Page 183 - Beers With Our Founding Fathers

A Patriot’s view of the history and direction of our Country

Author’s Allocution

“To ‘Allocute’ generally means to formally declare something. In
the context of politics, it may refer to speaking before a legislative

body in an effort to influence their position on an issue. In the legal
context, it refers to stating specifically and in detail one's actions and

motives.” – Dean A. Beers

I have presented to you, the reader, the basis for our Country’s
history and road to independence – the American War for

Independence – and the development of our form of government
and system of laws, dating back to the Magna Carta of 1215 in

England, and the earliest colonial act with the Mayflower Compact
of 1620. This work, my treatise on defining our Country, is to be

thought provoking – in both the sense of politics in asking you to
consider your position as an American citizen, and in the legal sense

to detail my purpose. It is not complicated, nor should it be – this is
where I tell you where I sit, before I tell you where I stand.

As mentioned in my introduction, I am no nonsense and not
politically correct. Conversations I have, the words I use, are

intended to provoke thought – and sometimes emotion. As a
business owner, I am an unabashed capitalist pig, firm believer in

the foundation and intent of all three branches of government, state
governments and local governments – I am a Constitutionalist, it is

the supreme law of the land. All other laws (collectively ordinances,

rules, regulations, statutes, codes – you name it) must be in
compliance with the Constitution – they root in the Constitution and
its development. If there is any question, the intent and most basic

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