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From an email, so no link can be posted. I did confirm the words of Madison are true from my copy of The Federalist Papers.When the Constitution was being ratified, James Madison, writing as Publius, sought to allay fears that the new national government would turn into a Leviathan. In the 45th Federalist Paper he emphasized that adoption of the Constitution would create a government of enumerated, and therefore strictly limited, powers. Madison said: The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined [and] will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce . Federal tax collectors, Madison assured everyone, will be principally on the seacoast, and not very numerous. Exactly six months after publication of this essay, New York became the 11th state to ratify the Constitution. Is turning over one-sixth of our nations economy over to Obamas super-MedPAC panel in any way consistent with this vision?
The Constitution almost didn't get ratified and we got the 3/5 Doctrine which led into the Civil War and believe me, they knew it was coming, [they didn't live to see it] but made the compromise to get something down on paper and nailed down.
The signers were all staunchly anti-corporation as well.
From an email, so no link can be posted. I did confirm the words of Madison are true from my copy of The Federalist Papers.When the Constitution was being ratified, James Madison, writing as Publius, sought to allay fears that the new national government would turn into a Leviathan. In the 45th Federalist Paper he emphasized that adoption of the Constitution would create a government of enumerated, and therefore strictly limited, powers. Madison said: The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined [and] will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce . Federal tax collectors, Madison assured everyone, will be principally on the seacoast, and not very numerous. Exactly six months after publication of this essay, New York became the 11th state to ratify the Constitution. Is turning over one-sixth of our nations economy over to Obamas super-MedPAC panel in any way consistent with this vision?
Methinks the framers of the constitution would be fighting mad over how our current government runs roughshod over the constitution they drafted and signed.
From an email, so no link can be posted. I did confirm the words of Madison are true from my copy of The Federalist Papers.When the Constitution was being ratified, James Madison, writing as Publius, sought to allay fears that the new national government would turn into a Leviathan. In the 45th Federalist Paper he emphasized that adoption of the Constitution would create a government of enumerated, and therefore strictly limited, powers. Madison said: The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined [and] will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce . Federal tax collectors, Madison assured everyone, will be principally on the seacoast, and not very numerous. Exactly six months after publication of this essay, New York became the 11th state to ratify the Constitution. Is turning over one-sixth of our nations economy over to Obamas super-MedPAC panel in any way consistent with this vision?
Methinks the framers of the constitution would be fighting mad over how our current government runs roughshod over the constitution they drafted and signed.
They would also wonder where our agrarian based economy went and why everyone was living in cities. The constitution was written for conditions of the day. A nation of citizen farmer didn't need a large centralized government. It should also be noted that it was Madison, Adams, and Hamilton--the Federalists--who set government on the course it is today so be careful of which framers you align with. Jefferson is more your man but he dissembled the military (that un-American bastard) so even there you have a shaky ally.
The founders were all products of the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason. Men of reason would predicate their decisions based on conditions of the day and be appalled at a society that abandoned reason in favor of making decisions out of hate and fear.
Those that would truly be your allies would be the Tory conservatives (Irrationalists) whom we sent packing and shouting all the way...
Did he write of the matter? I've not encountered any words of his addressing the matter.Thomas Jefferson saw a conflict coming, but he hoped that if necessary the states would peacefully depart from one another.
