Those Booth Horses Again -

[Rick Smith]

(04-09-2014 01:21 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  [quote='Wild Bill' pid='31634' dateline='1397062046']
Bill,

See Laurie's prior post, it is legend or speculation, and your primary source has said two things and he died before he could clear it up. So much of history is exactly that. The heroes have been hanged and the victors have written the story.

Deo vindice.

I looked up "Deo vindice." According to a Wikipedia article on the Great Seal of the Confederacy, "The bottom margin contains the national motto, Deo Vindice (variously translated as 'Under God, [Our] Vindicator', 'With God as [Our] Champion', 'With God as [Our] Judge', and 'Under the Guidance and Protection of God'). The Confederate Senator Thomas Semmes, in proposing this motto, took pains to stress that the CSA had 'deviated in the most emphatic manner from the spirit that presided over the construction of the Constitution of the United States, which is silent on the subject of the Deity.'"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_...of_America
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Linda,

Deo Vindice is also translated, and I believe more directly, as "God Will Vindicate."

Rick