Experience the American dream with today’s Patriot of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie.
It’s September 14, 1836. I’m in the House of Representatives with ex-President John Quincy Adams.
JG: “Congressman Adams, what is this gag rule?”
JQA: “Mr. Gillespie, the gag rule is a gross violation of the people’s representatives’ right to speak out against slavery. Slavery is evil, and I won’t be gagged. I must tell America it is a cancer in this land.”
John Quincy Adams spoke out against slavery until the day he died … literally … in the House of Representatives in 1848.
Read more about John Quincy Adams, the “Gag Rule”, and his view of slavery.
John and Jan Gillespie are the founders of the Rawhide Boys’ Ranch; they have fostered 351 teenagers and wrote the book Our 351 Sons; they have also assisted numerous churches in developing youth programs and expanding their total church ministries. After running for U.S. Senate, John founded 1776 American Dream, which exists to demonstrate the vision of our founding fathers and help our generation of youth passionately embrace those values.
