Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion by David Barton

Author:David Barton [Barton, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Patriot Bookshelf
ISBN: 9781932225631
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Amazon: 1932225633
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Publisher: Wallbuilder Press
Published: 2012-11-06T06:00:00+00:00

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:

On the morning of the 13th [of December, 1799], the General was engaged in making some improvements in the front of Mount Vernon. As was usual with him, he carried his own compass, noted his observations, and marked out the ground. The day became rainy, with sleet, and the improver remained so long exposed to the inclemency of the weather as to be considerably wetted before his return to the house. About one o’clock he was seized with chilliness and nausea, but having changed his clothes, he sat down to his indoor work – there being no moment of his time for which he had not provided an appropriate employment.97

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