Moderating message.(Letter to the editor)

A story has been told that George Washington, during the cold and bitter winter of 1777, while in his quarters at Valley Forge, had a vision. It prophesied three great historic events: the War for Independence, the War Between the States, and an invasion of America by vast military forces from Europe, Asia, and Africa.

According to the story, Washington said of the Civil War: "I saw a bright angel, on whose brow rested a crown of light, on which was traced the word 'Union,' bearing the American flag which he placed between the divided nation, and said, 'Remember ye are brethren.'"

After describing America's struggle and victory in the third and greatest peril, he said, "The bright angel ... cried with a loud voice: 'While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last.'"

Abraham Lincoln did not shred the Constitution, as readers have claimed in back-and-forth exchanges about a review of the book called The Real Lincoln (March 20 issue). The Warren Court did, beginning with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Neither did President Lincoln open the door to "Roosevelt's unconstitutional 20th-century liberalism"; the communist/liberal/insider establishment kicked the door down. They kicked down a thousand doors, and continue to kick them down to this day.

The establishment's motive was and is the ...