Tarrant: ‘Pray that we, the plaintiffs, continue to upset the enemy’

September 3, 2021  |  By Kathi Tarrant

Editor’s note: The following is a speech delivered at the Patriot Rally held at the Vermont State House on Aug. 21. 

Fellow Patriots, I have come here on this day in the year 2021 to share a story of my origins and what it means to “carry on.”

In the year 1850, as Ireland was devastated by the great famine and the tide of eviction, my great-grandfather, William Tarrant, led an ambush at what later became known as Tarrant’s Cross Roads.

As a stowaway, he left for Newfoundland, Canada in what was often referred to as a “coffin ship.” Often unseaworthy, overcrowded, and nearly always without adequate provisions, sharks were said to follow them, because so many bodies were thrown overboard. 

William Tarrant had been a teacher in Ireland. Next to the ministry of the priesthood, teaching was regarded as a noble and elevated calling. 

According to Caesar and other authorities, the Druids taught the style of Pythagorus, leading their pupils through number, geometry, musical theory and linguistics, into the higher realm of philosophy and metaphysics, and finally to the gateway of initiation which brought understanding and acceptance of the divine order, and thus qualified them as worthy rulers, judges, or teachers. 

Even after schools of learning were suppressed by Cromwell, in every small village in Ireland, high standards of piety and learning were maintained by native bards. The medium of instruction was the Irish language, and everything was learnt orally through numerically structured musical chants.

To counter this irritating persistence of culture, the British Empire introduced a nationalized education, i.e. “method of control,” during the early 1800s. While many parents welcomed the opportunity, far more experienced a great loss of the vocabulary of the Irish country folk and the entire meaning and purpose of education as it had been properly perceived.

According to John Mitchell, author of “Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist,” the most dreadful series of illusions came upon us in the nineteenth century. He wrote, “Great men, ape-like, often with large beards, roamed the earth proclaiming ‘theories’. Typically, they had no interest in human nature, and did not even believe in it, presuming that people could be improved, or at least rationalized by order of state.” 

The Mises Institute stated, “In fact, the most glaring cause of the famine was not a plant disease, but England’s long-running hegemony over Ireland. The English conquered Ireland several times, and took ownership of vast agricultural territory. Large chunks of land were given to Englishmen.” 

In closing, I ask you to fight – with imagination – the “English” of our day. I am currently a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against Gov. Phil Scott. After the first hearing on May 10, the mask mandate was lifted. Words matter. Our Constitution matters. The problem is clear enough, that we are in the grip of materialism, rationalism, atheism, and progressivism. Pray that we, the plaintiffs, continue to upset the enemy. I ask that you lift up fellow plaintiff, Morningstar Porta who is in hospital. Pray for Emily Peyton who has been on the front line with legal-related. They both became sick in recent months from the “vaccinated.”

I also ask that you lift up State Rep. Vicki Strong. She’s fighting the good fight for us regarding vaccine passports et al. 

And to freedom fighters everywhere who refuse to bend to the dictates of tyrants, Ephesians 6:11-18 states: “Stand firm then, with the belt of  truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”  

In other words, be strong and carry on! 

Waterbury resident Kathi Tarrant is a freelance musician, educator, and mom. She delivered these remarks at the Aug. 21 Patriot Rally at the Vermont State House which was recorded by Orca Media.