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Generation after generation has responded successfully to Benjamin Franklin’s warning in his answer to Elizabeth Powel’s question on September 1787 about what kind of government they had established. His answer, “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
There have been many evil persons attempting to destroy the divinely inspired work of those noble Founders. There are now many evil persons and organized groups still intent on “fundamentally changing America.” That phrase sounds so innocent, doesn’t it?
What are their names? Mark 5:9 (KJV) records the Savior asking a question of the evil spirit who was tormenting a man. “What is thy name?” asked the Savior. The answer, “My name is Legion: for we are many.” One needs only to occasionally watch the national news to conclude there are many evil forces trying to destroy America. They have all but a few mainstream media organizations supporting their efforts with ultra-liberal, biased reporting. Thank heaven for the Duplin Journal and the North State Journal.
We have had one horrible Civil War and two terrible World Wars that have soaked the ground and filled the oceans with the blood of Patriots, trying to keep it. There have been other wars and rumors of wars facing the nations of this earth on a daily basis. Certainly, the effects of natural disasters in diverse areas temporarily grab our attention and then it is back to life as normal.
However, our Republic may now be facing its most formidable challenges: extreme prosperity combined with many flavors of progressivism, accelerating moral decay, and enemies within who are antagonistic, hostile, and work in opposition to our founding principles.
Evil forces have slowly but surely infiltrated and indoctrinated institutions founded to inform, educate, and pass to the next generations the knowledge and wisdom of prior generations.
John Calvin observed, “Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. For when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.” In 1838, Abraham Lincoln observed, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroy ourselves.”
By casual observation, we are left to conclude that never have we been so prosperous in terms of worldly things. Certainly, we see that the new morality is really no morality at all and that decline is accelerating.
More and more frequently these days, I am prone to interject the phrase “Granny told me” or “Granny said” into a variety of conversations with family, friends, or colleagues in the political arena. Sometimes, when I don’t exactly remember who gave some good advice, I will cover the plagiarism base by saying, “Granny said.”
Almost all the wise folks whose paths I have crossed personally or through their literature are someone’s Granny or Papa. Now being called Papa, I know from personal experience wisdom accumulates as one advances from child to parent to grandparent.
More than a few folks have advised those of a younger generation thusly: “The older I get, the smarter my parents become.” The Latin phrase “Ut Est Rerum Omnium Magister Usus” is attributed to Julius Caesar and is translated as “Experience is the best teacher.” My Granny characterized experience as the only successful teacher.
We have strayed from successfully passing on that which is good to the next generations. The so-called Progressive movement has turned into the “Hate anything that is good about America movement.” Remember, “Lies can travel around the world while the truth is strapping on its boots.”
We, the people should join President Trump and his efforts to “Make America great, again.”
Jimmy Dixon (R-NC04) represents Duplin and Wayne counties in the N.C. House of Representatives.
