Why are Resolutions so Important in Politics

Ever heard of the Lee Resolution?

So, there’s this local fakriot/pay-triot that keeps saying “I’m all for resolutions”, then says “but they do nothing... name me one resolution that has ever come to fruition” (well, he doesn’t use big boy words, but you get the point).

History is full of declarations, resolutions, and proclamations, which have gone on to change the political will of weaker men, in positions above their natural stature. But, he asked for one, so I won’t give him a hundred examples. I’ll give him just one.

It was titled the “Lee Resolution”. No, it wasn’t a resolution out of Lee County, it was proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia. Although, Lee County FL was later named after his 1st cousin, twice removed, Robert E. Lee.

The Lee Resolution was the basis for, and was included in, The Declaration of Independence. But, the Lee Resolution wasn’t even the first “Declaration of Independence”.

In an effort to revise Congressional instructions, many Americans formally expressed support to affect a separation from Great Britain, in local declarations of independence. More than ninety of these declarations were passed throughout the Thirteen Colonies from April to July 1776.

Some were formal written instructions for Congressional delegations, like the Halifax Resolves of April 12, which actually made North Carolina the first colony to explicitly authorize its delegates to vote for independence (if another colony proposed it), even before Virginia did. The difference was Virginia’s resolution also called for Richard Henry Lee to return to Congress and propose. And, that was huge. That’s the difference between “A Resolution with a Dust Cover vs. A Dust-Covered Resolution” (Article coming soon).

Other resolutions were legislative acts. The Rhode Island legislature officially ended British rule over that colony, and renounced its allegiance to Great Britain on May 4th… the first colony to do so.

Quite a few counties and towns adopted resolutions, offering support for independence. Or, as Dr. Joseph Sansone would say “these local resolutions applied political pressure, as well as provided political cover for”, the Continental Congress to declare to Fat George, our Independence from Great Brittain. The earliest and best-known of local declarations is believed to be the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which was adopted a year before most others, in May 1775.

A few came in the form of jury instructions, such as this statement issued on April 23, 1776, by Chief Justice William Henry Drayton of South Carolina: “the law of the land authorizes me to declare ... that George the Third, King of Great Britain ... has no authority over us, and we owe no obedience to him”.

On May 10, the Continental Congress passed a resolution, which had been promoted by John Adams and Richard Henry Lee, calling on colonies without a “government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs” to adopt new governments. The resolution passed unanimously, and was even supported by Pennsylvania's John Dickinson, the leader of the anti-independence faction in Congress, who believed that it did not apply to his colony (Oh, but it did Johnny).

Most of these declarations are long forgotten… overshadowed by Lee’s resolution for independence, which was approved by Congress on July 2, 1776. The Declaration of
Independence, which went through a vigorous debate prior to passage, was then reprinted on July 4, and signed in July and August.

So, yes Mickey🐭, there is a Resolution. And, it exists as certainly as God and man’s resolve and patriotism exist, and you know that they abound and give to our life its highest beauty and joy.

So, on that note... keep the resolutions coming. Keep working “Ban the Jab”! until they’re off the market, and the perps swing (and say “no” to the prick💉). Keep pulling the lever for “Election Vote Accuracy”. There will be many others coming from members in the coming months and years. And, yes, the RINOs in the RPOF, and their minions, will try their level best to neuter, quash, or even kill every resolution.