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April 14, 2012 · By William J. Federer · 0 Comments
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"Noah Webster, The Schoolmaster of the Republic," print by Root & Tinker, Library of Congress, 1886
American Minute from William J. Federer
Noah Webster first published his Dictionary on APRIL 14, 1828.
This 26-year project with 30,000 new definitions, standardized spelling and gave American English its identity.
Proving unprofitable, the rights were purchased after his death by George and Charles Merriam.
In the preface of his original edition, Noah Webster wrote:
“In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed…
“No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.”
Noah Webster concluded:
“To that great and benevolent Being…who has borne me and my manuscripts in safety across the Atlantic, and given me strength and resolution to bring the work to a close, I would present the tribute of my most grateful acknowledgments.”
Noah Webster’s Dictionary defined “Property” as:
“The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing; ownership. In the beginning of the world, the Creator gave to man dominion over the earth…
“It is one of the greatest blessings of civil society that the property of citizens is well secured.”
Noah Webster wrote to James Madison, October 16, 1829:
“The Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government…
“I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable, in which the principles of that religion have not a controlling influence.”
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Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a civil rights lawsuit against law enforcement and other government officials on behalf of Marine veteran Brandon Raub. Last August, he was arrested by a swarm of FBI, Secret Service agents and local police and forcibly detained in a psychiatric ward for a week because of controversial song lyrics and political views posted on his Facebook page.
Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is pleading her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself in the ongoing Congressional investigation over targeting by the agency of the tea party. Taylor claimed that the hearing would “have no purpose other than to embarrass or burden her."
Fifty U.S. religious leaders have signed a statement to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) encouraging the organization to continue its current leadership and membership standards, instead of a proposal to prohibit discrimination in membership based on "sexual orientation or preference." The discussion and vote are scheduled for May 23 at a national meeting of the BSA National Council.
The idea that no man is above the law stands as one of the fundamental tenets of our nation. The simple concept that the United States is a nation of laws and not men or women has been at the heart of equal protection under the law whether one is the President of the United States or a ranch hand living just outside Cheyenne, Wyoming. President Obama’s nomination of Thomas Perez to become our nation’s next Secretary of Labor flies in the face of this basic principle.
Conservatives and conservative positions have been under assault in America going back at least as far as the 1960s when radical Leftists came to infiltrate every level of academia and intelligentsia, including the media. That assault is becoming more egregious than ever, from using the IRS to harass political enemies, to liberal activism in the court system leveling penalties against people who seek to uphold the rule of law.
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"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all." - Ronald Reagan, Nov. 10, 1964 |
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