founding Fathers and the men they led made incredible sacrifices in their fight for the “spirit of liberty.” They fought for what they believed in, a free country based on the morals of the Christian religion.
And today? I shudder to think what we have done to the ideals these patriots fought and died for. Somewhere along the line we allowed the moral fabric of our nation to be rent, then tossed aside like yesterday’s garbage.
Where we came from as a people no longer seems to matter to most Americans. Our Christian heritage is in the process of being run through a liberal shredder. Our history is rewritten. Our heroes tarnished. Our beliefs mocked.
The vast majority of our Founding Fathers would be considered social conservatives. They believed in morality. They knew that society’s existence rested upon doing what was right.
And they understood the past. They knew how the Roman Empire fell as immorality swept through its upper class and slowly destroyed society.
If there was one thing that was understood in the new nation, it was this: America’s survival was dependent upon the blessing of God… and that, in turn, was dependent upon honoring Him and living according to His standards.
And once we turn our backs on God—as we have—the blessings stop.
Now, as Christians, we must decide what our course of action will be. Will we continue to allow history to be rewritten so the radicals can mold the present into their perverted view? Or will we take a stand for the truth, even as that truth is castigated by the media and government?
We must make our choice.
Now.
Comments? Email us at letters@thevalleyamerican.com.
© 2008 The Valley American
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