MY SAY: GIVE PROPER ATTRIBUTION TO A PATRIOTIC EARLY AMERICAN
NOW THAT BARBARY PIRATE WARS ARE BEING WAGED FROM SOMALIA…THERE IS MUCH BUZZ ABOUT AMERICA’S BARBARY WARS AND THE STATEMENT “MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE AND NOT A CENT FOR TRIBUTE”…WHICH IS ATTRIBUTE INCORRECTLY TO THOMAS JEFFERSON…..BUT IN FACT IT WAS ELOQUENTLY STATED ON JUNE 18TH, 1798 BY A CONGRESSMAN OF THE FEDERALIST PARTY OF SOUTH CAROLINE…ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER WHO SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE AND WAYS COMMITTEE .
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