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Offline mrclose

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Even Back Then ..
« on: January 23, 2013, 06:54:55 PM »







Nathaniel Grigsby

Son of Reuben Davis GRIGSBY Sr. & Nancy BARKER.

Born 11 October 1811 in Nelson Co., KY.
Died 16 April 1890 in Attica, Harper Co., KS.

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Attica, Harper Co., KS.
He was a Civil War veteran of the 2nd Lt. Co. G, 10th Indiana Cavalry.

He was a farmer.



Nathaniel was also a dear firend of Abraham Lincoln.
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Re: Even Back Then ..
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2013, 07:06:25 PM »
Just in case there is any doubt.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/grigsby.asp

It's real.
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Re: Even Back Then ..
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2013, 07:20:23 PM »
Other than to say I have seen this before, I make no comment other than this. To accuse Thomas Jefferson of being traitorous was not quite true. :banghead:
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Our Bill of Rights constitutes a cluster of little foxholes of liberty ground into the hard cold face of history by helpless men for a shield against the lash of tyrants. They are the result of distrust of power and distrust of men in power. They are a recognition of Lord Acton's statement of a truth eternal--"power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
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Re: Even Back Then ..
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2013, 03:19:08 PM »
Quote from: Shooterman on January 23, 2013, 07:20:23 PM
Other than to say I have seen this before, I make no comment other than this. To accuse Thomas Jefferson of being traitorous was not quite true. :banghead:

Thomas Jefferson was a member of the Democratic-Republican party which split over Governing philosophies, The Republicans in that party later left to form the Whig Party. The first straight Democrat was Andrew Jackson.
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Re: Even Back Then ..
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2013, 03:35:48 PM »
Quote from: Dacabeti on January 24, 2013, 03:19:08 PM
Thomas Jefferson was a member of the Democratic-Republican party which split over Governing philosophies, The Republicans in that party later left to form the Whig Party. The first straight Democrat was Andrew Jackson.

Yep. Spoils system and "Here I am, lookin' out for the little guy!"
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Re: Even Back Then ..
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2013, 04:17:45 PM »
Quote from: Dacabeti on January 24, 2013, 03:19:08 PM
Thomas Jefferson was a member of the Democratic-Republican party which split over Governing philosophies, The Republicans in that party later left to form the Whig Party. The first straight Democrat was Andrew Jackson.

In reality, I had it backwards. It was the Republican-Democratic Party which morphed into the full blown Democratic Party. The point being the Democrats of old are nothing like the sniveling craving assholes we have today.

Keep in mind those Whigs included people like Hamilton before Burr did his job on him ( should have done so sooner, in my opinion ) Many, if not most of the Whigs before they went belly up were Northeast corporatist and the forerunner of what we have as NE Yankee DIMS and PUB liberals. They had tariffs place on all shipping in and out of the South and got them going and coming, in effect, the South paid twice. That money was used for infrastructure in the North while the South sucked hind teat.
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Our Bill of Rights constitutes a cluster of little foxholes of liberty ground into the hard cold face of history by helpless men for a shield against the lash of tyrants. They are the result of distrust of power and distrust of men in power. They are a recognition of Lord Acton's statement of a truth eternal--"power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
R. CARTER PITTMAN
Dalton, Ga., Sept. 28, 1955.
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