THOMAS HAYWARD, PATRIOT, PLUS A FEW MORE THOUGHTS

Anyone who has read any of my blog messages will certainly know where I stand on political issues, for I am not a "Mugwump".  I do not walk the middle of the road for that is where one may be hit by traffic going either way.
Thomas Hayward will appear a little farther into this message.
It is hard to miss the fact that the People's Representatives have not done a very good job earning their pay.  It is correct to say that there are exceptions to be sure, but the ignominious crowd of the hate driven is appaulling, to say the least.
Since I will be writing about an American who lived and worked at a time when his and others efforts were directed toward building a Republic, a Constitutional Republic, whose power and direction flowed UP FROM THE PEOPLE to the representative and that representative did the people's bidding.  There were harsh treatments for some who went astray, such as, Tar and Feathers, Ride the rail out of town and others.  Nasty?  Yes!  Unfair?  Sometimes, could be!  Effective?  Yes for the most part.  If you doubt that these were harsh times, read the history, again, of the Revolution and the times leading up to it and the suffering that Americans, your forefathers went through to give you what you now want to destroy.  You in Washington think again about what is happening in the seat of our Republic and GO TO WORK AN DO YOUR JOB!  The job is not easy and, done right, may cost you that "cushy" job in the House or Senate.  Do it anyway!
Now, on to Mr. Thomas Hayward, Patriot, born in South Carolina in 1746.  His father was one of the wealthiest planters in the Province.  Thomas went to the best schools in the area where he studied and mastered Latin and read the Roman historians in that language.  He studied law and his father sent him to England at the age on twenty where he finished his law education.  At the same time he became more and more aware of the unfairness and mistreatment of  the Colonies.  Thomas left England for home with a burning desire to change things in the Colonies.
Thomas returned home and went to work at his profession, married well and from the Stamp Act to Lexington fought for the Patriot cause.
Thomas fought for the removal of the colonial governor and was elected to the General Congress in 1775 and took his seat early in 1776.  He joyfully signed his name to the Declaration of Independence and served the Congress until 1778.  He then became Judge of the criminal and civil courts in South Carolina, a dangerous job because of the many tories in the area.  He held a military commission and was wounded at Beaufort in 1780 and then captured at Charleston and held for nearly a year.  During that year his land was plundered by the British and his slaves sent to Jamaica to work for the sugar planters.
Thomas went back to his old job until 1799 when he retired.  He died  among hi family in 1809.  His work was done!.....Medicineman!