Category: Messages from the Chairman

From the Constitution Party, July 4, 2025

A Declaration of the Rights of American Citizens, When in the Course of human events,
it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle
them, a decent respect to the opinions of the Citizens of America requires that they
should declare the causes which cause them to declare their Public Functionaries to be
traitors who have violated their oath of office and disregarded the Constitution.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equally free and
independent, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the right to own and use Private Property.–That to
secure these individual rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Public Functionary
becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to correct them, and to
return Government to its limited form. Prudence will dictate that long established
traditions should not be changed for light and passing causes; and accordingly, all

experience hath shown, that mankind is more disposed to suffer, while evil is sufferable,
than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But
when a long train of abuses and violations, following invariably the same Object,
demonstrates a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is
their duty, to throw off such Public Functionaries, and to return to the Guards for their
future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of We the People; and such is
now the necessity which constrains them to alter their current Systems of Government
and return to the limited government we previously had. The history of the present
Oligarchy is a history of repeated injuries and violations, all having the direct purpose of
establishing an absolute Tyranny over the People. To prove this, let Facts be submitted
to a candid People.

They have created a wall of bureaucracy and agencies to insulate them from
accountability.

They have erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent swarms of Officers to harass
our people, and take their private property.

They have refused to pass laws submitted to them, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

They have treated some individuals and groups like second-class citizens, violating their Rights for the preferential treatment or benefit of other individuals or groups.

They have used the IRS and Law Enforcement agencies to target and harass those who have questioned or resisted them.

They have repeatedly prevented and persecuted Citizens for speaking out at public
meetings, Citizens who have opposed with firmness the invasions on the rights of the
people.

They have made Judges through bureaucracies who are dependent on their Will alone,
for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries, and have
directed abuse of justice by their judges.

They have repeatedly ignored due process and, without warrants, searched private
property and records, taken private property, and imprisoned individuals indefinitely.

They have raised and kept among us, Standing Armies of alphabet agencies and
bureaucrats to rule in the place of the limited legislature, executive, and judiciary
branches of the Constitution.

They have combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our
constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving their Ascent to their Acts of
pretended laws:

They have bought our schools and indoctrinate our children into their service:

They have used the guise of environmental protection to steal our private property and
confiscate our assets.

For protecting their bureaucrats, by a mock Trial or no trial, from punishment for any
abuses which they have committed on the Citizens of these States:

For creating and facilitating conflicts in foreign lands for their own profits:

For wasting our sons, daughters, husbands, wives, fathers, and mothers, lives and
wellbeing and the meager resources of our Citizens, for their wars and conflicts:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent, to pay for unconstitutional expenditures:

For abusing us with the unfettered tax of inflating away our incomes and savings
through fiat currency and crushing debt:

For preventing us from using sound money, silver and gold, for currency:

For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For taking away our Constitutions, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering
fundamentally the Forms of our Governments through their judges:

For buying our own Legislatures and declaring themselves invested with power to
legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

They have abdicated the right to govern here, by declaring us out of their Protection and waging War against us.

They have incited domestic insurrections amongst us and have endeavored to bring on
the daily destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions, We have Petitioned for Redress in the humblest
terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Public
Functionary, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is
unfit to be the representative of a free People.

Nor have We been lacking in thoughts of our American brethren. We have warned them
from time to time of attempts by their government to extend an unwarrantable
jurisdiction over us. We have invoked them by the ties of our common kindred to
disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably disrupt our connections,
communication, and our unity. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of
kinship. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our
Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace
Friends.

We, therefore, the Constitution Party, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for
the correctness of our intentions, do, in the Name of the Citizens of America, solemnly
publish and declare, That We the People are, and of Right ought to be Free and
Independent; that We are Absolved from all Allegiance to the Oligarchy, and that all
political connection between us and the Oligarchy, is and ought to be totally dissolved;
and that as Free and Independent Citizens of America, We have full Power and Right to
do all other Acts and Things which Free Citizens may of right do. We invoke the return to the Constitution and to a limited government that will secure our inalienable Rights.

We demand that our States get their creation, the U.S. government, back under control. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

Road to Independence Dateline: 7 June 1776

The decision to separate from Britain was a difficult one for young America to make. The long train of abuses and the increasingly oppressive measure from England on one side had to be balanced with the idea of breaking from a much loved mother country that could crush them in a war and leave them in a worse position. Many members of the Continental Congress were unsure about taking such a drastic move. 

When Richard Henry Lee introduced his resolution on June 7th stating that “that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states,” there lacked the votes to approve the resolution. Over the month of June, some delegates sought instructions from their States giving them the right to approve the resolution. Some States were divided with some delegates for and some against. By the 2nd of July a compromise was reach to provide for the passage of the Lee resolution. Some delegates who were against it, were absent for the vote allowing their State to vote in favor of it. New York’s delegates abstained from the vote (because they did not feel they could vote in favor of it in the absence of clear direction from their State) allowing the “unanimous” vote required to pass the resolution.

