Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Concord
You, Sir, now behold the spot on which the first forcible resistance was made to a system of measures calculated to deprive the whole people of these States of the privileges of freemen. You approved this resistance. A just estimate of the value of rational liberty led you disinterested, to participate with strangers in the toils, the privations and the dangers of an arduous contest. From the 19th day of April 1775 here noted in blood, to the memorable day in Yorktown, you heart and your sword were with us.
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Lexington
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. At the Lexington line a troop of horse and a cavalcade of citizens...
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.