Willl Grigg?s Liberty Minute

January 7, 2013

According to liberal pundit Andrew O?Hehir of Salon magazine, the 19^th Century Civil War never ended ? and it may erupt again in the 21^st Century. Referring to deep and apparently insoluble social conflict over matters like abortion, gay rights, and gun ownership, O?Hehir insists the political conflict between ?Blue? and ?Red? states may eventually take on a darker and more violent character.

Conservative historian and author Arthur Herman agrees thatAmerica is headed toward a civil war over economic matters. After describing riots in debt-plaguedArgentina, in which thousands of people have raided and looted stores, Dr. Herman suggests that violence of this kind may well descend uponAmerica as the struggle between what he calls the ?makers? and the ?takers? becomes more acute.

TheUnited States of Americawas conceived as a decentralized union of constitutional republics. It was never intended to be a unitary state dominated by a strong central government that dictates social policy and redistributes wealth. The creation of that unitary state was the chief accomplishment of the first Civil War ? and it will be the chief cause of the second.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.