Posted on May 29, 2017
Whoever Will Not Defend His Homeland Should Leave It! German Conscription and Prussian Mennonite...
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Illegal German emigration and immigration to the United States in the late 1800s.
Whoever Will Not Defend His Homeland Should Leave It! German Conscription and Prussian Mennonite...
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Leave because your unwilling to fight so you think leaving is a solution? I think a coward deserves some lead to the head
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During the Revolutionary War there was a sizable Mennonite population near Carlisle Barracks. There was an incident when Mennonite farmers refused to supply Continental Troops. As it turned out they had no such reservations about supplying the Hessians. Ben Franklin wanted them deported and their property seized.
They were active in the abolitionist movement and really played no part, but in the First World War they were rounded up and imprisoned
During my times in Vietnam I ran into numerous conscientious objectors Mennonite, Quaker and Mormon. They were usually medics and never carried weapons. Their ID Cards were White with black printing and a big circle on them.
They were active in the abolitionist movement and really played no part, but in the First World War they were rounded up and imprisoned
During my times in Vietnam I ran into numerous conscientious objectors Mennonite, Quaker and Mormon. They were usually medics and never carried weapons. Their ID Cards were White with black printing and a big circle on them.
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SSG Robert Webster
How can anyone get history so mixed up and come to the wrong conclusions.
The Liberties of Nonresistant Christians. Some Americans supported neither side in the Revolution. Instead, as Mennonite and German Baptist leaders said in 1775, "We have dedicated ourselves to serve all men in everything that can be helpful to the preservation of men's lives, but...we are not at liberty in conscience to take up arms to conquer our enemies, but rather to pray to God, who has power in heaven and on earth, for us and them." Chief among these nonresistant Christians were the Quakers, Mennonites, German Baptists, Moravians, and Schwenkfelders.
They patiently waited for the outcome of the war to find out who God would set up as Caesar. In the meantime they followed a pattern of strict neutrality. They refused to help either side to fight.
However, when hungry, sick, or wounded soldiers, whether patriot or redcoat, needed aid, the nonresistant Christians gave it. As a Hessian officer said, "They are the most hospitable to us." The patriots did not understand this impartial love. They threatened men like Mennonite Christian Weaver with a whipping for feeding runaway British prisoners even though he had done the same for Continental soldiers.
The Test Acts. In 1777 most states passed Test Acts. They required everyone to take an oath of allegiance promising to defend the revolutionary cause with arms. Pennsylvania law decreed banishment and confiscation of all property for those who refused the oath.
I won't even go into the Abolitionist Movement, nor the First World War.
I would highly suggest that you do some research at the US Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks and at the Pennsylvania State Archives.
The Liberties of Nonresistant Christians. Some Americans supported neither side in the Revolution. Instead, as Mennonite and German Baptist leaders said in 1775, "We have dedicated ourselves to serve all men in everything that can be helpful to the preservation of men's lives, but...we are not at liberty in conscience to take up arms to conquer our enemies, but rather to pray to God, who has power in heaven and on earth, for us and them." Chief among these nonresistant Christians were the Quakers, Mennonites, German Baptists, Moravians, and Schwenkfelders.
They patiently waited for the outcome of the war to find out who God would set up as Caesar. In the meantime they followed a pattern of strict neutrality. They refused to help either side to fight.
However, when hungry, sick, or wounded soldiers, whether patriot or redcoat, needed aid, the nonresistant Christians gave it. As a Hessian officer said, "They are the most hospitable to us." The patriots did not understand this impartial love. They threatened men like Mennonite Christian Weaver with a whipping for feeding runaway British prisoners even though he had done the same for Continental soldiers.
The Test Acts. In 1777 most states passed Test Acts. They required everyone to take an oath of allegiance promising to defend the revolutionary cause with arms. Pennsylvania law decreed banishment and confiscation of all property for those who refused the oath.
I won't even go into the Abolitionist Movement, nor the First World War.
I would highly suggest that you do some research at the US Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks and at the Pennsylvania State Archives.
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