So, you all just don't get it--putting down Shay's Rebellion is the reference here--and the blood he is suggesting need be spilled is that of the so-called rebels, at the hand of the government. It was in reference to stopping the equivalent to today's nut-case "liberty" patriots (the crazy teabaggers)that he makes his point--that a government must put down those who would destroy the ordered freedoms we possess. remember, the flowery words of freedom and all are important, but this country was founded on protecting property, not your rights. We as a nation have evolved, as has our constitution. So, get off the idiot stick and try to understand context and not just regurgitate what someone else tells you...