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.
Yeah, Pony Express, notice the large saddlebag for mail. No firearm to lighten the load. His only hope is to out run the pack. The rider looks a little too old and a little too heavy. The Pony Express advertised for orphans of a certain build.
Ya better hope the snowfall covers your tracks there, pilgrim.
ReplyDeleteY'all don't ser the pack of coyote?
DeleteWolves, no doubt.
DeleteI wish I could make out the name of the artist.
ReplyDeleteMust be injuns…
ReplyDeleteWilliam R. Leigh is the artist. Painting sold in 2020 for $680K - https://scottsdaleartauction.com/artwork/william-r-leigh-pony-express-2020
ReplyDeleteInteresting that William R. Leigh, Frederic Remington and Charles Russell were all born in the 1860s.
DeleteWould hang in a second, (picture of course)
ReplyDeleteYeah, Pony Express, notice the large saddlebag for mail. No firearm to lighten the load. His only hope is to out run the pack. The rider looks a little too old and a little too heavy. The Pony Express advertised for orphans of a certain build.
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