And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Looks tough.
John Horton Slaughter: Civil War veteran, Texas Ranger, trail-driver, cattle-king and, finally, sheriff, distinguished Arizona state representative and professional gambler. A symbol of the Old West.
Before I read the caption the first thing that popped into my head was old time sheriff...................
ReplyDeleteJohn Slaughter was good friends with my great-great grandfather, Arizona pioneer/business leader Burdette Ashely Packard
ReplyDeleteWe could use a sheriff like that right now, up in Berserkley. I'll bet he didn't allow any damn-fool behavior!
ReplyDeleteNow that's a man
ReplyDeleteSlaughter - good name for a civil war veteran, Texas Ranger, trail-driver, cattle-king, sheriff, AZ State Representative, and professional gambler.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a Reginald Bolregaard Simpson II
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