The Continental Congress had, in anticipation of passing Lee’s resolution, appointed a committee of five to draft the formal declaration to England. Thomas Jefferson of Virginia wrote the first draft of the declaration which was then edited by and with the help of the committee ( John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert R. Livingston of New York). The final draft was presented to the Continental Congress on June 28, 1776. Upon the passing of the Lee resolution, the Congress took up the draft of the declaration and the debates and editing lasted until the 4th of July. 

On July 4, 1776, The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, was adopted by the Second Continental Congress.

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Read the whole story at these links:

How Did It Happen

Massachusetts History DB

Drafts of the Declaration of Independence

Road to Independence Dateline: 17June 1775, Boston, Massachusetts

The British troops in Boston are surrounded by the colonial militia which would become the continental army. The British plans to break out of Boston were found out by the American leaders. The colonials pushed in towards Boston and in one night reinforced Breeds Hill. General Gage knew he must act quickly and he prepares his generals for an attack on the redoubt on Breeds Hill. The British Generals expected little resistance from the colonials, expecting them to turn and run when attacked.

The colonists, however, proved to be more determined and better led than had been anticipated. The famed order, “Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes”, indicates the directions given by the colonial leaders to allow the British troops to get close before firing, thereby increasing the effectiveness of their fire. The colonists demonstrated great courage in allowing these trained soldiers to march up close before engaging, and by staying in the fight until the ammunition began giving out. The Americans fought hand-to-hand at the end and faced the enemy up close and personal.

The battle was a victory for the British, in that they drove the colonists back, but the British suffered more than twice the number of losses. This David versus Goliath story emboldened the colonies in their struggle for freedom and individual rights. A couple short weeks later, George Washington assumed control of the military and began the Revolutionary War in earnest. There was no turning back at that point.

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Link to the Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill

Road to Independence Dateline: 17 June 1775, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

George Washington was chosen this day to lead the Continental forces against the British.

Washington’s selection as the Commander & Chief was not a foregone conclusion and there were several others who expected to receive the appointment. However, George Washington’s nomination was unanimously approved by the Continental Congress. A sum of $500 per month was established to pay the Commander & Chief, but Washington refused pay, asking only that his expenses be reimbursed.

Washington did not seek this position, but he was one of the few men suited for this position; both in military experience and in his place and position as a wealthy Virginia leader. His selection to lead the colonial army, let everyone know that the colonies were behind Massachusetts in its struggle with the king. His steady leadership through the war brought about the impossible victory over the world’s greatest military of the time.

George Washington received his commission as General and Commander and Chief on June 19, 1775, and resigned it on December 23, 1783 after the war. His willingness to resign from such a powerful position has resonated with Americans for generations.

See the words of the commission below from the American Battlefield Trust.

The Continental Congress appoints George Washington as Commander and Chief of the Continental Army:

Members of Congress convened: 

The delegates of the United Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Castle Kent and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

To George Washington Esquire

We reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, conduct and fidelity Do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be General and Commander in chief of the army of the United Colonies and of all the forces raised or to be raised by them and of all others who shall voluntarily offer their service and join the said army for the defence of American Liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof And you are hereby vested with full power and authority to act as you shall think for the good and Welfare of the service.

And we do hereby strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders & diligent in the exercise of their several dut⟨ies.⟩ And we do also enjoin and require you to be careful in executing the great trust reposed in you, by causing strict discipline and order to be observed in th⟨e⟩ army and that the soldiers are duly exercised an⟨d⟩ provided with all convenient necessaries.

And you are to regulate your conduct in every respect by the rules and discipline of war (as herewith given you) and punctually to observe and foll⟨ow⟩ such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the said United Colonies or a committee of Congress for that purpose appointed.

This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.

By order of the Congress,

John Hancock, President

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Learn more: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/washingtons-commission

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: It is dearness only that gives every thing its value.

Thomas Paine -The American Crisis

2026 is the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and some of the many events leading to it.

Our new website will be launching on July 4th of this year, and it will launch a yearlong focus on what brought Americans to the point of Declaring Independence from Britain. Be on the lookout for the new site with new interactive ways to see our history and to involve others in our fight to revive America!

In honor of the Anniversary year, we are launching a fund drive of $17.76. Our goal is to give everyone the opportunity to participate in fighting for our freedom. We are asking for donations of $17.76. It can be a one-time donation, or it can be a monthly reoccurring donation. You can also donate $1776.00 if you want, but we are really looking for as many people to participate as we can possibly reach. You can donate to any specific category you wish or just donate to the general fund.

This is a great opportunity for you to have a conversation with family, friends, or coworkers about our freedoms and the price of saving them.  

