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The Return of We the People: Bob and Elbridge

4/20/2026

Jeff and Varina

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Jeffy Johnny.
And Varina.
Sounds like Marina.
Correct.
Grapes of wrath.
Say more Gus.
“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
“He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.”
Grapes of wrath.
The oppressed.
The enslaved.
We the People.
The hymn is about freeing the oppressed, about ending slavery.
Davis thought God was on his side.
Don't we all?
What's on your mind Yank?
Bob and Elbridge.
Go on.
Why them two?

Bob

We met them both along the way.
Bob in Berryville.
Elbridge in DC.
Yet why them two Johnny?
Bob was singing Misty Morning.
We only heard him.
In a cemetery with Johnny Rebs.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Then again in Berryville Gus.
Bob told us about rights in the 1960s.
And you represented Yanks in the 1860s.
Til ‘64.
The Wretched of the Earth, Marley taught us that too.
More like taught you Reb.
You get it: it's about the oppressed.
Grapes again.
We are war signs Gus.
Soldiers.
Bob soldiers too.
For peace.
In our way, so did we.

Elbridge

And Elbridge?
Gerry found us Gus.
We were in DC.
Viewing the original Constitution.
And this colonial dude walks up.
Asking what we know about the smudge.
Kind of a Knowbody.
Kind of.
I thought Elbridge was a prop Johnny, like part of the show.
Tour guide even.
Then he starts in on you: “I can't believe you killed him over something I did.”
That was the beginning.
And now Elbridge supports the thirty Thousand.
‘Merican.
Gerry wants his due Reb.
Gerry wants to be known.
For more than ‘mandering.
What a hoot.
Elbridge.
Step to the left Gus.
Sure.

Next up: 27 April (part 3/13) The Return of We the People: Steps and Doorways

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The Return of We the People: Usurpation Day 2026

4/9/2026

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Stop!
Sure.
Is this Richmond Reb?
It is.
And it’s Usurpation Day 2026?
April 9th Yank.
Elbridge would love this.
Marley too.
Bob.
Right.
This gray building doesn't look like the other ones.
Stingray is the color.
Stingray?
Yeah.
It’s gray Johnny.
Charlie said it’s called Stingray, rolled eyes included.
Who's Charlie?

Tour guide.
Of what?
The Stingray building.
When did you tour this Johnny?
Last Usurpation Day.
We spent that in DC.
With Bob and Elbridge.
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Bob sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Unforgettable.
Elbridge told us an eyewitness account of 9 April 1792.
The chief contemner himself.
That's when.
You just went poof without saying so?
After we smoked.
Bob's smoke.
Right … and I poofed.
To recon.
Richmond.
And thus Charlie.
And another chief contemner.
Charlie?

Jefferson Davis.
Jeffy?!
This is where he lived during the war.
Stunned Reb.
Okay.
That the backdoor?
Front, the back is collonaded, to the right.
Odd.
Garden area, privacy.
Makes sense.
Street smells too Gus.
Horse manure.
All kinds.
Clean today.
Let's cross the clean Richmond street Yank.
On Usurpation Day 2026 Reb.
“So the world shall be His footstool,”
“And the soul of Time His slave,”
[In unison] “Our God is marching on.”

*Next up: 20 April and The Return of We the People: Bob and Elbridge.

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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Somewhere: Usurpation Day 2022

4/9/2022

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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Somewhere: Usurpation Day 2022

Part VIII of XIII

“… It’s Usurpation Day Johnny.”
“It is Gus.”
“Two hundred and thirty years ago …”
“Keep going.”
“George vetoed a bill.”
“The young nation’s first.”
“Because Congress used the thirty Thousand in Article 1 but dropped the remainder, the fraction.”
“The Constitution says ‘shall not exceed.’”
“And Washington said they did.”
“True.”
“Congress couldn’t override George’s veto?”
“Correct.”
“So then what Johnny?”
“On 9 April 1792, Elbridge Gerry and others voted a new representation bill, one that used thirty-three thousand instead of thirty.”
“A number not in Article 1.”
“Nor one ratified by the states.”
“Making today, 9 April, the usurpation’s date of birth.”
“An end date is needed.”
“Amen Johnny.”
“To the bridge Gus.”
“To the bridge …”

Next Up: 12 April and part IX of the series Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Somewhere: Bridge.

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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: Mischief Makers

10/1/2019

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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank RMH: Mischief Makers

Part 8 of 13

“… Elbridge Gerry.”
“Never heard of him.”
“You will.”
“Listening.”
“Gerry was in the House on 9 April.”
“Usurpation Day.”
“Representing Massachusetts.”
“Yank.”
“A mischief-making Yank.”
“Say more Reb.”
“Gerry was also at the Constitutional Convention.”
“With the founders?”
“Yup.”
“Did he sign?”
“Nope.”
“Why Johnny?”
“Gerry didn’t sign ‘cuz he said democracy was the worst of all political evils.”
“Evil?”
“Evil.”
“Go on.”
“Then on 9 April 1792 Gerry supports the usurpation.”
“Leader thereof?”
“Evil is as evil does.”
“Chief Mischief Maker then.”
“Correct Gus.”
“One hears the truth and does it.”
“The other hears the truth and quibbles.”
“Amen.”
“Gerry also predicted our civil war.”
“When?”
“The first Constitution Day.”
“So Gerry didn’t sign the Constitution on 17 September, said there’ll be civil war, and then led the usurpation five years later.”
“And there’s more.”
“Constitutional sinner.”
“Yup.”
“What’s with the circle Johnny?”
“Let’s look closer …”

*Next Up: 2 October and part 9 of Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: Jefferson Davis.

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