Dear Editor,

In a letter I wrote in regards to the observance of our country’s 250th Anniversary, there were other issues I felt I needed to be addressed, but was limited by space and of which I felt were important to be talked about, in regards to historical facts and not of my opinion.

One of the points that I brought up dealt with the different empires, dynasties, and kings and within the idea of communism in 1848 by Karl Marx, which is an ideology. Which is no better in the big picture than those who were either kings, pharaohs, czars, dynasties, regimes, or dictators. They all have one thing in common, no freedom of thought, no freedom of religion. Not separation from the state and its dictates, and they lived in a life that the people do not receive.

It is truly our blessing that through the establishment of the formation of the U.S. Constitution 1787-89, that our Democratic Republic was established, and you and I have freedoms in this country that would not be tolerated by the communist regimes, of which many young and old alike in this country do not believe in which will take away our freedoms.

Democracy is a system of government where supreme power is vested in the PEOPLE. Citizens either exercise this authority directly (voting on laws) or indirectly through freely elected representatives on behalf of the people and country.

The two things that I wanted to address are a synopsis of the declaration of independence and the U.S. Constitution as to why we do not have kings or royal figures running our country.

1. Declaring natural right, all men are created equal, with unalienable rights (human rights that cannot be taken away), life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and not until slavery was abolished for the three races of slaves that existed, (red, black, and white, which was made through manifest destiny, which meant that they were treated less than as a human being.

2. Listing the grievances against King George III of Great Britain l

3. Forming international alliances. Today it is understood that The Declaration of Independence is not a binding law. T remains the moral foundation and powerful, not insurrections and violence, but seeking equality for red, yellow, black and white.

4. The committee of the five that drafted it

5. How its principles were later used to fight civil rights.

6. The U.S. Constitution prohibits kings and royals

7. Under the Article 1, Section 5, Clause 9, of the Constitution, royals and king names are banned. And if there is an issue it would need to be voted on by the bipartisan house and senate. It is called titles of mobility and foreign (emoluments) or compensation. One small area had to do with accepting gifts from foreign countries which would have to be approved by those of the people.

Give me liberty or give me death.

Larry Ritz, New Martinsville