“Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.” – Samuel Adams, in the record of the Second Continental Congress, April 30, 1776

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American sentiment is to be toward acting as docile slaves or standing up for the freedom and liberty of the people who constituted the citizens of the then colonies, entered into the transcript of the proceedings of the Second Continental Congress, on April 30, 1776. There is evidence that the persons present at this proceeding agreed with Adams. The sentiment was that the prevailing Christian values of religion and virtue opposed the mindset that would make America slave to the British Crown. The counterpoint was that lessening America’s adherence to these values increased public happiness and liberty. Further, these societal values would last only as long as our morality was maintained.

With respect to his Christian viewpoint and slavery, it must be remembered that Adams’ opinion was that there was only one path to freedom and liberty, and that it was through the path of equality. Such liberty and virtue were and continue to be inseparable. He would be appalled at the present erosion of American freedoms and liberty. There is little doubt what he would feel about cancel culture and the attempts by some in the Democratic party to erase our freedom of thought and speech.