It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority,  keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

Samuel Adams

THESE are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

Thomas Paine THE AMERICAN CRISIS, No. 1, 1776

Dec. 19, 1776: Published as a pamphlet in Philadelphia.

Dec. 24, 1776: Read to Washington’s troops before the crossing of the Delaware River and victory in the Battle of Trenton.

Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, #1, December 1776

Let them call me rebel, and welcome, I feel no concern from it.

Thomas Paine

May 10, 1775

Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen, with about 80 men, attack Fort Ticonderoga capturing the British soldiers and the artillery housed there. The fort controls the north/south route between Albany and Montreal over lakes Champlain and George. While this victory meant control of a strong, strategic fort, the more important significance of this victory would not be recognized until nearly a year later.

After the battles of Lexington and Concord, the militias, and later the Continental Army, surrounded Boston in an effort to contain the British military. General Washington directed General Henry Knox to retrieve the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga at whatever expense it took. Late in January, Knox returned with the cannon and plans were made to reinforce Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.

During the night of March 5, 1776, Dorchester Heights was fortified with prebuilt chandeliers and fascines and the cannons brought 200 miles in the dead of winter from Fort Ticonderoga. On March 6, 1776, six years after the Boston massacre, the British awakened to find the Continental Army holding a commanding position over Boston. The British were forced to abandon Boston marking a major victory on the Road to Independence.

All because a few men succeeded in their fight for Freedom. 

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/fort-ticonderoga-1775

On April 21, 1775, the people of Virginia were alerted that the royal governor, Lord Dunmore, had removed the gun powder stores from the public powder magazine in Williamsburg, VA during the night and moved it to a ship of the Royal Navy. 

Thanks to Patrick Henry’s speech to the Second Virginia Convention, militias in Virginia were being readied to defend America from Britain’s imminent attack. Patrick Henry lead his militia to Williamsburg to demand the return of the gunpowder. Militias around Virginia moved on Williamsburg in support of Henry, and they were eventually reimbursed for the cost of the stolen gunpowder.

Virginia would not have been ready for this emergency had Patrick Henry not made his “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech the month before. The question for each of us is, what are we doing to prepare for the upcoming local elections in our area? Have you organized a local Constitution Party affiliate? Have you recruited quality candidates who understand the purpose of government and are prepared to secure our inalienable rights? Do you have the groundwork laid for getting our candidates on the ballot and for getting the votes needed to elect them? Do you have a plan of action for when they get elected? Do you have a long-term plan for electing more and more local CP candidates?

We must be ready.

Learn more about THE GUN POWDER INCIDENT here.

April 19, 1775

British Lt. Col. Francis Smith with 700 troops began moving towards Concord, Massachusetts with orders to confiscate the colonist’s arms and powder stockpiled there. A detachment of the light infantry under Major John Pitcairn were met on the green in Lexington by Captain John Parker and around 80 Minutemen in parade formation. Shots were fired, several Minutemen were killed, and the British troops continued on towards Concord.

The powder and arms in Concord had been moved before the British troops arrived and they went back to Boston empty handed harassed the entire way by the many militias gathering to the cause. This engagement triggered all the militias in the area to turn out, and by the time the British troops made it back to Boston, there were nearly as many militia men surrounding Boston as there were British troops occupying the city.

The “Shot Heard Round the World” has been recognized as the final straw that launched the American Revolutionary War. Today, our government has become far more oppressive than the British government of that time. It is time for a new American Revolution while there is still a chance for it to be a bloodless revolution.

What issue is the hill that you would be willing to die on? 

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set today a votive stone.
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.

Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.

Visit the Concord Museum April 19th exhibit online

In the fight for American Independence, few moments were so pivotal as Patrick Henry’s speech on the floor of the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia. In Massachusetts they had already seen the British strip the colony of its right to self-rule. As things escalated in the north, military preparations were begun, readying for the war that was already being felt. The question in Virginia (where the Royal Governor had previously dissolved the General Assembly for supporting Massachusetts) was whether they would join the northern colonies in preparing for the inevitable war. While many balked at making any such move against England, everyone understood what would happen if every colony waited to face the enemy alone.

Virginians well knew what England was doing and met at this Second Convention to select delegates to the Second Continental Congress. But the question stood, would they wait too long to commit themselves completely to Liberty, and thereby lose it all? Patrick Henry’s speech, both logical and impassioned, left them all in stunned silence. It was well they listened to Henry and began preparing for the war, as only a month later the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Gunpowder Incident would be fought.

Today, I ask each of you what Liberty is worth to you? “Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?” You may wait too long if you are not actively engaged in building the Constitution Party locally. Join us now before another month goes by. Lend your support to restoring Liberty.

Justin Magill

No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free– if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending–if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained–we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable–and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!