Original Intent: Courts, the Constitution, & Religion by David Barton

Author:David Barton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Non-Fiction, Religion, Politics, Patriot Bookshelf, History
ISBN: 9781932225631
Publisher: Wallbuilder Press
Published: 1996-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

I must confess, I was a little pleased, if not surprised, to find him think like an American on the subject of matrimony and domestic felicity. For in my estimation more permanent and genuine happiness is to be found in the sequestered walks of connubial life [married] than in the giddy rounds of promiscuous pleasure.96

Clearly, the full letter discredits Flexner’s charge. Yet, Flexner nevertheless concocts an imputation of immorality against Washington. Such charges of immorality, once raised, often increase in tone and intensity until they reach ridiculous proportions – as has been the case with Washington.

For example, numerous students on college campuses across the nation have informed me that they were taught in their American history classes that Washington died from one of two causes: (1) either of syphilis (or a similar venereal disease) or (2) from contracting pneumonia as a result of making a hasty escape from a lover’s bedroom window into a bitter winter storm as her husband approached the front door. Both of these charges are demonstrably false.

For example, Washington’s adopted son testifies how that Washington contracted the illness while working on the grounds of Mount Vernon:

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